- 1. Whos Your Timothy? March 13 th2009
2. The Elephant Story 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 2 Cor 1:1 Paul , an apostle
of Christ Jesus by the will of God, andTimothyour brother
PaulandTimothy , servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints Phil
1:1 8. Col 1:1 Paul , an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of
God, andTimothyour brother. Paul,Silas andTimothy , To the church
1& 2Thess 1:1 9. A Timothy is
- A younger and less mature version of yourself
- Someone you have to pass the baton to
10. A descendant infaith and life 11. Why are Timothys
important? 12. They are nextin line 13. Teach them with your love
and life 14. Give Them Space Give them space 15. Help them find
their voice 16. 17. CLONE? HEIR? 18. The young should respect their
elders, and the elders should love their juniors. Rule of St.
Benedict 19. List down TWO differences betweenyourgeneration and
the one after you
- Do theydo churchdifferently?
- Do theypractise discipleshipdifferently?
- Do they getexcitedby different things?
- Do they have differentvalues ?
Is all this good or bad?! 20. Is it more important to be BETTER
or to be DIFFERENT? 21. Better Different 22. Better means:
- Doing what youre ALREADY doing (except)
- Doing it faster, better, bigger, etc.
Different means:
- Doing something entirely new, unique, fresh,
23. 24. Better or Different? 25. Better or Different? 26. 27.
28. 29.
30. 31.
- Doctrine / Dogma (Epistles)
- You mustrememberandbelieve
- Stories / Narrative (Gospels)
Traditional Emerging 32. Our traditional thinking is concerned
with:What-IS . It isnt good at designingWhat-CAN-BE . Edward de
Bono 33. 34. For our Timothys sake, we need to have one foot
intheirworld 35. So, whos your Timothy? Who have you been a Timothy
to?
