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07-16-2008, 05:03 PM
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Re: For Men Only!
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As do countless other posters on countless threads all the time.
Its the same ole song and dance...
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You don't think your posts have been a bit caustic? It's just a thread about men's ministry, for pete's sake. LOL!!!!
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07-17-2008, 02:12 PM
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Re: For Men Only!
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You don't think your posts have been a bit caustic? It's just a thread about men's ministry, for pete's sake. LOL!!!!
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If speaking the truth about real life personal experiences and observations is "caustic" then I guess my posts were caustic.
Perhaps I should have just said that from my experience and observations men's ministries are a joke, IMO, and left off the ladies ministries comparison. Would that have been better?
I do have a husband that agrees with me. Maybe I should try to get him to post here.
Good grief.
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07-17-2008, 02:13 PM
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Re: For Men Only!
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If speaking the truth about real life personal experiences and observations is "caustic" then I guess my posts were caustic.
Perhaps I should have just said that from my experience and observations men's ministries are a joke, IMO, and left off the ladies ministries comparison. Would that have been better?
I do have a husband that agrees with me. Maybe I should try to get him to post here.
Good grief.
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Maybe you could use emoticons to indicate joking. (Or not) Just a thought. 
I think Ferd was also pointing out that most Men's Ministries are a joke, and was presenting ways they could be better. Perhaps your point would have been better served just to agree with him?
LOL!!!
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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07-17-2008, 02:23 PM
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Re: For Men Only!
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Maybe you could use emoticons to indicate joking. (Or not) Just a thought.
I think Ferd was also pointing out that most Men's Ministries are a joke, and was presenting ways they could be better. Perhaps your point would have been better served just to agree with him?
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Well, I didn't take Ferd to be saying that.
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07-17-2008, 03:07 PM
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Re: For Men Only!
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Well, I didn't take Ferd to be saying that.
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Originally Posted by Ferd
Men's ministry fails because it ends up being one more time for someone to get the men together and tell them how they should act.
Far too often churches end up thinking every get together is an opportunity to teach a lesson or preach a sermon.
where men are concerned, I don't think that is the best approach. It OUGHT to be about fellowship.
I believe in teaching. I believe in Sunday school. In fact, I don't think anyone should be allowed in leadership of a church if they aren't involved in Sunday school as either a teacher or a student. period. that includes the music department folk.
I believe in prayer meetings. Churches should have those on a regular basis.
but a men's ministry ought to be about the men and not another chance for Sunday school or a prayer meeting.
But if you want to be effective with a men's ministry, it better be something the men are willing to be a part of. where they can let their guard down and be real. Fish, hunt, camp, play golf, go to ball games. Find things that interest your men and make it something that they can be a part of. Let it be something they can invite friends to and develop Godly relationships with Godly men.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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