Generation Integration

I am in a college-age group here in the Seattle area and we have just hit the reset button. New college pastor. Not really sure where we are going as a group now but I am excited by the opportunities that are presenting themselves. As a group we have been more or less stagnant for upwards of six months now. When would be a better time to revitalize the mission and focus?

One huge problem that we have had for at least as long as I have been apart of this group is a lack of integration between our students and the rest of the church. There is precious little community being spread around between the generations at my church. This problem is one that I have become most acutely aware of as something that has to change if we are ever going to move forward.

How do you go about integrating age groups that have zero contact with each other? I guess that's what I'm going to try to find out. We have been operating as a completely autonomous branch of the church and I believe that trying to tie the group back within the confines of the church as a whole will have its own unique set of challenges. But isn't that what we're called to do? To operate as one body spreading the gospel through our love and community with one another? I certainly don't think our community is drawing too many folks right now...

I read an interesting summary from one pastor on how he intended to bring unity back to the generations of his congregation. I found some of his points useful, especially right near the end.

Blessings

Son of the King

So this blog is titled Son of the King. This phrase is actually more of a concept, and it has been on my mind for awhile now. One thing to know about me, I am tremendously motivated and stirred by powerful quotes, concepts and speeches. Son of the King is a powerful concept indeed...

So I was reading through 1 Kings and looking at the beginning of Solomon's reign. After reflecting on his character and his actions later I was blown away with his confidence and decisiveness as a new ruler. Especially considering how young he was! A thought that crossed my mind was that he had that confidence because of who his father was. His dad was King David! And when King David spoke and decreed Solomon as king, Solomon knew that that was all he needed. He was son of the king! And the king had spoken.

All of this connected in my mind to some of the studying I've done about our adoption into the family of God as sons and daughters. Galatians talks a lot about this. We are adopted sons and daughters of God. That should mean a lot to us. I have heard that in biblical times, a biological son could be cast out or disowned while when a father adopted a son he could never cast him out. Adoption was permanent. We have been adopted for eternity! There is nothing that will ever cause God to cast us out!

So I am a son of the King. What does that mean? Well a good place to start is to realize that God has us right where He intends us to be. He placed us where we are so that we might fill a specific role in the coming of His kingdom. So we can realize that, wherever He has us, we may act with confidence and decisiveness! I am a son of the King! And He has placed me here for this task. 

Here we go

So, I love to write. It seems nearly impossible for me to get myself to write anything regularly. I've tried to start writing blogs before but they all had fairly specific focuses. This blog is going to be exactly the opposite. I'm not promising to write about anything specific at all!

I can say that I am a Christ follower. Not as a hobby, but as an all-consuming life passion. So it's a fair guess that much of my writing will be related...

Blessings