Crumpled Notebook

Well, looks like its been a week since I posted here. It seems the week went by rather quickly. Overall, a decent week, other than some car issues. The weekend was good. I was glad I had a chance to spend the day at home yesterday resting.

Church was good today, and the Sunday night service at Calvary was also good again. I hope that I’ll be getting into a routine there soon. The exciting thing is that something I’ve been working on looks like it may see the light of day.

A few months back, a few of my friends and I started talking about what seems to be lacking from today’s churches. We wanted fellowship, we wanted consistency, we wanted opportunities to meet new people and do different things, and we wanted something to bring people from different Christian churches together. Basically, an easy way to meet other young adult Christians in the area. Yeah, there are a lot of “church” programs, but it’s hard going into a new church sometimes when you don’t know anyone, especially if you aren’t looking for a new church. On top of that, recently I’ve had a lot of frustrations with the state of church today. It’s all about fitting into a box. Sure, its hard to go against the stream sometimes, but at some point, someone has to stand up and do something about it. I decided I wanted to be one of those people. Someone who, when they see something they don’t like, rather than wish it was different and complain about it, they go out and do something about it. They do it the way they want it done, or at least they change the negatives into positives (or try to do this at least).

So, like I said, after talking with some friends and getting some good ideas, we came up with a plan to do just that. Something to give the young adults of Monterey a place to meet. A place that is non-church affiliated, but still strives to build strong Christians. A place to fellowship and take away the pressures of always “knowing” the answers. A social club basically.

Anyway, so after some months or working out the details, we started recruiting. Needless to say, it has been a team effort. A lot of great ideas from a lot of different people. A lot of people who deserve a lot of kudos. It’s not something I’d have had the nerve to go about alone.

Anyway, stop by and check out the myspace account we created. It’s called 707 Fellowship. We’ve been pleasantly surprised at the response so far. I would just ask for your prayers and support on this, as I’m finally taking some control of where my spiritual life goes, and not being satisified with anyone’s idea of what it should look like…just God.