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Post by Get off of TMB on Nov 4, 2018 18:56:31 GMT -5
Today the challenge is keeping young people in the fellowship. Not recruiting young people from "the world". The internet info is out there. Some are too busy to make it to Wednesday night meetings. Many meetings have a few elderly people.
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Post by alistairhenderson on Nov 4, 2018 19:21:25 GMT -5
It's not just young people who are 'kicking over the traces'.
Sunday night 'study' meetings were a feature since 33 AD in New South Wales but were discontinued (probably due to lack of interest) about 10 - 12 years ago. So much for the unchanging way.
Also, there are some currently professing people who go to 'other' Christian conventions (usually a day or two duration), in particular in Melbourne (Bel grave heights).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2018 19:44:35 GMT -5
People have always lived with the prevailing social conditions and trends current at the time. Those conditions change, and always have, that's life. To try to stand out against the trend is folly, and does not work, especially with each new generation. I speak to many oldies who say they would not want to swap places with their Grandchildren. We were happy with our era, but it has been replaced mainly because of technology. But we have to accept that, it is the way it has always been. If we try to inflict the lifestyle we had on our children, we can expect it to fail.
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Post by openingact34 on Nov 4, 2018 19:51:45 GMT -5
Very strict familial shunning is the key. The Amish are best in class. They retain about 90% of young people.
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Post by magpie1 on Nov 5, 2018 3:43:30 GMT -5
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Post by magpie1 on Nov 5, 2018 3:46:14 GMT -5
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Post by ellie on Nov 5, 2018 4:43:48 GMT -5
Very strict familial shunning is the key. The Amish are best in class. They retain about 90% of young people. Add to shunning minimal education and a cultural gap the size of the national debt and only the most adventurous will leave.
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Post by ellie on Nov 5, 2018 4:48:58 GMT -5
Today the challenge is keeping young people in the fellowship. Not recruiting young people from "the world". The internet info is out there. Some are too busy to make it to Wednesday night meetings. Many meetings have a few elderly people. Unless you start at the crack of dawn a 7.30pm Wednesday night meeting isn't compatible with a solid days work and long commute. We had 8.30pm meetings for a time but that's late for kids.
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Post by openingact34 on Nov 5, 2018 7:04:27 GMT -5
Today the challenge is keeping young people in the fellowship. Not recruiting young people from "the world". The internet info is out there. Some are too busy to make it to Wednesday night meetings. Many meetings have a few elderly people. Unless you start at the crack of dawn a 7.30pm Wednesday night meeting isn't compatible with a solid days work and long commute. We had 8.30pm meetings for a time but that's late for kids. We heard plenty of sermons about how it would be better to go without physical bread than to miss the spiral bread at meetings. Faithful folks will not take a job that requires them to miss Wednesday night meetings
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Post by tuesday on Nov 12, 2018 2:19:06 GMT -5
Unless you start at the crack of dawn a 7.30pm Wednesday night meeting isn't compatible with a solid days work and long commute. We had 8.30pm meetings for a time but that's late for kids. We heard plenty of sermons about how it would be better to go without physical bread than to miss the spiral bread at meetings. Faithful folks will not take a job that requires them to miss Wednesday night meetings I agree, there are many people who say no to any job that requires Wednesday nights. Also I know of those who specifically requested time off work for Wednesday nights and specifically didn't sign up for classes that would be on Wednesday nights.... only to have the local gospel meeting arranged for a Tuesday/Thursday/Friday evening for the year! I'm fortunate that I've always had relatively flexible work positions, but there are many of us who have fewer work choices.
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