Comments on: Staying Connected http://www.notamegachurch.com/2009/04/16/staying-connected/ Building a Youth Ministry that Lasts no matter what size Church you are! Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Staying Connected « YM Sidekick http://www.notamegachurch.com/2009/04/16/staying-connected/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Staying Connected « YM Sidekick Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:45:35 +0000 http://notamegachurch.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-282 [...] To finish reading this entry, click here. [...] [...] To finish reading this entry, click here. [...]

]]> By: Tom http://www.notamegachurch.com/2009/04/16/staying-connected/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Tom Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:41:32 +0000 http://notamegachurch.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-23 I was hoping to save everyone from your long list of reasons, but thanks for blessing them with it :) I was hoping to save everyone from your long list of reasons, but thanks for blessing them with it :)

]]> By: Robbie Pruitt http://www.notamegachurch.com/2009/04/16/staying-connected/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Robbie Pruitt Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:27:47 +0000 http://notamegachurch.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-22 This is awesome! Here is my 15 minutes of fame. I was wondering when I would get it. It is important to stay connected. I am writing this from Stacy's coffee shop in Falls Church and I have just been on my e-mail and facebook connecting with friends. Connectivity is essential in all of relationships and especially in relational student ministry. Tom's comments on Sabbath couldn't be more on point, however, in contrast to connection. I will be disconnecting to connect deeply and incarnationally on our yearly Men's Retreat this weekend. Balance is pivotal. And without any further wait, here is that long list that Tom was telling you about: The reasons Robbie Pruitt still does not own a cell phone . . . not in any particular order, it's cheaper not to have one, I can always use someone else's, everyone has those things now, I think that they might catch on, I am making a statement that I am not that important, it is a "no" for me so that I am not always connected so that I can be connected to God, my wife, the person that I am with at the moment . . . I want to be cognizant of how I am present with people and God and cognizant of how I inhabit time, I want to win a bet with Martin Hansen, I do not want to be a slave to technology, I prefer e-mail, no one ever answers their phones anyway they just leave messages, can you hear me now . . . one day they will find out that cell phones cause cancer and I will be the last man standing . . . I drive better with both hands, when you get them wet they stop working, I have too many other devices that I have to keep up with and I don't need another one, I don't have children yet, my home phone works and has voice mail too, how many ways do I need to stay connected anyway?, if it is important, it will wait and is worth the effort, when you do not have a cell phone you force yourself and others to plan ahead more, and better, some people take the time that you do have to talk for granted, because they can just call you anytime that is convenient for them, I am trying to live in the moment, I don't want to miss the life that is around me, isn't the government tracking us with those things? (joking, again), there are other reasons, I'm sure, but these have been good for the past 5 years now and should keep me good for a while longer. I hope that you enjoyed. Great job Tom! Connected by His Grace, Robbie This is awesome! Here is my 15 minutes of fame. I was wondering when I would get it.

It is important to stay connected. I am writing this from Stacy’s coffee shop in Falls Church and I have just been on my e-mail and facebook connecting with friends. Connectivity is essential in all of relationships and especially in relational student ministry.

Tom’s comments on Sabbath couldn’t be more on point, however, in contrast to connection. I will be disconnecting to connect deeply and incarnationally on our yearly Men’s Retreat this weekend. Balance is pivotal.

And without any further wait, here is that long list that Tom was telling you about:

The reasons Robbie Pruitt still does not own a cell phone . . . not in any particular order, it’s cheaper not to have one, I can always use someone else’s, everyone has those things now, I think that they might catch on, I am making a statement that I am not that important, it is a “no” for me so that I am not always connected so that I can be connected to God, my wife, the person that I am with at the moment . . . I want to be cognizant of how I am present with people and God and cognizant of how I inhabit time, I want to win a bet with Martin Hansen, I do not want to be a slave to technology, I prefer e-mail, no one ever answers their phones anyway they just leave messages, can you hear me now . . . one day they will find out that cell phones cause cancer and I will be the last man standing . . . I drive better with both hands, when you get them wet they stop working, I have too many other devices that I have to keep up with and I don’t need another one, I don’t have children yet, my home phone works and has voice mail too, how many ways do I need to stay connected anyway?, if it is important, it will wait and is worth the effort, when you do not have a cell phone you force yourself and others to plan ahead more, and better, some people take the time that you do have to talk for granted, because they can just call you anytime that is convenient for them, I am trying to live in the moment, I don’t want to miss the life that is around me, isn’t the government tracking us with those things? (joking, again), there are other reasons, I’m sure, but these have been good for the past 5 years now and should keep me good for a while longer.

I hope that you enjoyed.

Great job Tom!

Connected by His Grace,

Robbie

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