Life Groups

Today is the day... That I excitedly brag about our awesome Life Group .
Let me explain.
So, we have this Life Group. A group of people from our local church, (http://www.metrosouthchurch.com) meeting at our house twice a month.This is really a great way to keep our church feeling small as we grow. We open our homes to anyone who would like to get to know new people and be a part of one another's lives.
We usually discuss a Sunday message, sometimes watch a video or do a Bible study.
We always eat a meal together, chat for awhile, and pray a bit.
In the summer we swim and bbq.
Over the past year we have had the most awesome people in our lives as well as our home.
This Life Group has really been a growing, living, changing thing. Its so exciting to be part of a group of people willing to get to know one another. Really, strangers, coming together in the common name of Christ, attempting to know and be known.
So what's so great about us? How about this: Great FOOD! The past few get-togethers, we've had no dinner theme really, someone suggested pot-luck and we went with it.
Would you believe we have a gourmet-chef/builder-home fixer guy, brought home made Sushi, and almost everyone tried it? So that was just one week. This is really the week to brag about- so we send out the email, POTLUCK!! And here is what comes in the door:
Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy
Baked Beans
BBQ Ribs
Homemade Chili
Desserts
Shrimp and scallop appetizers wrapped in bacon
Mexican Dip and chips
Salad
Sausage and cheese
Lo Carb Cheesecake
Now, I know I am forgetting something. You can't imagine the food we had!! But thats not the only thing. So people are arriving, letting themselves in (I love that) putting their coats wherever they want them ( I love that too) setting their food down... and getting right down to life. Everyone catching up on one anothers lives. Someone got the cutest haircut EVER, and most of the ladies noticed. A youngster broke his toe, and it turns out my dog stepped on his foot and broke it... (but they still love Prince, the wonder dog-thats what friends do)
We are checking up on our soldier, who has been in Iraq about a month ago, a dear friend of one of our group members. She is now adopted by all of us and we are learning how to send her care packages and notes of love and encouragement. Someone is telling a hilarious story of how she stepped in the biggest pile of poop in the world ( its true, I actually saw it and should have taken a picture for the rest of you) and how that experience affected her day and those around her. Find the poop story here:
(http://praisemycreator.blogspot.com/) March 22nd entry.
Why is all this so great??? Because over the past year, we've changed a little, brought more people in... but the best part is seeing Gods people working hard to be the church and to do life together.
And it really works!! Great conversation: (home made chess sets, holes in the ceiling, closets torn out, macaroni stuck in the nose, Great Danes wandering around pooping, CDs stuck in car stereos, cats being brought home from the vet, shoes being chewed by dogs, vacations in Dominican Republic, kids running around playing hide and seek, sweet pets that are aging, working out at the gym)

All this is DOING life together and I love it!! Gods people are awesome.

PS Remind me to tell you someday about Macaroni in the Nose