http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2006/02/xbox-granny-get-your-gun/ Frustrate. Educate. Motivate. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:56:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2006/02/xbox-granny-get-your-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-2918 dan Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:32:36 +0000 http://cms.bigbadcollab.com/?p=464#comment-2918 This is very cool and a way of helping seniors connect with youngsters. Seniors are a vast untapped resource, it seems to me, and almost totally ignored by the emergent community. On a one-week mission trip to Louisiana to help out Katrina victims, I was surprised that the majority of the volunteer staff, who served us short-termers in various capacities, were senior citizens. Many of them were veterans of other groups and projects such as Hard Hats for Christ. Many seniors have more free time than the rest of us, but I think we unintentionally feed into the "I've-done-my-bit-already" mentality by not calling on them. I'm reminded that Moses was called by God when he was 80. Caleb was well along in years when he took the giants' mountain strongholds. You'll also notice that it's implied Caleb made the most of his time during those 40 years in the desert by investing in the lives of the young people. It's a cliche, I believe, that there is no retirement plan with God, but I don't think we usually live that way. This is very cool and a way of helping seniors connect with youngsters.
Seniors are a vast untapped resource, it seems to me, and almost totally ignored by the emergent community.
On a one-week mission trip to Louisiana to help out Katrina victims, I was surprised that the majority of the volunteer staff, who served us short-termers in various capacities, were senior citizens. Many of them were veterans of other groups and projects such as Hard Hats for Christ.
Many seniors have more free time than the rest of us, but I think we unintentionally feed into the “I’ve-done-my-bit-already” mentality by not calling on them.
I’m reminded that Moses was called by God when he was 80. Caleb was well along in years when he took the giants’ mountain strongholds. You’ll also notice that it’s implied Caleb made the most of his time during those 40 years in the desert by investing in the lives of the young people.
It’s a cliche, I believe, that there is no retirement plan with God, but I don’t think we usually live that way.

]]> http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2006/02/xbox-granny-get-your-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-2917 brandon Sat, 04 Feb 2006 01:38:50 +0000 http://cms.bigbadcollab.com/?p=464#comment-2917 that's awesome! that’s awesome!

]]> http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2006/02/xbox-granny-get-your-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-2916 Ryan Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:16:03 +0000 http://cms.bigbadcollab.com/?p=464#comment-2916 It's good to hear about someone willing to step out of the Christian box and teach a class on something not from the Bible. I know, I'm a heretic. It’s good to hear about someone willing to step out of the Christian box and teach a class on something not from the Bible. I know, I’m a heretic.

]]> http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2006/02/xbox-granny-get-your-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-2915 s. zeilenga Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:11:40 +0000 http://cms.bigbadcollab.com/?p=464#comment-2915 I would love an afternoon spent playing video games with my pastor. I would love an afternoon spent playing video games with my pastor.

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