Brothers Meeting Minutes - Jan 21, 2006

Attendees:
Tony Jones, Paul Baker, Donovan Lakes, Duane Keaton, Travis Westerfield, James Davis, Mike Brady, Josh Wilson, Tim Scott, Paul Wilkerson, Matt Hind, Kevin Eby

Next Meeting: Feb 18th ( 3rd Saturday of every month )

Purpose of the Brothers Meeting:
Men getting together to share with each other. Ministering to one another and sharing encouragement from individual areas of ministry.

Meeting Minutes:

The first hour was spent sharing blessings:

• Dr. Scott had a patient that embraced the results of cancer
• River of Life has decided on a regular public meeting ( 1st Saturday of every month )
• James enjoyed time alone with Carol in Napels, FL.
• Dare2Share is two weeks away, God is at work in many ways.
• One Way / Teen Tribe connection is deepening and broadening relationships
• Duane Keaton shared an encouraging story about one of his special children.
• Josh let us know that his Dad was currently in India and will be there a few more weeks
• Tony shared that God blessed the revival in Winchester that he and Michelle helped with

The second hour was spent on a teaching from Mike based from Ephesians 4:11-16. Mike asked us all to read this scripture ahead of time and delivered a message about growth that is better than just any old growth. What God is looking for hear is "STOUT" growth:

• Stability - not blown by wind of doctrine ( wisdom instead of knowledge )
• Tolerance - speak the truth in love ( but be tolerant of truth spoken boldly as Peter was tolerant of Paul )
• Obedience - Christ is the head of the body, we obey Christ
• Unity - fitted and held together in unity of the Holy Spirit
• Time - proper working takes time

In the theme of "Hunger for God", we discussed the fact that we, as a church are responsible for recognizing what people are hungry for when the come to our worship service. Some possibilities are:

• Hungry for Fellowship or other component of church life
• Hungry for Food or other physical need
• Caterers of other things to a large assembly of people ( looking for a platform )
• Hungry for God

Of course, as we meet this peoples needs in various ways, we want to continue to pray that God would replace their wants with the need. The need is to be "Hungry for God"

From 10:00 to 12:00, we ventured into an administration meeting. The first administration meeting is coming up... February 25