Starting Friday: Men's Fellowship Through Accountability

Welcome to November!

Last week, we kicked off our new series of God’s Model for Fatherhood with the attribute, “God’s Presence”.  This week, we’re tackling the second attribute:  God’s Love.  The lesson notes for this week are on the Resources page for this website.  We encourage you to carve out some time to read the recommended passages in scripture and the discussion questions that follow.  This week’s scripture takes us through several books of the Bible, including Jeremiah, Hosea, Luke, John, Romans and 1 Peter.  How does God show us His selfless and sacrificial love?  How is this an example for us in “Fatherhood”?

Join us this week in fellowship, beginning at 7:30 am at The Cornwell Center front parlor.  Jon will kicks things into gear beginning at 7:45 am.  Rumor has it that someone in our group is celebrating his birthday on Friday…..!  Wonder who that is?

Have a great rest of the week!

Peace!

 

Our upcoming series leader, Jon Paschal, called today to give some tips and acknowledged that the first week’s “homework” may seem a little daunting!  As always, we encourage FMMF participants to come regardless if you’ve done the reading and questions ahead of time.  You will always draw something from the engaging discussions.

Also, Jon recommended using the Bible website / app, BibleGateway.com, to support your readings.  This is a great website and mobile app that allows the user to toggle between different versions of scripture (NIV, The Message, King James, etc.)

Good luck and we’ll see you in fellowship in the morning!

This week, we’ll start a new series titled “God’s Model for Fatherhood”.  Our own Jon Paschal has created a great 6-week curriculum that will focus each week on a different Biblical attribute that helps us measure ourselves as fathers.  Our initial week looks at the attribute of “God’s Presence”.

The Resources link on the upper right of the Home page will store each week’s overview document.  Also posted in the Resources page is an overview of the study.

Join us this week to kick off the new series!  We meet in the front parlor room of the Cornwell Center on Selwyn Avenue.  Gather between 7:30 am – 7:45 am, ready to dig into our lesson at 7:45 am.  BYOC…..bring your own coffee!

Peace!

Appropriately, our final chapter in our current study of “LEAD for God’s Sake” is titled, “What Matters Most“.

This week, Mike will wrap up our study with a summary of the book’s key points.  Group members will be asked to reflect on “what matters most” to them.  Did the book change your outlook on what matters most?  Did the book alter your view on what you should be chasing versus what you ARE chasing?

In celebration of the conclusion of our study and the kickoff of a new curriculum, we’ll have Duck Donuts and Starbucks coffee.

See you this Friday in fellowship.  Gather at 7:30 am at The Cornwell Center.  Ready to go at 7:45 am, before the coffee and donuts get cold!

Peace!

Two more weeks to go on our current study.  Jon Pascal leads us this week with Chapters 18 through 22.  Then we’ll wrap up the study the following Friday, 10/21, with Mike closing out the book.

So what’s next, you might be asking?  Jon will give us a teaser this week on what he’ll introduce for our next series.  I won’t steal any of his thunder, but safe to say, it’s going to be a fantastic, focused message that all our men will appreciate.  I can’t wait for you to hear what Jon has planned!

Pencil in Friday, NOV 4th on your calendars as well.  We won’t meet for FMMF that day.  Instead, I’d like for as many of our men to volunteer at the Charlotte Men’s Shelter from 5 am – 7 am that morning.  I know it’s EARLY…but this ministry is in dire need for help.  Jason Schubert has volunteered there many times and can probably answer any questions at FMMF this week.  I’ll have details as well.

OCT 14:  Chapter 18 – Chapter 22 (44 pages):  Jon

OCT 21:  Chapter 23 – Chapter 25 and afterward:  Mike

OCT 28:  NEW Study Series:  Jon

NOV 4:  No FMMF.  Volunteer at Charlotte Men’s Shelter (5 am – 7 am)

We welcomed one new FMMF attendee last week, but our “table” still has many open seats.  Consider having the conversation with someone you know and invite him to FMMF soon.  With the start of a new series, it’s a great time for someone new to jump right in!

