Rediscovering Our Core Values - Sunday Evening, 6:30 p.m.

I don't know about you but I am excited about Sunday evening.  I have been through one of these sessions with Frank once before and have experienced the value in such a process.  Core values are important, and it is equally important to evaluate them from time to time.  We so often become somewhat dull in our faith over time.  That is why we should revisit, review, and recommit to our Core Values - at least once a year.

Dr. Frank Guinta will lead us through a process to rediscover our Core Values.  We will gather around tables, each one with a post-it pad (so bring a pen with you), to list our own personal Core Values.  Once this is done, we then will act as groups (probably two or three) to compare notes and list the Values that are common to each particular table.

Frank will then have us post our common values on the wall.  Each person will have the opportunity to get up and view these values.  We then will sit as a fellowship and narrow down the top 8-10 Values.  A discussion will follow as to why these values are so important to us as a fellowship.

The follow-up to the evening will be to display these top 8-10 values.  This will become the responsibility of the Elders' Board.  They will review the values and apply the appropriate scriptures to each one.  My suggestion is that they be displayed on one of the beginning pages of our Constitution.  Another idea is to make book markers to pass out to everyone who attends so that they can keep these precious Core Values in front of them as they read their Bibles.

Sometime in the near distant future we will have a re dedication service to our Core Values.  We will promise to uphold them to the best of our ability, the Lord being our Helper.

I truly hope that we have a great turn out on Sunday evening.  When we did this exercise in New Glasgow it was during a major snow storm.  We had close to fifty people show up.  We are suppose to get 5-10 cm of snow on Sunday.  Hopefully it won't be enough to discourage our service with Frank.

Looking forward to seeing all of you on Sunday.

God bless.

-Leo