Meeting This Week

Hey fellas,

Just a quick note to say that we meet this Thursday, February 2, 2006 at 7:00 PM at the Starbucks in North Olmsted. It will be great to get together again!

Shalome!

A New Year, A New Season

Well, there was a lot discussed in our last meeting - so here it goes.

1. The meeting location is changing to Starbucks in North Olmsted.
2. The "official" meeting time will change to the first and third Thursday of every month, and the meeting will last from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (a list of dates can be found below the goals).
3. Meetings are still open to anyone interested in attending, but make sure to contact someone to make sure we are meeting at the default location; we are planning to have a lot of variety in meetings (locations, topics, activities, etc.).
4. We decided that we want to see the following results from the group this year, and we have established goals to reach them.

Goal 1: More frequent contact
A. meet more than 20 times this year
B. Random phone calls (call at least one person weekly)
Outcome: Accountability: We will see results in our influence on others for God and in personal growth (specifically in personal resolutions).

Goal 2: Be willing to stop the meeting for prayer needs
* Review/asses at the end of the year
Outcome: Prayer: praying together, personal growth in prayer, increased prayer, increased independent prayer, increase in the prophetic

Goal 3: Make four field trips/service projects for the year
* assess quarterly
Outcome: Application: after talking about topics, so something to act on the discussion (ex. Topic: Evangelism --> apply by evangelizing)

Goal 4: Specific Curriculum:
1 book from the Bible
1 meeting on a focused word study
1 meeting on a specific Biblical topic
* review/assess quarterly
Outcome: Reading and Growing in Knowledge of the Bible: incorporation of Biblical truth in meetings, and growth in knowledge of the word, growth in independent study, growth in meditation on the word (the prophetic)


Goal 5: Remain Current:
2 meetings on high interest topics (ex. Apologetics, current events, Biblical science/geography questions)
* review/assess at the end of the year
Outcome: Interesting Discussions to Provide Variety and Critical Thinking: By incorporating current events we also are sure to be in the world (wise about it).

DATES to mark on your calendar:

Thursday, February 2, 2006

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Thursday, March 2, 2006

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Thursday, April 6, 2006

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Thursday, May 4, 2006

Thursday, May 18, 2006

...and so on - every 1st and 3rd thursday of the month.

Important Meeting - Saturday, January 21, 2006

Hey fellas,

It is a new year, a new season, and time for us to sit down and renew committments and directions for the time to come. We will be meeting at Applebees in North Olmsted at 7:00 PM. Please let me know in advance that you are coming as I will need to call to reserve space. Please bring a pen, I'll supply everything else we need.

Shalome!
~mike