I enjoyed some of your thoughts on building men’s ministry. I would encourage you to include the men across all demographics and ages which would help leverage the experience and wisdom available in the congregation. You may want to try to get others to "sign up" to lead or sponsor activities and events if there is interest since spreading the wealth also generates greater buy-in.
You may want to avoid trying to do too much at once considering how busy people are. May be schedule activities and events across a annual calendar. For example, a monthly Men's breakfast every 2nd Monday morning 7:00-8:00am at a local diner, alternatively a monthly fast every 3rd Monday, a quarterly all ages "fun" event, a quarterly all ages "service" event, a coming of responsible age event or exercise for young men (e.g., bar mitzvah of sorts), an annual event to recognize significant spiritual or congregational accomplishments, etc.
And I concur with your Lake County Ordinance 24-01 comments.
Thanks for the Report.
I enjoyed some of your thoughts on building men’s ministry. I would encourage you to include the men across all demographics and ages which would help leverage the experience and wisdom available in the congregation. You may want to try to get others to "sign up" to lead or sponsor activities and events if there is interest since spreading the wealth also generates greater buy-in.
You may want to avoid trying to do too much at once considering how busy people are. May be schedule activities and events across a annual calendar. For example, a monthly Men's breakfast every 2nd Monday morning 7:00-8:00am at a local diner, alternatively a monthly fast every 3rd Monday, a quarterly all ages "fun" event, a quarterly all ages "service" event, a coming of responsible age event or exercise for young men (e.g., bar mitzvah of sorts), an annual event to recognize significant spiritual or congregational accomplishments, etc.
And I concur with your Lake County Ordinance 24-01 comments.
Shalom -- Duane