Update November 22

Hello everyone!
There were a few things I didn't get to mention the other night at dinner that I wanted to keep you informed of.

First, just a reminder that Shannon and I are planning to visit Northeast Community Church this Sunday morning at 10:45. This will give us a chance to see the facility "in action." We would love for you guys to join us, so let us know if we should save you a seat!

OK, I also wanted to make you aware that I meet again with the NV Elders next Tuesday night. I'll be giving them all the updates, but also making the formal request for financial support. Because we won't have significant startup costs, I plan to ask them to consider giving to "The Well" in stages. My first request will be for $20K based on the startup expenses that I've come up with so far.

Finally, here's the copy of my email from the other day that is open for discussion: "Oh…I changed the “tag line” to read, “A missional community of Christ followers.” We may need to dialogue more about this, but Shannon reminded me last night that we probably need some kind of tag that defines us as a church—without calling it a church (per our discussion last night). She suggested that maybe transformational was redundant. Maybe it is—although I think it’s still a value (and you’ll see that reflected as a core value—I borrowed this from NV’s core values—which I’m still a very big fan of). Transformational may be a bit difficult for most people to wrap their heads around. Although I think missional might have the same effect. Solomon’s Porch has the following tag line: “A holistic, missional, Christian community.”

That's all for now, I think. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!
Ryan