Week one down - let's start talking

Today was fun and it was great to get to know everyone taking this class with us on Sundays at West Ridge!  Help me with learning your names and hopefully it won't take me too long!  I hope many of you take advantage of this blog as a way to voice your ideas, thoughts, questions, etc.  Be sure to sign up as a follower and you'll get automatic emails when I post topics and others make comments.

It was great to hear that we have a real mixture of students who are outgoing and who feel shy.  The wonderful thing about becoming a Contagious Christian is that EVERYONE can be one!  Like we talked about today, you don't have to be a superstar in front of people or the most outgoing student in your school to impact others and lead them into a relationship with God.

Next week we will do our first session - the Benefits of Becoming a Contagious Christian.

Until then - let's talk about where we left off.  I mentioned that Starbucks has a slogan that says "We are known for our coffee, but our people make us famous."  As I explained, what this means is that everyone knows that Starbucks makes coffee, but the real reason people go there and are willing to spend more money to get that coffee is because of the people that work there and the fact that their friends and family tell them they need to try it.  So just like Starbucks, us Christians are known for God & Jesus, but it is our people (you, me, everyone to comes to church, other Christians) that really connect our friends, classmates, and others to God & Christ.

So let's discuss:  What are ways people have made an impression or "told you" about church?  How have you seen others tell people about church?  What do you think works well and what do you think doesn't work so well?