Where the M&M's came in

On Monday, December 4th we moved from creating the statement to communicating the statement. If you think the ideas were flying around during our first meetings, these were ideas on steroids. I mean, I'm talking about ideas of having the congregation sitting in specially constructed bleachers with Pastor Scott preaching from center court and giving each attender a basketball and all sorts of stuff that never made the cut. In the end we hit on the M&M concept and the other elements that you witness throughout the series.

But in all of this, what's been most gratifying to me is to see a group of people take hold of a simple statement and see it motivate them to take a next step in their walk with Christ. I've listened to professors talk about purpose statements in the isolation of a classroom setting, but I had never been a part of implementing the process from scratch. I've read the purpose statements of other organizations and been personally inspired, but never seen up close how they can transform a group of people.

It's been very satisfying to have had the opportunity to have a seat at the table were all of this was composed, to be a part of the process, to see it implemented and to see how it's energizing us to meet people where they are and move people to where God wants them to be.