A Life of Balance - pros and cons of house church...

A Life of Balance

Jan. 10, 2007

pros and cons of house church...

having been a part of a house church and hosted a house church for 3 years now, I thought this was a rather accurate list of pros and cons... I can't get the image to upload... since I don't know what I'm doing!! but I'll list them. I found them on tallskinnykiwi's blog

The Cool and the Lame about House Church
                cool                         lame
1. seating         armchairs and couches         no back pew to hide one
2. bathroom     always close                       everyone notices
3. Music          if there's a DJ                   if its an attempt at Kum-By-Ya
4. no sermon    teaching is interactive         if you're a preacher
5. DIY potential anyone can do it            if you want to be a paid professional
6. Size            small is intimate                  bad for babe scouting
7. Cuisine        bring on the love feast         no potlucks in the church hall
8. Movement    room floating encouraged     expect to be interrupted by the dog
9. Security      less likely a bomb target     who took my CD's?
10. Speed        it could happen tonight        it could happen tonight at your house

I related to a lot of those... in fact they made Bryan and I laugh. We love our house church, we love having it in our own home (especially when its 10 below 0!), I love the things there are to love about it. BUT there are those times you'd like to skip church, or you get tired of cooking, or you change your mind about being a hospitable person but there you are. Where God put you and you willingly went. Serving where you are needed. and you realize there are pros and cons no matter where you are!!

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Jan. 11, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by EEEEMommy

My darling and I were just talking about some of the pros and cons last night as we will begin hosting a weekly home fellowship group starting next week. It'll be our first time serving as hosts, and it'll be interesting to see how it goes. (I don't consider hospitality to be one of my gifts).

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Jan. 13, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

I always leave the comments on the wrong section. Sorry Renee! :)

COOL CAKE! What a great Mom you are! I don't think I'd ever be able to come up with something that great! :)

And I LOVE the little naked pictures with snow outside. :) !?! Don't they freeze? :)

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Jan. 13, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Arghhh! :)

I will never do this right.

That was me above.

Holly
www.seekingfaithfulness.wordpress.com

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A place to record my journey of creating a life of balance. First as God's child and bride, "wifing", mothering, homeschooling, leading worship, neighboring, mentoring, teaching piano, and the myriad of other things that clamor for my time and energy. And a place to put pictures to show my family whom I miss incredibly, and who live so very far away from us here in Alaska!!