Beta Vitality Update

The Beta Vitality Committee had its first meeting with our coach, Reverend John Haller this past month. We spent our time talking about our first “module,” which was Spiritual Disciplines. This module was chosen for us but from now on, we will be choosing our own.

Certainly one of the reasons this module was chosen for us, is the results from the survey we took in August, which indicated that we are not strong in this area. It’s hard to say what this means – it is a survey, after all – but I will say that I think it has something to do with our prayer life, what we share and don’t about our spiritual lives and whether we, individually and as a community practice spiritual disciplines. The Committee discussed many things, settling on a few immediate concrete suggestions: 1) In addition to sharing joys and prayer concerns in worship, is to also share how we have experienced God in the past week. This suggestion came from the youth on our committee, Jocelyn Matheny. In youth group they share what they call “pows, wows, and hows,” things that have been difficult, joys and how we have experienced God. 2) Make prayer cards available during worship. Personally, I would like for us to have a committee that responds to prayers and celebrations in an organized way. Our next meeting is this evening, Wednesday, November 13. Please keep us in your prayers.