Location...Location...Location...

The CRAM Small Group Card Batches are now out...and are settling at:

1.) Rallyequip - 513-515 Gt Western Hwy, PENDLE HILL, NSW
 * Gavin has generously provided a space at their reception desk for the cards to sit.

2.) Christian Fellowship Tours - 91 Barton Street, Katoomba. NSW
* Below is a snap from Micheal of the cards:

3.)  Koorong (West Ryde) - 28 West Parade, West Ryde NSW
* Obtained approval (17 Dec 2011) from one of the Branch Managers to have the cards displayed at the counter

Currently the cards are displayed at the information counter:

4.) Morsels Cafe - 4 Celebration Drive, Bella Vista, NSW (9836 5122)

* Thanks to Guy for the complimentary card holder

(Watch this space! more to come...as the cards get sent out)

Need a couple of contact cards to keep in case you come across people to hand them to? Or to put at the front desk of your venue/organisation? Let us know!

- LL

The Importance of Community

I really liked these recent video promos by Lifechurch that shows why we need community:

• Two-Gather - Week 1 Promo
• Two-Gather - Week 2 Promo
• Two-Gather

The thought I took from those promos: 'Sharing Life with people in the right community, makes life easier, fun, and fulfilling'

Pastor Craig Groeschel speaks in Part 1

Also settling with a community enables you to be challenged. Isn't it much effective to be woken up by an actual person, than by an alarm clock? I say 'effective' rather than 'easier'...because it effectiveness that gets things done (yes...press that 'snooze' button again...will you?).

Ah...and I hear you saying....'what about the downsides?'. Of course like all human relationships, being in a community isn't perfect, but in the long run, it is definitely worth it.

Statistics support community too. Which was eloquently and simply put (in less than 5 minutes) by Richard St. John.

You succeed...because of the people around you. And as a bonus...by letting them be there for you...you in turn...get a chance speak into their lives too. And when a relationship with Christ is at the centre of that...amazing things happen. 

I'm Looking forward to hear about the positive things that have happened in your life that would not have happened if you weren't encouraged by another person.

- LL

Christ-Follower

While searching for the right people...(funny how things lead you to somewhere you didn't expect...but...it works out anyway)

I found an actual 'parody video' that I didn't mind sharing.

The series of videos are called: 'I'm a Christ Follower'

Links to Part: One, Two, Three, and Four

Food for throught indeed.

- LL

Beginnings

It all started (without even me knowing), by the fact that I knew there was more to small groups that 'meeting regularly'. Being picky by nature, I didn't want to get stuck with random people, I'd want to really want to be with them.

Now...that means...getting to know them first before committing to being in a group with them.

Yes, it's an invitation to be you (an artist)...and as a bonus...you get to be with fellow Christ-Following artists.

This little CRAM offspring...is not just bound by one place (or many), but it is my hope that a combination of online interactions, and personal ones (maybe meeting in a nice breakfast place at Hobart), would be an environment that would foster encouragement and challenge.

In Christ,
L.L.

P.S. For each of the posts
there would be a link to the author's
website (in my case, if you hover your
mouse over my initials --- my myspace page),
instead of posting their email address.