Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Way - Here's a model

Check out this community in PA -
The Simple Way

http://www.thesimpleway.org/index2.html


A lot of folks have asked about some of the structures and rhythms that allow us to function as a community. Over the past 10 years, we’ve learned a lot and made plenty of mistakes, and we have now created a little packet to help new folks adjust to life here on Potter Street, sort of decoding some of our common life and expectations. We often liken these structures to the trellis of a garden. You want enough structure to provide stability, so that your tomatoes don’t flop around on the ground and rot. But if you have too much structure it can have the opposite effect, and can suffocate the plants from being free to grow. So this works for us, along with our foundations and functionality. We offer it, not necessarily as something to emulate or copy, but as a resource to look at as you discover what works for your community.

Our Commitments
Our Foundation and Functionality

Our Mission is:
"To Love God. To Love people. To Follow Jesus."
We're giving that our best shot.

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