Consumption Commitments?

If you were here last week or have listened to the talk, you know we discussed the ideas of discipleship and the difference between being consumers and being consumed.  In that vein I wanted to open this post up to you to comments on what that may mean to you.  If you have decided/felt called to make any decisions you wouldn't mind telling us about then post a comment (you can do that at the bottom of this post).  Colbey talked to us about using her property to grow produce, and we all look forward to baskets of free food from her!  At the Dixon house, we have begun to recycle everything we can as a way of cutting down on our wasteful consumption. 

Additionally I, having admitted to a Hudson's problem, have decided that there really should be no reason to buy any new clothing for the next year when I don't really need it.  So unless a true need arises (which I highly doubt) I will be one year behind in my highly refined fashion collection (t-shirts and jeans).  What about you?

We are official...

We officially have an EIN (Employee Identification Number)and meet all of the criteria for directly accepting tax deductible donations. I have made the appropriate changes to the giving on our information page.  Some of you have been asking about direct deposit options, and we should have that capability shortly.

Neighbors@Hawkins Opportunities

This week the teachers at Hawkins  have received  the request forms for the  Neighbors@Hawkins program.  I will begin posting those requests on the page that is linked on the right. 

I know that a constant request from the teachers is that someone (or group of people) might come and sit with their kids during lunch.  At Hawkins the teachers eat with the students, which makes for a well behaved lunch, but leaves the teachers with no time to themselves throughout the day.

The first lunch period happens about 11:00 and the last one ends by 1:00.  So, if you are interested in giving a teacher a break during the day while helping them maintain some order in the cafeteria, then let us know and we will plug you in.  If you are interested in doing something else, keep your eyes on the page listed to the right for more opportunities.

Podcasts & Ekklesia Audio

Podcasts/recordings of services
Audio Files can be found here or you can subscribe through itunes by following these steps:
1. Open itunes on your computer
2. click on the "Advanced" tab at the itunes tool bar
3. Click on "Subscribe to podcast"
4. Enter in the following address and hit enter:

http://podcast.ekklesiahattiesburg.com/podcasts-only/rss2.aspx

itunes should then automatically download ever podcast once it has been uploaded

Consumer or Consumed?

Are you a consumer?
It was great to be with everyone yesterday.  I hope the conversations we were having together will continue for you throughout the week.  I have posted the audio from yesterday on our podcast page if you would like to listen.  If you want to subscribe through your itunes, the instructions are linked on the information page (look to your right).

Here are the questions that we discussed after the talk:
1.    Do you think that we struggle with this idea of being consumers instead of being consumed? How do you see it play out in church life?
2.    Which area of your life do you feel you struggle with the most in being a consumer? (The idea that I expect to get what I want regardless of the effects on others, the environment, my pocket book, etc.)
3.    Is there something in your spiritual/physical life in which God is calling you to change in regards to being a consumer?

Meeting time!

We have tweaked the meeting times just a little bit.  People will begin gathering at 5:00 at the Hampton's house for coffee, snacks, and hanging out.  The actual service will begin at 5:30.  Hope to see you there!

Audio Recording of the Public meetings

I have set up our website so that you can download audio from the talks on Sundays.  If you are interested in getting them the audio Files can be found here
or you can subscribe through itunes by following these steps:

1. Open itunes on your computer

2. click on the "Advanced" tab at the itunes tool bar

3. Click on "Subscribe to podcast"

4. Enter in the following address and hit enter:

http://podcast.ekklesiahattiesburg.com/podcasts-only/rss2.aspx

itunes should then automatically download ever podcast once it has been uploaded

I have these instructions permanently placed on our information page (the link is on the right side of the page)