tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post5786527003742098186..comments2023-06-04T14:47:02.324+01:00Comments on a sideways glance: cafe church thoughts on baptism as relocationsimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13470335172330595542noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-38735260680111875972007-06-22T10:55:00.000+01:002007-06-22T10:55:00.000+01:00James 5:13-20; how many folk will confess any "fai...James 5:13-20; how many folk will confess any "failings" in a congregational setting? It's safer in smaller settings.<BR/><BR/>Are we prepared to "walk in the light" with each other? What is so often euphemistically termed hanging out the dirty washing.<BR/><BR/>Covenant - equal partners? Can I have your wallet? In covenant, it's mine! And i don't mean after you've emptied it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-48935035152891556152007-06-19T10:23:00.000+01:002007-06-19T10:23:00.000+01:00Here's a suggestion albeit a very simple one - At ...Here's a suggestion albeit a very simple one - <BR/><BR/>At cafe church, as you mentioned, people were given time and space to think through what they had seen and heard and then were invited to commit to one another by signing the covenant publically. Signing certainly made me think carefully and re-evaluate how I walk and serve with my brothers and sisters. I also know several people were keen to take a copy of the covenant away so I took that to mean it meant something to them too. <BR/><BR/>Could that not be replicated somehow with the signing actually meaning joining the church or recommiting to it?<BR/><BR/>You mentioned before something similar about a covenant service but could it not take the form of either a day together, such as the church conference, or a meal together such as the new church family meeting which seems to be popular.<BR/><BR/>Then as with the conference, preparation beforehand could be Scripture reading and teaching focussing on the issues and then on the day itself sharing together culminating in some sort of membership service.<BR/><BR/>Just a thought...Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419201598302951754noreply@blogger.com