[AT] Talking about shops/sheds + (OT) Building Code Changes

[Larry Goss]

Right, David.  We've been "visioned" so many times we're sick of it.  A group of us attended some sessions where several churches were making plans to do some collaborative programs to revitalize themselves.  They brought in an out-of-town consultant from your neck of the woods to help them (at several thousand dollars) who mentioned the work of Everett Rogers.  At a break, I asked the consultant if he was going to continue to discusss the Rogers work?  He said, "No, they wouldn't understand it. Rogers is OK if you believe that stuff."  I took that as my cue, put on my coat, and went home.   I saw no reason to witness the lambs being led to the slaughter.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: David Bruce <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
Date: Monday, March 7, 2011 20:40
Subject: Re: [AT] Talking about shops/sheds + (OT) Building Code Changes
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> At some point the conference here will be involved as well but 
> for now 
> we are gathering the data we need to understand our needs then 
> to feed 
> to the conference.
> 
> Our current pastor has helped in developing the vision.  
> She has been 
> with us 2 years so maybe 3 more max.  We are a small rural 
> church that 
> might be in the middle of suburbia in 20 or so years so one 
> factor we 
> are considering is our growth as the surrounding area grows in 
> population.
> David
> NW NC
> 
> On 3/7/2011 8:53 PM, Terry Welch wrote:
> > Our Methodist Church has just finished a remodel of the 
> original 1860s
> > structure. The conference came in and had studies done to see 
> if it could be
> > done as far making it up to date. Many people in the Church 
> wanted to move
> > outside of town and build a new church. When it first was 
> proposed we had a
> > Pastor that told us the Church needs to be in a spot that does 
> most good for the
> > community. It was finally decided  to spend $350,000 on a 
> new entrance and not a
> > $1.5 million and still not have a sanctuary for a few years 
> until another $1
> > million could be raised. We also had a Pastor that wanted to 
> build a mega church
> > as that is what you need to do to bring  the people. She 
> found out that would
> > not work in our area. So she left for greener fields.
> >
> > Terry
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