Thanks so much for sharing this! This is really encouraging to
hear. I especially like how your church partnered with several
other churches and ministries to bring different groups and cultures
together with the same vision. It's amazing the way God can move
several people to come together for His purposes! It's a shame it
wasn't televised.

By the way, I thought it was the Presbyterians who were the frozen
chosen. ;-)

--Wayne


--- In pugetsoundchristiansingles@yahoogroups.com, "sherrill
vaughan" <shenava2@...> wrote:
>
> wow this is a deep topic! i am from Seattle, grew up at First
A.M.E. church
> ( which stands for African Methodist Episcopal, yes Methodist the
frozen
> chosen) our church was always very open and diverse even in days
of old. i
> am almost 49. i moved to Germany and attended the army chapel-- a
whole
> different type of worship. we were in colorado springs for 18
years started
> in a mostly Black baptist church. (Yes for the record i hate the
term
> african american i was born at harborview! and i grew up in
bellevue) we
> left there and started a new work Solid Rock Christian Church. our
vision
> was for a multicultural multi generational church. to achieve that
we
> partnered with New Life, Andrew Wommack Ministries, Cindy Jacobs,
Peter Van
> der Westhuizen and YWAM. suffice it to say i was not really ready
to return
> to a dead homogeneous church. imagine my surprise when not only
was it
> alive but but all kinds of people doing all kinds things on
church. we have
> a couple that have turned into all of our parents- they just
happen to be
> white. we have so many different cultures and languages and all
are working
> together for the same vision--- to get the love and name of Jesus
out to the
> masses. it was supposed to be telelvised' but you know the
media, sunday
> afternoon we took the our body and the neighboring church over to
the
> restaurant on 23rd and union and had a prayer vigil. our church
was very
> much tied to the restaurant as the first owner that was killed a
few years
> ago was a member of our body.
> i am saying all that to say, i don't think that it takes a
committee or a
> program to reach different cultures or generations, just love and
open
> hearts will do the work to bring them in and real life preaching
and
> teaching keeps people returning. this walk is not easy no matter
your
> culture or ethnic background and that is where we can all connect.