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Comment by Neal Kentch on July 24, 2011 at 11:27am

Pamela

Thanks.  I'll give you a call next week and maybe we can compare notes.  Our situations might be different in some ways: what I'm mainly worried about is keeping this place going given the scarce resources.  I'm also short on leaders.  Cottage Way is a really, really good church, a good place for my people, but I don't know how to keep the place going. 

Comment by Pamela J. Moore on July 23, 2011 at 11:58am

Neal,

Your congregation sounds much like mine.  We also have long-time members who are the primary source of support for the church, both financial and in leadership.  However, I give them great credit for being welcoming of those who are struggling.  It is continually a challenge.  I doubt that I have any answers, but I'd be happy to have a conversation with you.  My office phone is 909-885-6534, and I'm usually in the office from 9-1 Pacific time.

Comment by Neal Kentch on July 22, 2011 at 12:40pm

The church and the people I serve have what I guess you could call inner city problems: mental illness, substance abuse, little money, little education, etc.  Some days I think I'm in way over my head and I would like to discuss things with anyone in a similar situation.

Comment by Douglas Avram on March 5, 2010 at 8:54pm

Glad to see this group and opportunity to discuss and listen in to other Disciples comments and concerns.

Comment by Patricia Case on January 5, 2010 at 1:13pm

Not sure there will ever be a "silver bullet" solution to losing DisciplesWorld. That is, there may be a whole host of publications electronic and otherwise for a while... Check out the history of the Disciples. a wide range of pubs developed with the denomination. It settled into a single print piece, only after nearly 200 years... only to atomize again on the medium we call the Internet. Intersection is a good partner in the wider communication challenge... and I hope there are some ways for it to self-organize around the needs of the wider community. But I hope we see other emergent possibilities (like D'mergent: http://dmergent.org/) as sibling efforts...

Comment by Alan Cory on January 5, 2010 at 11:40am

I like Kevin's idea, but...my congregation in which the church and the co-pastors (my wife Julie and I) own more computers than the rest of the congregation combined will not be participating! But I do enjoy the site! I'm disappointed that are old friends at Heart of the Rockies in Fort Collins haven't caught on yet, though.

Comment by Jose Francisco Morales Jr on January 4, 2010 at 1:18pm

Keep it rollin'!

Comment by Rebecca Woods on January 1, 2010 at 7:40am

Hey, Kevin, I like that idea! I am working with the survey results right now, and hope to share those today or tomorrow with anyone who is interested.

I'm also excited to see new blogs, communication, and collaboration popping up already, like the [d]mergent blog.

Comment by Kevin Prahar on January 1, 2010 at 7:35am

In 2010, with the demise of the Disciple magazine, let's make this website THE Premier method for communication among Disciples and the wider church community. Happy New year to all!

Comment by Max E Glenn on December 29, 2009 at 6:12pm

I am delighted to find this new tool

DOC clergy are finding Facebook and here we hove our very own space.

What are three things you want to see happen in January 2010?

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