Brothers Meeting Minutes - December 16, 2006

Attendees:
Dr. Scott, Donovan Lakes, Matt Hind

Next Meeting???: January 20th ( 3rd Saturday of every month??? )

2006 Purpose of the Brother's Meeting:
Men getting together to share with each other. Ministering to one another and sharing encouragement from individual areas of ministry

2007 Purpose of the Brother's Meeting:
????

2007 Ideas for the Brother's Meeting:
- Mission trips ( projects [ Work Days, Habitat for Humanity, etc. ] )
- Breakfast ( bacon & eggs instead of donuts or bananas )
- Retreats ( Friday night / Saturday [ like Corinth in 2005 ] )
- Fishing Trips ( Donovan casting his vision )
- Need a leader to organize and communicate

Meeting Minutes:

Brothers testified as to what God is doing with the various challenges we face in life:

Matt:

• Commitment is the topic
  
• Why do we do what we do?
• I'm stuck in the "principle of the cross" ( infinite loop )
• Walking the line between "helping people help themselves" and "enabling them to stay where they are"
  

Tim:

• Care what God wants
  
• Jesus draws the line based on his own attitude. "In a hurry" vs "Important"
  
• Are you at the Brother's meeting for the body or for you?
• Is the Brother's meeting a blessing or a burden?
• Choosing the path of least resistance is not the right choice.
  

Donovan:

• How do we change?
  
• If I was half as committed to the church as I am to work, I would be doing it all.
• Tim offered Romans 12:2 as a place to start.
  Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Kevin:

• Shared many concerns that are common with Matt's ( shared specific examples )
  
• Looking forward to mowing tree nursery and digging trenches for downspouts
• Change is something we can't do, but God wants for us.
• Drawing the line is very important.
  

Grace and Peace,
Kevin