Thursday, April 03, 2003

How to get there? I'm hoping for some movement in some possibilities Virginia way,  and for an opportune time to explore some development work with another group (I am so keen on these possibilities I don't even want to name them so that I am not publicizing any kind of complaint about how slow the process has been.....everybody is in financial straits,  and other projects are happening).  But if some of these can get to the "talk and plan" stage,  in terms of specifics and funding and what I could bring to the table, then the contacts with Church of the Saviour might be able to happen while I'm there.  I keep remembering how mision groups come into being in the COS community:  A call is sounded by two or more,  and others join the group if it sounds like good news to them.  I've been "tinkering" with this for about 10 years now,  and it gathers supporting resources and technologies like a rolling , dust gathering ....THING.  comment [] 2:39:29 PM

Is another COS pilgrimage beckoning? I have mentioned on a couple of posts,  somewhere in the past month,  that I am wondering if I should start some serious thinking about how to fashion a budget-conscious road trip to the D.C. Area,  in order to visit and hopefully carry on some serious dialogue about some Web Community Ministry types of ideas that I think have met the most basic criteria of an idea "Whose time has come".  The Church of the Saviour is the main attraction.  I have this category here,  as testimony to a now 27-year journey through the various stories from their history and ministries.  They have kept on,  throughout their 56 year existence,  expanding into any and all areas of life as a mission ;  a mission to extend missions, to discern needs and go after them,  with people and vision culled from their life together.   Maybe I have been one that has been planted and growing for years,  awaiting articulation and form.  From the first readings of Call To Commitment and Journey Inward, Journey Outward,  to the beginnings of the Internet and my initial descriptions of such things as "A Compuserve for the Church" (just prior to the coming of the Web to the non-tech audience in 1991-92),  and now on the backside of a 5 and a half year stint as web Developer at a denominational Publishing House,  the really down, bleak-looking  job market has me wondering if I'm going to make a dent in this mission/calling of mine if I don't do something risky.  comment [] 2:28:17 PM

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