The four P's of our testimony...

Yesterday, I mentioned going into Penn Yan for a Committee Meeting.

I often get something out of these meetings that I can bring home to our local congregation, and even share with you. This time was no different.

We talked about an easy way to put together a testimony of our faith, a personal faith story, by using four P's to guide us. The P's are People, Places, Period, and Passion. I don't know who came up with this, but it was shared to the group by Priscilla Andrews, serving as Lay Pastor at Christ the King Fellowship in Spencer.

The idea is to come up with your own personal faith story, a story about when you came to faith, or had a significant spiritual awakening or rebirth. Your story should include People (the people in your life at that time that led you spiritually through this time, Place (where it happened, what church, what organization, what ministry, whatever was significant about where it happened), Period (the period in your life - young adult, student, career person, retired), and Passion (what are you most passionate about now at this stage of your Spiritual Journey).

The church in Spencer used this to introduce people to their church. First, the leaders of the church, the Council or Elder board, prepared their faith stories to be shared with the congregation in newsletters. Now, as new people come to the church, they are encouraged to do the same, so people can get to know them quicker.

I loved the idea. Why not do your own faith story. Let's share them and get to know each other even better. You can leave a comment to this post with your story...