Lost in Faith

Staring Wednesday, April 7 Shoal Creek will experiment with a monthly midweek event called First Wednesday.

The purpose of this event, to provide a place for those who own the mission of Shoal Creek to:

* celebrate the ritual of the Lord’s Supper which is commonly called Communion
* participate in the public expression of Baptism
* be challenged personally and corporately thru the truth of the Bible
* enjoy songs, hymns and spiritual songs together
* be ignited for the strategic direction of Shoal Creek

This series of events is being developed within the “white space” at Shoal Creek. The analogy being that space on a piece of paper where no writing or graphic design exists. No attempt is being made to replicate the processes and systems that make Sundays work so well. We are putting together a different system to work in conjunction with our Weekend efforts. For instance we have created a band just for First Wednesdays. We certainly will welcome guest into the band for time to time but there is a leader and band members who are dedicated to bringing the kind of challenging musical experience to believers that we give to seekers on Sundays. We see both of these efforts as absolutely essential to our strategic values and want to foster a both/and not an either/or environment.

We are doing this within the white space for two reasons.

* to keep from putting multiple hats on people already wearing too many and
* to create more room at the table to serve.

Below is an incomplete list of teams that are forming around this mission and their leaders.

* Communion Experiences and Room Ambiance- Candy Moran, Erin Talley, Holly Shaw
* Music-Colin Moran, Brett Coursey, Caleb Unger
* Guest Relations-?????? Opening doors, turning on lights, greeting, facilitating any handouts
* Media-????? Camera operators, lyrics, webcasting, production assistants, etc
* House Management clear stage, close doors, check mics, basically play mother to the room, etc.
* Childcare-no child care scheduled at the moment but we will have a parents room in the Attic, event will be simulcast there.
* Station Host-each night Communion will be available as well as other areas from time to time, for example a confession area where people will be available to pray with you or an area to journal for those who don’t find music a way to engage with God or simply an area to come and pray.
* Lighting-Greg Rogers, Craig Farr
* Sound-Dan Schmidt

I need you to do two things:

* spread the word, encourage those who aren’t engaged to think about exploring what it would look like to serve in this new adventure.

Call 792-2992 between hours of 10 am to 3 PM Tues-Sat and tell Pat/Alice what you are interested in or leave a message if they aren’t there or email
info@shoalcreek.org with same info.

* encourage people in your relational context to give First Wednesday a try.

Thanks for your participation. As the prime vision caster I am banking on your ownership of this mission as the prime motivation to pass this information along, persuasively. Your help is not a luxury, it is a necessity to infect the whole of Shoal Creek.

Forwarding this is certainly encouraged but must not be the only thing you do. Mention it in your groups, teams, with friends, personal conversations are KING, then twitter, facebook, ning, text msg, whatever it takes to get the word out!

Thanks for joining me in this mission. It remains the most exciting thing I have ever done. It is privilege to serve alongside you.

Roy Moran