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We had a good meeting last night as Liz said. Matt started his month of facilitating with a discussion on Isaiah 58 - the true fast - with a twist. We talked not so much about the poor and opressed and downtrodden that we might go to downtown and then leave, but about those who may be "opressed" and "poor" in some way who are in our lives, who are among us all the time. This, we discussed, could be each other at times. It could be anyone we work with who is not desirable or unloveable. It was good. We prayed and listened for a while - prayed for each other - ended up praying for Matt - some encouraging things came out. And we talked about the monthly gathering that we're going to do. Soon - March 1st - that's a Saturday night. We don't know where yet but have some good ideas. I'll let you know. We're excited but not feeling pressure - this is good.
| posted by + Alan | 10:42 AM | |