I've been at Calvary for a bit over a month now. There is still much I need to learn as I adjust. Unfortunately I need to do this as we (the leadership) oversee radical changes in the church that need to lead it to a path it's never been on before. In the midst of that I have come to more fully realize something I hadn't thought much about this past 6 months of involvement with the church. A big part of my coming here was for the sake and awareness of the need of change. The problem is that though we are all using that word the meanings intended are vastly different at times. So, the problem isn't change itself, the whole church knows that it is paramount to our survival. The problem is the nature and result of that change. So, I ask you this then, what does change for Calvary mean to you? ( to our church members reading this) What does change mean to you? ( to the rest of you reading this in cyberspace) For this one I would really appreciate the responses and involvement from our Calvary membership.
Perhaps the most interesting question for me to ask the membership is this; what does Calvary Baptist Church of Norristown make you think of? When you see that title or think of the church what does it look like? I am new here so for me the changes coming will be part of my view of Calvary. You, however, have been here, many for generations, so you already have a view of Calvary. I'd like you to tell me what that is. What's important about that view? What do you think makes Calvary a church?
These are all very important things for me to know as I, along with the rest of the leadership, try to devise a way to shepherd the change that is inevitably coming. Please, get back to me and let me know what's important to you about Calvary!
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