tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21285336.post115820450641503496..comments2023-11-07T03:27:00.355-05:00Comments on StretchyChurch: Hope for the PCUSA?Markus Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08786053812320008504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21285336.post-1158257166810481112006-09-14T14:06:00.000-04:002006-09-14T14:06:00.000-04:00Thanks for that advice! I really hope and pray th...Thanks for that advice! I really hope and pray that these things do take hold in our prasbytery.Markus Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786053812320008504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21285336.post-1158252160226023732006-09-14T12:42:00.000-04:002006-09-14T12:42:00.000-04:00I hope that this exciting development in your pres...I hope that this exciting development in your presbytery actually takes root. Demand it. Fight for it. Do not settle for going back to the “way things have always been.” I served on my presbytery’s long range planning committee while it developed a similar strategy for the Presbytery of Olympia. After several years and many changes the plan was adopted. Within a few years the presbytery had thrown out most of the changes and went back to doing things the “way they had always been done.” Don’t let that happen in your presbytery!<BR/><BR/>The work will only be 25% completed when the changes are implemented—and that is the easiest part of the work. It will take a long time for the changes to become a part of the culture of the presbytery. Sailboats have a rudder that is used to change the course the boat is traveling. The rudder is ineffective while the boat is stationary. As the boat gains speed the rudder becomes very effective. DO NOT let up until the presbytery has completed the change in course and those changes have become a part of the fabric of the presbytery’s ethos.<BR/><BR/>Pastor Lance<BR/>FullCourtPresby.blogspot.comPastor Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04033083876003654375noreply@blogger.com