Missional Conversation

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C24S Issue 001 ~ January 08
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Canadian Perspective: What's Happening?
Missional Mindset: House of Prayer Everywhere
Internet: Social Networking and All About God
Books: NEXUS
Resources: Planting Simple Churches
Coaching: Coaching Networks and Simple Church
Monthly Meetup
Input More Input
Laughter Best Medicine


"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one." - Mark Twain

Canadian Perspective: What's Happening?

More and more believers are waking up to the truth that following THE WAY is not easy, but simple….it basically boils down to seeing what He is seeing, hearing what He's saying, saying what He's saying, doing what He's doing and trusting Him in and for everything! G.W. http://disciplethenations.org/article_HCinCanada.html

Missional Mindset: Houses of Prayer Everywhere

A House of Prayer is a cluster of two or more believers who are banded together to pray for, care about, and share the blessings of Christ with their neighbors. A simple yet dynamic way to begin ministering to your neighbours.
http://www.hopeministries.org/

Internet: Social Networking and All About God

Network with other believers in Christ from your area and all over the world. Create your own profile, tell others (as much or as little as you like) about yourself, let others know what you're thinking through your blogs. Share your favorite photos, music and videos. Create your own groups and get questions answered... This is an excellent resource. The possibilities are boundless.
http://www.allaboutgod.net/

Books: NEXUS

Nexus: The World House Church Movement Reader. An excellent resource for those involved in house churches. It provides a broad base of information from a variety of perspectives. Not everyone will agree with the perspective of every contributor of this book. However, it will provide the reader with a broad understanding of the many sides to the house church movement worldwide.
http://missionbooks.org/wcl/customer/product.php?productid=574

Resources: Church Planting Resource

If you would like to receive our FREE CD-Rom, "Simple Church Planting," simply send us an email with "Free CD" in the Subject line, and include your full mailing address. This CD is completely free, we will even pay the shipping, even internationally. You are also free to duplicate the CD as much as you like. Click here to send an email. Some of the resources on our free CD-Rom are also available for immediate download under the "Free Resources" tab. http://churchplantingresource.org/default.aspx

Coaching: Coaching Networks and Simple Church

The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. Proverbs 20:5 NIV

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. Proverbs 27:17 NLT

Many simple church leaders are discovering that the skill commonly known as coaching fits well with the foundational principle of the priesthood of all believers that is the heartbeat of the simple church stream. The heart of coaching is rooted in treasuring each person, and coaching is based upon helping others discover what God is saying to them (rather than telling them!), so it is a powerful tool for helping each person become mature in Christ. Tom Wymore
http://www.dawnministries.org/northamerica/coaching

Monthly Meetup

Are you interested in learning more about simple (house) church? If so join us the last Saturday of each month for coffee and conversation. Time and place to be arranged. If you are interested contact us. oikosministries[at]shaw[dot]ca

Input More Input

Our ezine is contributor based. If you have a story you want to share about house church. Or if you know about an event, a resource, a website or any other resource that would help our Canadian work please send it our way.
oikosministries[at]shaw[dot]ca

Dog Letters to God

Dear God, How come people love to smell flowers, but seldom smell one another? Where are their priorities?

Dear God, When we get to Heaven, can we sit on your couch? Or is it the same old story?

Dear God, Excuse me, but why are the their cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the colt, the stingray, and the rabbit, but not one named for a dog? How often do you see a cougar riding around? We dogs love a nice ride!!! I know every breed cannot have its own model, but it would be easy to rename the Chrysler Eagle the Chrysler Beagle!

Dear God, If a dog barks his head off in the forest and no human hears him, is he still a bad dog?

Dear God, Is it true that in Heaven, dining room tables have on-ramps?

Dear God, If we come back as humans, is that good or bad?

Dear God, More meatballs, less spaghetti, please.

Dear God, When we get to the Pearly Gates, do we have to shake hands to get in?

Dear God, We dogs can understand human verbal instructions, hand signals, whistles, horns, clickers, beepers, scent IDs, electromagnetic energy fields, and Frisbee flight paths. What do humans understand?

Dear God, Are there dogs on other planets or are we alone? I have been howling at the moon and stars for a long time, but all I ever hear back is the beagle across the street!

Dear God, Are there mailmen in Heaven? If there are, will I have to apologize?

Dear God, Can you undo what that doctor did ... ?