A new model of Christian fellowship gathering 基督徒團契聚會的新模式 Ki-tok tô͘ thoân-khè chū-chōe ê sin bô͘-sek

5/4/2019 4:22 PM
There have been many models of gathering for Christian fellowships. Everyone has some merits that bring people to the gathering and some shortages that discourage people. It would be interesting and beneficial to study how some fellowship groups succeed and others cease to function.

Among the Christian fellowships of Taiwanese, one common burden is the inclusion of refreshment that becomes the major concern of the participants. At the same time, the burden of providing materials for study and spiritual growth demands time and energy of the leaders.

To improve the fellowship gathering, especially for perpetuation, we have to come up with something to address the issues.

The latest idea is to utilize the existing sermons as material along with the new concepts of Christian learning and growing. In the Wilderness Sunday School class of the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Greater St. Louis we realized several key points that release us from the burden.

1. Theology and Christian faith are continuously changing. Nobody could claim that he or she has acquired the totality of the truth and no longer need the input from God that triggers some changes in their theology or faith.
2. Since there is no ending point of Christian learning and growth there is no required tempo of the growth. Some people grow faster than others at certain points in their lives. Most people have experienced changes in their tempo in learning and growing.
3. Because of biological age and the entry points in life, there is no need to expect that everybody reaches the same level of maturity at the same time.
4. Christian education should not depend on a fixed textbook, nor a fixed time table.
5. ....

The new idea is to utilize the existing sermon as raw material for continuing study with many variant ways of processing. 這個新的構想是要運用既有的講道稿做為素材，配合多樣的處理方法來發揮學習的功能。

The source: 素材來源

1. the live recording of the sermons 講道的實況錄音或錄影
2. the manuscripts of sermons 講道稿
3. the notes that have been taken from sermons 聽講道的筆記
4. the published sermons, on paper or online. 出版的講章，紙版或是電子檔
5. It is assumed that most of the preachers would be glad to release their manuscripts for study and the extension of their effort in preparing them. 假設大部分的講員樂於分享他們的講章讓人繼續咀嚼而使他們投入的精力繼續延伸功用
6. It would be a very precious treasure to collect and utilize the sermons of the deceased preachers. 已經回天家的講員的講章可能是很有價值的收藏品。並繼續運用、發揮效益可能是一件美事。

The process:

1. Some people might enjoy re-writing the sermon, in full or in parts, to help others study. The re-writing might involve the levels of intelligence, the styles of speech, the languages, the length, changing between colloquial and reading, the sizes of the audience, etc.
2. Everybody involved would be benefited by re-preaching the sermon, re-written or not. In a fellowship gathering, it is advisable to distribute the opportunity of speaking in public equally to all the participants, not limited to one single gathering.
3. The re-preaching could be done with one short message, one paragraph, one citation, or one key point, to ease the nervousness of the new participants.
4. The re-preaching could be recorded for future private review for improvements.
5. The re-preaching could be followed immediately with group discussion to exchange the comprehension, without criticism or judgment. The paraphrasing could be continued among the participants to facilitate the learning and remembering the lessons.
6. It might be interesting, more fun, or more challenging for the participants to be selected and assigned a paragraph by drawing and do it impromptu.
7. The exercises should always be closed with somebody\s summary for the lessons learned both in spiritual growth and the ability to spread the words.

The risks: to be elaborated.

步驟 （過程）:

1. 「重講」可以是局部的，就是透過其中的一個短短的訊息，一個段落，一個引用的論述或情節，或一個關鍵點來完成，以便促使新參與者的緩解緊張情緒。
2. 可以把「重講」的經歷記錄下來，供將來的私人回顧做為改進的基礎。
3. 「重講」可以是局部的，就是透過其中的一個短短的訊息，一個段落，一個引用的論述或情節，或一個關鍵點來完成，以便促使新參與者的緩解緊張情緒。
4. 可以把「重講」的經歷記錄下來，供將來的私人回顧做為改進的基礎。

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3. The re-preaching could be followed immediately with group discussion to exchange the comprehension, without criticism or judgment. The paraphrasing could be continued among the participants to facilitate the learning and remembering the lessons.
4. It might be interesting, more fun, or more challenging for the participants to be selected and assigned a paragraph by drawing and do it impromptu.
5. The exercises should always be closed with somebody\s summary for the lessons learned both in spiritual growth and the ability to spread the words.