Second talk went well also, fewer individuals but of equally high quality! 
I am already being asked "are you going to do this every week?", so should get onto organising a sequel. Next time, I think we should have an actual topic - a 5-15-minute talk on something, followed by an open discussion (loosely chaired by someone who can pass the mic on if one person is taking far more than their share of the time).
Do you have a topic you'd like to learn more about? I can find a speaker to introduce it and then move to an open discussion on it, just name the topic and I'll see what I can do.
Or, do you have a topic you'd like to present for discussion yourself? If so, contact me.
I think it would be good to at least begin with core topics of the ministry, or topics of relevance to the present circumstances we find ourselves in - plural marriage, general marriage, child raising, home church, outreach during a pandemic or other disaster etc. If you'd like to interview a plural family and ask them questions, I can see if someone would be open to that.
I think more divisive or "denominational" topics (such as Hebrew roots, flat earth, and creation/evolution) would be very good to discuss at a future point but are probably not the best place to start. So if you're keen to present something of this nature I may say "no" for now simply to prioritise something else first. However, I personally believe that such topics are more constructively addressed face-to-face than on a forum, and a video conference may be the ideal way for us to come to a better understanding of each other on some of these issues that can tend to divide us. So there is definitely a place for these discussions. I just think we're probably better to not start there.
Of course, if that's what everyone actually wants to talk about, or that's the only topic that is suggested, that might just be where we start! So if you don't want to start there, make sure you suggest something else!
Feel free to make suggestions or offers of talks here or by private message.
I am already being asked "are you going to do this every week?", so should get onto organising a sequel. Next time, I think we should have an actual topic - a 5-15-minute talk on something, followed by an open discussion (loosely chaired by someone who can pass the mic on if one person is taking far more than their share of the time).
Do you have a topic you'd like to learn more about? I can find a speaker to introduce it and then move to an open discussion on it, just name the topic and I'll see what I can do.
Or, do you have a topic you'd like to present for discussion yourself? If so, contact me.
I think it would be good to at least begin with core topics of the ministry, or topics of relevance to the present circumstances we find ourselves in - plural marriage, general marriage, child raising, home church, outreach during a pandemic or other disaster etc. If you'd like to interview a plural family and ask them questions, I can see if someone would be open to that.
I think more divisive or "denominational" topics (such as Hebrew roots, flat earth, and creation/evolution) would be very good to discuss at a future point but are probably not the best place to start. So if you're keen to present something of this nature I may say "no" for now simply to prioritise something else first. However, I personally believe that such topics are more constructively addressed face-to-face than on a forum, and a video conference may be the ideal way for us to come to a better understanding of each other on some of these issues that can tend to divide us. So there is definitely a place for these discussions. I just think we're probably better to not start there.
Of course, if that's what everyone actually wants to talk about, or that's the only topic that is suggested, that might just be where we start! So if you don't want to start there, make sure you suggest something else!
Feel free to make suggestions or offers of talks here or by private message.
