Ned,

That is a very  accurate way of likening it, to a family. I only  seen, by
example, that showing and sharing a vision of the house brings people eager
to come to church and serve, and the opposite causes people to just  come
to church to see what they can get out of it.

Brad


At 12/16/2003 on Tuesday, you wrote:
>Brad,
>You struck a chord with me.  I am a member of our praise team here and we
>suffer from the Power Point, the keyboard with sequencer and the Spirit so
>limited by all that plus the time of the service that God hardly has a
>chance to geta word in.
>I agree with what you say about the congregation being informed of all that
>is going on in the church.  How would we feel if, in our family, our wives,
>our children, gbrthers and sisters never shared anything going on in their
>lives.  Would we feel liike a part of the family?  I think not. A growing
>church is a informed membership and a spirit inviting, spirit filled and
>spirit lead church.
>
>preach on, brother!
>
>Ned