Heidi and I love the home team that we have been with over the past year. They have become some of our best friends of all time.
Last month, the group we have grown so close to mutated into two new home teams. I say "mutated" because the other similar words that popped into my mind didn't do justice to what happened. To say we split implies that we went our separate ways after some sort of fallout -- that didn't happen; to say we multiplied sounds to me like we all just started producing babies at rabbit-speed or something -- to date only Brent and Jessica have produced a baby while in our home team (due March 12, 2007!); to say that we diversified our interests is just too corporate America.
I choose the word mutated because it makes me think of the movie "X-Men". In that movie, mutation was both a bad and a good thing for society. For us, our mutation was bad in the sense that we were choosing to take half of our group and have them participate in the exact same event that we had every Wednesday night for over a year, only in a different place. We were losing time with friends that we looked forward to seeing and studying with each week.
What we realized, however, is that our mutation would allow other people in our church the chance to feel the same connection and spiritual growth that we experienced over the past year. Our home team was given a great gift. For us to hoard our personal connection all for ourselves would be selfish and short-sighted.
I'll be honest, the members of our home team do not have special powers like the "X-Men" characters (though, I do believe that Aaron is part Superman), but we have been given the chance to share the power of God's word through Bible study, and a chance for others to feel connected to Palm Valley through our home team.
And those are powers that must be shared with others.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
My Home Team Mutated!
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Congratulations! While I know it is hard to "mutate" for personal reasons, you have given the gift of leadership to somebody else and as you said, are reaching more people with the Word. That is awesome.
From our experience, the personal time doesn't have to end, though. Keep both home teams in the email loop. Let them know the prayer requests from both home teams. And get together for a social event (It is too hard to study with that many people). Have a BBQ, party or go out to dinner. Rejoice and have fun.
Just because we lose study time with our friends doesn't mean that we have to lose touch with them. Cheers to your mutation! Here's to more!
Now, just don't twist your ankle again...
As a direct beneficiary of the mutation, I thank you.
It's been so awesome for Kim and I to get connected with other couples much like ourselves. I know, that sounds very easy and cordial but it's very honest. We haven't had this before. Thanks for giving up your comfort to make way for others to share in it.
I'm guessing that if we're X-Men then, by default, I'll have to be Logan for multiple and obvious reasons.
I don't suppose you "mutated" to the Washington, D.C. area? We could use a good small group... and friends... and people who do more than go to work, then hole up in their houses until work the next day...
Erin
Darn you Derrick, I wanted to be Wolverine! You get all the cool things- the spiky hair, the ten inch claws... uh... nevermind. As a fellow mutant, I miss the "old gang" but it's very obvious that this was the right thing to do. Luckily, our old group and new groups work well together. We're like the Brady Bunch of the Home Team World
Jason P
So...let's root, root, root for the home team--if they don't win it's a shame!
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