I'm in trouble
Well as the title says, i'm in trouble.
Tonight is the last faithworks class for term 3 (there are only 3 terms in a year). I still haven't finished the assignment for term 2, and the term 3 assignment is due tonight. I'm only a quarter done reading the book that 66% of the assignment is based on. That's not the part i'm in trouble with. I'll have enough of the book finished in time to get the first 2 of 3 questions done. Here's were i'm in trouble though. The last question requires me to interview 10 people.
Here's were i'm hoping people will be willing to help me, and help me in a relative hurry :) Follows is the question(s) I need answers. If as many people as possible could answer before 7pm tonight that would be FANTASTIC and I would love you for ever.
"What does it mean to be "planted" in the house?" That's the only question.
Thanks a bunch in advance for all your help.
Peace
SJ
Tonight is the last faithworks class for term 3 (there are only 3 terms in a year). I still haven't finished the assignment for term 2, and the term 3 assignment is due tonight. I'm only a quarter done reading the book that 66% of the assignment is based on. That's not the part i'm in trouble with. I'll have enough of the book finished in time to get the first 2 of 3 questions done. Here's were i'm in trouble though. The last question requires me to interview 10 people.
Here's were i'm hoping people will be willing to help me, and help me in a relative hurry :) Follows is the question(s) I need answers. If as many people as possible could answer before 7pm tonight that would be FANTASTIC and I would love you for ever.
"What does it mean to be "planted" in the house?" That's the only question.
Thanks a bunch in advance for all your help.
Peace
SJ
posted by SJ at 10:04 AM
13 Comments:
I'm in the same boat. But I won't be there tonight because it's my dad's birthday. Nothing to stress about though...
Well as a past first year faithworks student I know this answer...to me being planted in the house is to be sowing your time or money or energy into your home church. To build relationships inside the church to be accountable to people there. People need to be planted in a church not in many churches in a church. Well hope that helps you out. ha ha I dont have faithworks tonight at least I dont think I do...we are done everything. Well see you soon.
1 down, 9 more answers to go. :)
Being planted to me is being involved in your church. Investing your time and energy to help the church grow and be a functioning body instead of just a functioning arm or heart! When you are planted in a church your grow with the church, you help sow seeds and then reep the fruit that comes out of the sweat and hard work into making that seed grow!... Hope you had a lovely weekend Scott! be blessed... oh and Nikki has something for you from me!
Sorry man, did not see this till today. Little bit late to help:)
Please, still post your answers. I'm 4 months behind on the one assignment, and as of this posting i'm 3 days late for this assignment. Still need to get it done though, so answer away if you don't mind.
Peace
everyone kind of said what i had in mind, but in my words...it means to be involved with your church, not just a come to church and leave thing. do things there, get to know people, get to know the church and stuff going on around the church so that people can come to you to also get planted
I actually talked to Miranda and she said we can hand it in on Sunday. I haven't started and I won't lie, I honestly don't really care all that much - I'll have to force myself to do it.
I know what you mean Josh.
You should answer the quest though :P
Being planted in the house to me means that you're 'active' in the house. That you are 'serving' and tithing in your church. One person could do more to serve than another, but levels of service are not the point. The point is that you're doing something to pour back into the church. The main leadership can't nurture the congregation on its own. We're all equal in maintaining and building the house to what God would have it be. So to sum it up, I would say: To be serving, tithing and building healthy, God-based relationships within the church.
Hey man, not sure if you still need some responses, but here's mine, just in case:
Being planted in the house is to live a life of service to our Lord. I don't want to explain this part any further because it'll basically be the same as what everyone else has said (because everyone is very smart, and very right :)).
I'd like to add though that I don't see it as belonging to a specific church, so much as I use the definition of Church as all Christians, which I suppose isn't surprising because I go to multiple churches, and hang out with a lot of people who do the same, as well as those who don't go to church regularly, but whom I have similar relationships of accountablity and support with.
My divergent mind also can't help thinking of the actual act of planting where two aspects come to mind. First, planting implies to grow in that specific location, which results in the obvious analogy to how we "grow" within the church; i.e our spiritual maturity.
Next, I think about how you plant something so that it continues to survive, and how once you plant something, pulling it out will greatly reduces its odds of survival. This of course leads to the metaphor of how we plant ourselves in the church to live forever, and if we don't (or pull ourselves out), then we are certainly bringing about our death.
I hope this all makes sense. I've never really thought of this question before, so I'm typing this as it enters my head. And I'm not as learned as you guys in this topic. Please let me know, if I'm being ignorant.
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