We all want to bring the members of that portion of God's family that He has entrusted to us to be one with Him and with each other.  Much has been written and preached of the importance of being of one mind with Him and among ourselves.

Twenty years ago our church began to recognize the importance, and even the mandate, of improving all aspects of communication.  Are we truly all of one mind as directed by Paul?  Do we agree on what the Lord is wanting to do in our flock?

We made our typical Sunday evening service into a time of collective conversation to determine God's will in our work. 

We actually spent several years in this effort to attempt to be one in spirit and direction.  The result of this is that we have been rewarded in several ways.

   1 - By practice we do recognize similar direction and purpose

   2 - As a tool to allow better communication, we developed a system built on a variation of common email, which allows any member
      to easily communicate any thought or idea to all members, an individual, or a specified group of members.

   3 - We have been encouraged and guided by a series of books by the author, C.Christopher Smith - (the latest of which is "How the Body
      of Christ Talks").  This and all his books on this topic are available via Amazon and many other sources.  (See the reference in FAQs page).

As a result of our email system we have, in essence, a continual meeting of minds, documented, without the need to wait for a scheduled meeting - or even upon chance conversations as members might happen to meet.  Ideas can be shared with rapid exchange of thoughts. So that when the opportunity arises, a base has been built for easier continuing conversation. These are what our first email conversations have grown into:

       Communication on any topic - (as in any email)

       Official news

       General discussion

       Conversation of challenges as they are encountered

       Notifications

       Future events

       Reports

       Financial

       Meeting minutes

       Common daily things (free bike, baby mattress needed)

       Help needed

We are to the point when not only do we know the benefit of communication of all kinds but know that without this electronic version of discussion we would not be able to do the work set before us as effectively and efficiently as we do.