Renae Elgersma
I'm the Adult & Family Ministry Director at Shalom CRC in Sioux Falls, SD. I work at Shalom part time in addition to my other part time job at Affinity Solutions. I have a husband, 16 month old daughter, and a hyper dog :)
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Posted in: 40 Days of Community
Hi Ruth - Our church has done both the 40 days of Purpose and 40 days of Community and in my opinion, it was great for the church. With the 40 days of Purpose, we met in homes on Sunday evenings instead of our evening worship service. With 40 days of Community, we still met in homes but also kept the Sunday evening worship service in place as well.
Currently, we are doing a 6 week series called Connecting in Christ Together from the Experiencing Christ Together series. Check out www.lifetogether.com. The cirriculum is less costly than the 40 days but written and produced by the same Purpose Driven company. We meet for a time of Praise & Worship in the Sanctuary and then view the DVD teaching. After that we break up into small groups using classrooms. At the same time there is a Kids Program for PreK-5th grade in the Fellowship Hall.
You can email me at [email protected] if you have other questions.