the end of the road

two years of hosting and leading a small group has ended for us.

even without school, life is still very busy these days, but it was more about my waning energy and drive to host and lead the group. i think small groups are very important (or some kind of smaller "real" community) in the lives of christians. sometimes you can find it in sunday school classes, but too often those end up being more lecture style based. that serves a purpose, but doesn't do much for relationship building - unless the class intentionally sets time aside for relational matters, but dialogue on the material helps a ton too.

anywho, here is what i sent out last week:
Friends,
I was talking to Jay last week about getting back into a Bible Study and I realized I just don't have the energy to do it.

The new position at work seems like it will continue to be very busy. In addition, with Jake's soccer season and the possibility of preaching more this fall, our time is pretty stretched.

For these reasons, we will no longer be hosting the small group. This decision does not come lightly and we hope that we can get together on the weekend every once in a while. We encourage the rest of you to consider remaining a small group (perhaps meeting in Lexington?) in some fashion if you see fit to do so.

Grace and Peace and all the Love in the world,
Scott & Lindsay & Jake.