Recently, I had a friend who works with a young adult ministry at his church ask me about a situation.  He has about 20 people that come to his house to hang out and play games or get together to do something or eat dinner or something like that.  But when he has a “Bible study” at church on a Sunday night or morning – only 3 or 4 people will show up.  His question to me was: “What should I do?”

I told him this: “Keep doing what works.”  If you have some great community time when you play games or eat dinner or things like that – then keep doing it.  Just keep doing that.  There is nothing in the rules that says you have to do things at church for it to count.  There is nothing in the rules that says you have to sit in a circle and do a Bible lesson for it to be an official spiritual gathering.  You can show and share the love of Christ when you are bowling, eating dinner, or playing Catch Phrase.  And that is totally okay.

I want to encourage you to keep doing what works.  Don’t be something that you are not.  Keep connecting with people in community – in any way that you can find it.  Insert the love of Christ and the Kingdom of God into everything that you do with your group – whether it is at church or not at church.

But feel the freedom to keep doing what works.  Keep doing what works.  Keep doing what works.

You can do it.