There is a church in the area near where I currently reside (I'll call it Cypresslake), and it has small groups that meet in Palatine. I went on Cyresslake.org to find a list of small groups that meet in Palatine. I was unable to find a list, but I did come across the email address of the area pastor/small groups guy.
Armed with that information I composed a simple message that said, "Hi, will you sent me a list of small groups that meet in the area? Thanks, Keith" The reply I received said "Hi Keith, Why don't you join us at our monthly men's breakfast on such and such a date at such and such a time? Thanks small groups guy"
I am not sure if you caught that but there was no list of small groups that meet in the area, or any directions to where I can find the information on the internets. I've been around the church long enough to know that inclusion is an important part of how it rolls. I appreciated the info about the men's breakfast but my core need (a list of small group) was not met.
The invite to the men's breakfast wasn't necessary to get me involved. I was already interested in small groups. I don't need the hard sell at the breakfast to get me interested. If the small groups guy would have sent me the list I could have, potentially, attended a small group & the men's breakfast.
Now I feel as though this list of small groups is like the two free days in Orlando with Universal Studio tickets and the men's breakfast is the half day pitch about a time share I have to sit through in order to get those free days and tickets.
That is all...
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I'm impressed that you're making an effort to join a small group - although there is a small group (or at least me) around these parts just dying for you to join [insert unsubscribe joke here]. I'm sorry your plan has backfired on you.
Guess that means you'll just have to start coming down to mine!
Interesting . . . So you prefer a list that you can choose from over a personal invite? Or is it that what you got was a personal invite from some guy you don't really know, so it wasn't really like a personal invite at all?
Dave sir -
Excellent questions... I appreciated the invite to the men's breakfast but I never got what I really wanted, which was a list of small groups.
So I feel as though I have to go to the breakfast to get the list of small groups. If it was a personal invite to a small group that would have been outstanding.
I don't understand why he couldn't have said 'here is a list of small groups & why don't you check out our men's breakfast next week so you can meet people.'
All that and I am weird...
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