Comments on: A little about me . . . http://dondavis.wordpress.com Don shares about life, the kingdom of God, simple church and reaching the nations. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:15:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tom Vogel http://dondavis.wordpress.com/about/#comment-93 Tom Vogel Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:15:12 +0000 #comment-93 First, a note that on hrscn.org the page calendar.html is muddled, at least in a different manner than last week. Next, Tony Dale recently blogged starting "Everyone is so busy..." Gee, if all of us involved in HC aren't running around going to committees, planning events, Sunday School lessons, etc. as many of us did when involved in IC, there should be some time free. I know for me, that's the case, exacerbated by being un- or underemployed through all of 2009. Next, I saw something about HC/SC being at a tipping point. I hate to say it, but I don't say it. In the past year, I have heard zero mentions of the movement, if it can be called such, in the "Christian media." Don, I've met you a couple of times when there was all kinds of people around. I have an idea, but I think it might cause you a problem, so I'd like to discuss it first. I've tried calling you, but just get the answering machine. My number is currently (different from before) 424-1315. Tom First, a note that on hrscn.org the page calendar.html is muddled, at least in a different manner than last week.

Next, Tony Dale recently blogged starting “Everyone is so busy…” Gee, if all of us involved in HC aren’t running around going to committees, planning events, Sunday School lessons, etc. as many of us did when involved in IC, there should be some time free. I know for me, that’s the case, exacerbated by being un- or underemployed through all of 2009.

Next, I saw something about HC/SC being at a tipping point. I hate to say it, but I don’t say it. In the past year, I have heard zero mentions of the movement, if it can be called such, in the “Christian media.”

Don, I’ve met you a couple of times when there was all kinds of people around. I have an idea, but I think it might cause you a problem, so I’d like to discuss it first. I’ve tried calling you, but just get the answering machine. My number is currently (different from before) 424-1315.

Tom

]]> By: Tom Vogel http://dondavis.wordpress.com/about/#comment-52 Tom Vogel Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:41:21 +0000 #comment-52 I sent you an e-mail about a month ago, and you replied with a phone call. You probably remember that I had come to look at house churches due to attempting to find a local body that met on a weekday due to my job being mainly Saturdays and Sundays. You referred me to Norm Pryzbylski. About a week ago, I got to sit down with Norm and talk; at this time, his house church is not meeting. His advice was to start one, since I don't fit into anything currently happening. In my free time, I've been reading at lot from the postings entitled House Church Reader 1 & 2. Nonetheless, I have some questions for someone who has familiarity with this. If you gave me your phone number, I lost it. Mine is 644-6269, again. Thanks for all the help so far. Tom I sent you an e-mail about a month ago, and you replied with a phone call. You probably remember that I had come to look at house churches due to attempting to find a local body that met on a weekday due to my job being mainly Saturdays and Sundays. You referred me to Norm Pryzbylski. About a week ago, I got to sit down with Norm and talk; at this time, his house church is not meeting. His advice was to start one, since I don’t fit into anything currently happening. In my free time, I’ve been reading at lot from the postings entitled House Church Reader 1 & 2. Nonetheless, I have some questions for someone who has familiarity with this. If you gave me your phone number, I lost it. Mine is 644-6269, again. Thanks for all the help so far.
Tom

]]> By: Networking with Mission Organizations « House2Harvest Missions Weblog http://dondavis.wordpress.com/about/#comment-35 Networking with Mission Organizations « House2Harvest Missions Weblog Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:05:18 +0000 #comment-35 [...] Wright Says: August 21, 2008 at 12:32 pm [...] [...] Wright Says: August 21, 2008 at 12:32 pm [...]

]]> By: Don Davis http://dondavis.wordpress.com/about/#comment-34 Don Davis Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:58:11 +0000 #comment-34 tim - I am going to try to move your question and my comment to the h2hmissions blog so that other can join in from that venue. tim – I am going to try to move your question and my comment to the h2hmissions blog so that other can join in from that venue.

]]> By: Don Davis http://dondavis.wordpress.com/about/#comment-33 Don Davis Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:56:49 +0000 #comment-33 Hi Tim, That question is a very important one. I am part of a network of missionaries that will be attempting to mobilize house churches to do missions. We have a dialog going in preparation for the launching of this network. It can be found at http://h2hmissions.wordpress.com/ the network is called House2Harvest Network. I work with several missions organizations, and the only we it can work is if they can agree with doing church simply rather than institutionally. If they are critics of the simple church movement, it will not be easy to work together with them. There are also several issues and ways of doing ministry that is not conducive to simple church (those I mentioned in my 8 part "Church Structure" article, therefore a missions organization will need to make changes in their structure so that it is more "organic" and relational. When that happens, the opportunities to work together will happen. Our main task first is to assist the simple churches and their networks to do the mission work that God has called them to do and help them remain strategic. God Bless! Don Hi Tim, That question is a very important one. I am part of a network of missionaries that will be attempting to mobilize house churches to do missions. We have a dialog going in preparation for the launching of this network. It can be found at http://h2hmissions.wordpress.com/ the network is called House2Harvest Network.
I work with several missions organizations, and the only we it can work is if they can agree with doing church simply rather than institutionally. If they are critics of the simple church movement, it will not be easy to work together with them.
There are also several issues and ways of doing ministry that is not conducive to simple church (those I mentioned in my 8 part “Church Structure” article, therefore a missions organization will need to make changes in their structure so that it is more “organic” and relational. When that happens, the opportunities to work together will happen.
Our main task first is to assist the simple churches and their networks to do the mission work that God has called them to do and help them remain strategic.

God Bless! Don

]]> By: Timothy Wright http://dondavis.wordpress.com/about/#comment-32 Timothy Wright Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:32:27 +0000 #comment-32 Hello from England, My name is Tim Wright. I am with OM. I work at the International HQ of OM in Carlisle, England. I am very interested in House Church . Where I live in England, there is not a house church that I know of. The city is only 75,00,00 people. A big question for me is how is OM in the future going to engage all the people involved in house church and learn from them instead of trying to get them on our agenda instead of learning and partnering with them. I would appreciate any comments from you and would enjoy learning from you. Tim Hello from England,

My name is Tim Wright. I am with OM. I work at the International HQ of OM in Carlisle, England. I am very interested in House Church . Where I live in England, there is not a house church that I know of. The city is only 75,00,00 people.

A big question for me is how is OM in the future going to engage all the people involved in house church and learn from them instead of trying to get them on our agenda instead of learning and partnering with them. I would appreciate any comments from you and would enjoy learning from you.

Tim

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