Beginning in the fall of 2009, our team of people, including me (Doug) and my wife (Judy) want to begin hosting a morning gathering for adults in their 20′s and 30′s – college, university, working or otherwise. Throughout the past years, we have been fortunate enough to see so many incredible high school teenagers grow into young adults, leave high school and begin a new life. And, through this transition, we have had many of these fine people – maybe even you – sit with us in our living room, backyard, supper table or over a cup of java, and tell us that you need something. You have expressed a true desire to talk about the great things happening your life, and feel supported by others when things aren’t so great. You still want to talk about issues of life and faith, your careers and hopes and dreams, your deepest longings. You still want a place where you can really be yourself. And, more than ever, you want to be connected to others who are in the same kind of life space as you.
Our mission has led us to share this possibility with you and seek your input. Ultimately, we can have a whole lot of great ideas but if they don’t meet your needs, they are vain. We need you to answer a few questions for us. If the need we have heard from you is real, they we are putting ourselves at your complete disposal to help you create and connect and begin something truly life-giving for all of us.
Would you, if you are interested IN THE LEAST, send us an e-mail with these questions and your answers? Be totally honest and straightforward. We will hold your answers in complete confidence.
Copy and paste the question in blue into your e-mail and send them to:
java-at-intothewilderness-dot-com (remove the dashes, add the @ and .)
Describe the closest community that you feel a part of.
What are some things you wish you could talk openly about? Examples might include relationships, faith, money, pressure, busy-ness, etc.
What part of your life do you really need support right now? Again, total honesty and in total confidence.
If you were to name the three things in your life that you spend the most time, thought and energy on, what would they be?
If time, money and life allowed no restrictions, would those three things change? What would they change to?
Would you like to have a time once each week where we would reserve a coffee house and you could gather with other adults like you and have a coffee (or tea or Italian soda) and just enjoy talking and connecting and being supported?
If you answered “yes” then the only other thing we want to know is what time of the week would be your preference?
We truly look forward to hearing from you!
P.S. This is a collaborative effort of Judy and myself, along with our current mission team, Oblate Youth Ministries.
Sincerely,
Doug and Judy
(Mike, Dan and Dana!)