CHAPTER 6 - Bailey’s Advice for Serving Our Clients at Sonshine – “At the heart of it all [is] a sustained commitment to serve people beyond [yourselves!]”


Thanks everyone for partnering with us to read through Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians. 

When Bailey wrote on Paul’s management of his trips, donors, and messengers in this chapter I was reminded of the off season work we do of preparing trips, youth leaders, and campers for their summer experience.  This final chapter, for me, highlighted the importance of maintaining discipline and focus when implementing SOPS and protocol, while at the same time seasoning/surrounding all work and communication with the grace, love, and redemption of Christ. 

To wrap up this final post I reviewed past posts and came up with one sentence summaries of my blog journey through the book.

Thanks again for being a part of this study and blog!

Peace!!
Steve

CHAPTER 1 -  Our discipleship journey together is more difficult and rewarding than we usually expect.
"CONFLICT and THE NEED FOR LOVE" -- The Agony (Ecclesiological Stupdity Sabotaging Group Development) and Ecstacy (Passionate Surrender to Christ) of Church Life

CHAPTER 2 – Fruitful discipleship involves kindly, lovingly, and sincerely confronting one another.
Title – “UFF DA = Exclamation Used (today at least) to Express The Practice of Confrontational Discernment!”

SIDE BAR – The word became flesh in us and as His bride carrying His life we, the church, are the living expression of Christ to the World.

CHAPTER 3 – (SAME AS CHAPTER 1) – Our discipleship journey together is more difficult and rewarding than we usually expect.
Title - 3.1 to 3.6 -- "The Dude Sucker Punched Me Right in the Feels!" -- The Difficult, Sacrificial, Painstaking, Faith-filled, Confusing, Excruciating, and Absolutely Necessary & Wonderful Joy of Relational Ministry

CHAPTER 4 – Evangelism can at times be a tender, delicate, sensitive invitation to intimacy w Christ.
Title - CHAPTER 4 - HOLY INK DUMP -- DRAINED ANOTHER HIGHLIGHTER -- BAILEY UNLEASHED ON LEADERSHIP, LOVE'S POWER, RELATIONAL MINISTRY, EVANGELISM, INTIMACY, CHURCH WORK, CHURCH MISSION, PHILOSOPHY OF MINISTRY, AND GROUP DEVELOPMENT!!

CHAPTER 5 – The historical, contextual roots of history/tradition (where you came from) should be considered when encountering new ideas.
Title - Tradition & Discipline: The "Oh Cr*p Bars" for Breakneck Sociological Change -- CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6 – Effective ministry requires focused, grace-inspired discipline with SOPS and protocol.   
Title – Bailey’s Advice for Serving Our Clients at Sonshine – “At the heart of it all [is] a sustained commitment to serve people beyond [yourselves.!]”

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