March Breakfast Recap

Kaj, thanks for hosting our last breakfast. The scones were exceptional.

We had a pretty good turn out with one new pastor arriving, Dick Tietjen from Grace Lutheran. Great to have you and your 25 years of ministry in South Tacoma with us Dick. In addition to Dick, we had seven other ministers/elders present: Jim and Jeff from Celebration Fellowship, John from Green Pastures, myself from Manitou, and Kaj from Puget Sound Christian Center and Bruce who is an elder/lay leader at Grace Lutheran.

We had planned to discuss two questions, but only had time for the first question which was, "What is a current struggle and joy in your ministry?" It was good to hear updates and opportunities from folks. One of the items we spent some good time discussion was John's question about how to best approach marginally involved couples seeking to get married. Thanks for raising that question John.

Since we didn't have time to get to the 2nd question, we decided to post it on the blogspot, (which is located at www.sotacministers.blogspot.com) and start getting comments on it. The question surrounds an initial 'agenda statement' for the group. It goes like the following:

"As ministers in South Tacoma, we desire to develop trust between one another so that when God presents us with an opportunity or challenge that is uniquely suited for us to collectively engage that we would be united enough to faithfully do so."

What do you think about this statement? What would you change? Add? Remove? Feel free to comment.

We decided to take April off from meeting and hold our next gathering on the first Wednesday in May which is May 6 at 8:30 at Manitou Park Presbyterian.

March Breakfast Precap

Fellow Ministers in SoTac,

This is your day before reminder that we are gathering tomorrow morning (Wednesday, March 4th) at 8:30 at Puget Sound Christian Center for a time of eating, supporting and prayering for one another and this community of South Tacoma. Two months ago we asked the question, "Where are the weeds that need pulling and the seeds that need nurturing in South Tacoma?" Last month we asked the question, "What is each of our agendas in regards to this group?" In preparation for our breakfast tomorrow, let me invite you to think about the following questions:
1. Currently, what is a struggle in your ministry? What is a joy in your ministry?

2. Last month we articulated a rough focus for this group which goes something like this:

"As Ministers in South Tacoma, we desire to develop trust between one another so that when God presents us with an opportunity or challenge that is uniquely suited for us to collectively engage that we would be united enough to faithfully do so."

How do you feel about this statment? Are their things you would like to add? remove? totally change?

Looking forward to the scones, see you tomorrow. Ken