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Faithfulness and fruitfulness

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Hi everyone I've had some interesting conversations with some of you over various lunches recently, on how we can make our group relevant to the members and to the office as a whole. Some of the suggestions and observations so far: (a) a greater focus on corporate prayer for the office; (b) use of Bible study material or a book; (c) difficulty of achieving transparency between members of this group because of work relationships; (d) 2nd floor not conducive for our meeting; and (e) possible inclusion of worship time. I'll try to meet as many of you as possible over the coming weeks to gather more thoughts. Many of you know I strongly advocate Christian living in the workplace. But the fact is, I struggle tremendously with it. I worry about impressing the boss. I worry about bonus. I worry about antagonizing my colleagues. And for sure, I worry about work a whole lot more than I worry about God. I'm sure many of you share similar struggles. But this I resolve - that I WANT to...

Shuffling the deck

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Hi everyone OK, our arrangement of having weekly prayer meetings is just not working, so it's time to reinvent the paradigm. I suggest that we focus on two main objectives: (a) establishing a SUSTAINABLE Christian support network; and (b) providing regular platforms for workplace EVANGELISM. Sustainability The evidence shows us that the weekly meeting has not been sustainable, so let's try this. For the foreseeable future, we will cancel the weekly meeting. In lieu of the weekly meeting, what we will do is organise a MONTHLY sharing on Christian living (preferably with a focus on the workplace) by one of us on a ROTATIONAL basis. This will reduce the burden of having to turn up every week, while providing for rotation of responsibility among the Christian community in the office. Hopefully we can institutionalise this, so that we evolve into a real community and establish a deeper sense of ownership, rather than relying on 1-2 persons, which would cause the whole arrangement to...