Men's Business
Meeting
Place: At the
Church after Sunday Evening Church
Characters:
Bros. Eldership
Bro. Professional
Pulpit Minister
Various mere
men members
The meeting is
opened (as usual) by Bro. Eldership #1:
"Brethren, we
want to welcome you all to this special Business Meeting. If our Church
is going to grow and be recognized we simply must advertise ourselves to
the community."
Bro. Eldership
#3,
"I'm sure we
all agree with you here, Bro. Eldership #1."
Bro. Eldership
#2,
"Yes, lets get
ideas from all and then when we have our Staff Business Meeting we will
have something to work from."
Bro. Eldership
#1,
"We must look
at all avenues for improvement, don't you see. For instance, Bro. Professional
Pulpit, members of the community are always impressed with the preacher
so lets consider ways you might be out front in the community.
Bro. PPM,
"Yes, it is
important how the preacher is conceived, because after all, the sermon
is the highlight of the service. The more I can draw into this fine Church,
the thicker the Money Tree will grow."
Bro. Concern,
"Excuse me,
but aren't we taught to go OUT and teach Christ, instead of drawing the
alien sinners to us?"
Bro. Eldership
#1,
"Hold on, Bro.
Concern. You will understand our proposed method presently."
Bro. Eldership
#2 to Bro. Eldership #3 in a whisper,
"I knew Bro.
Concern would object. He is sooooo negative."
Bro. Eldership
#1 continues,
"Bro. PPM, we
want to place a weekly ad in the two local papers and of course, your picture
with you title will be in the ad....along with a drawing of our new proposed
building."
Bro. Status-Seeker,
"A new Building?
We are going to have a new building? Well, it is about time. I am embarrassed
every time someone asks me where I go to Church, and I have to tell them."
Bro. Cautious,
"But brethren,
our building is quite adequate, and we have more room than we need, don't
you think?"
Bro. Eldership
#1,
"Bro. Cautious,
our building has served us well, but times are changing, and people are
not as willing to come to our Church when the Baptist Church down the street
built that fine building with all the recreational facilities. Now, If
we plan to compete with them for the people in the community we simply
must keep up, don't you see?"
Bro. Eldership
#2,
"Bro. Eldership
#1, we are blessed that you were able to attend the Progressive Workshop
and bring us so many excellent ideas on building up our Church. Let us
discuss just what we will need in our new building."
Bro. Eldership
#3,
"I have been
thinking about that, and after visiting other Churches and looking over
their fine facilities, I have a few idea for consideration. First, we must
meet the needs of the community. We must become a Service Organization
for them."
Bro. Eldership
#4,
"Yes, indeedy!
You are right. Lets think in terms of family recreation. A place where
the whole family can come for entertainment. I imagine a Sports Arena for
folks of all ages. Sports are of great importance in our community. Then
there is Childcare so the family can enjoy their freedom from the care
of their little children for awhile."
Bro. Status-Seeker,
"Oh, I can just
see it now. I will be be so proud to invite my friends to such a place."
Bro. Concern,
"But.....
Bro. Eldership
#1, continues.
"There is one
more thing concerning our fine new building plans. We simply must have
a beautiful steeple so the community will know this is a Place of Worship."
Bro. Concern,
"But......
Bro. Eldership
#2,
"Shall we end
the meeting, brethren? We will report back to you the decisions we make
in our next Staff Business Meeting concerning these matters. All in favor
of adjourning this meeting say."
"AMEN".
All say AMEN....well, most all.