I’ll see you in fellowship this Friday.  Gather at 7:30 am with our lesson starting at 7:45 am.

Peace!

 

Love your neighbor…..why do we do this?  Well, for starters, Jesus said we should when he spelled out the Ten Commandants.  Beyond that imperative, it’s simply the human thing to do.  It’s been a rough few days in Charlotte and our city is under the national spotlight.  Beyond our planned lesson for this week, I hope we can join together, bow our heads and pray for a peaceful end to the violence.

Jason will lead us this week in chapters 7 through 9.  I’ve updated our overall schedule below based on last week’s feedback.

SEP 23:  Chapter 7 – Chapter 9 (34 pages):  Jason

SEP 30:  Chapter 10 – Chapter 13 (36 pages):  Brian

OCT 7:  Chapter 14 – Chapter 17 (40 pages):  Aaron

OCT 14:  Chapter 18 – Chapter 22 (44 pages):  Mike

OCT 21:  Chapter 23 – Chapter 25 and afterward:  Jon

I’ll see you this week in fellowship!  Gather at 7:30 am at the Cornwell Center front parlor.  Ready to dig into our lesson starting at 7:45 am.

Our study of “LEAD for God’s Sake!” continues.  We’re going to revise the weekly plan since there’s a general consensus that we can read through the book a little faster than originally planned.  Jon has done our due-diligence and divided up the remainder of the study into 6 attainable chunks of reading.

To that end, here’s the revised “mission” for FMMF Charlotte along with assigned individuals who will lead that particular week.  We’ll discuss necessary changes this week.

And, speaking of Jon, he’ll lead us in this week’s fellowship.

SEP 16:  Chapter 3 – Chapter 6 (36 pages):  Jon

SEP 23:  Chapter 7 – Chapter 9 (34 pages):  Jason

SEP 30:  Chapter 10 – Chapter 13 (36 pages):  Aaron

OCT 7:  Chapter 14 – Chapter 17 (40 pages):  Brian

OCT 14:  Chapter 18 – Chapter 22 (44 pages):  Mike

OCT 21:  Chapter 23 – Chapter 25 and afterward:  Jon

I’ll see you this week in fellowship!  Gather at 7:30 am at the Cornwell Center front parlor.  Ready to dig into our lesson starting at 7:45 am.

We’re back at Friday Morning Men’s Fellowship (FMMF) Charlotte this week, and jumping right into our new study, LEAD for God’s Sake.  This week, Mike will guide our group through Chapters 1 and 2 where the two of the main characters, Coach Steve Rocker and wealthy businessman, Grant Steffin, gather over a few beers one evening to commiserate the Coach’s recent losing streak for his basketball team.  The conversations turn from the topic of “leadership”, and the Coach is pretty adamant that his players will have to pay for their misfortunes at the next practice, especially the seniors who the Coach holds responsible for the lack of leadership on the basketball court.

The pivotal scene is where Steffin goes up to a chalk board and draws a stick figure, showing a bag of money in one hand and a hatchet in the other.   Steffin equates the Coach’s struggles to the one that that Steffin feels like he knows best:  running a successful business, where employees are either rewarded with money or face the wrath of getting the “axe”.  Steffin, after-all, tells the Coach that “winning in sports is a lot like winning in business; you have to reward the good players with plenty of meaningful incentives”.

As they sit in Steffin’s million-dollar home, the conversation takes an unexpected turn where the two men complain that their respective spouses don’t appreciate all the rewards the two men have provided.  Whoa….!  That one came from the south end of the bench!

This week we’ll talk about the “hatchet-treasure” picture and share thoughts about how it’s playing out, right or wrong, in our storyline.

See you in fellowship on Friday beginning at 7:30 am.  Meet at the front parlor of the Cornwell Center.