E3 Ministries: Long Beach, CA
Posted by Peter Walker in category General Conversation, Hemant's Church Rating, Online Messages on September 25, 2006
Tina Stephenitch wrote:
Hello what a great resources this is. We are a new ministry trying to reach an urban environment and would love to dialogue and get feedback on our website and church if possible.
Thank you very much,
Tina
Comment by: Jim
1 09/25/06 1:34 PM | Comment Link |Hi E3
Wow - it looks like you guys are having fun to me.
Not sure what kind of feedback you would like on your website- How about asking us our opinions on specifics like
Functionality- is it easy to find stuff
Design- Is it cool?
Give us some ideas about what you would most like to know about
Comment by: Peter Walker
2 09/25/06 4:03 PM | Comment Link |Tina! Looking forward to hearing back from you! I’m excited to be in touch with an urban faith community, as so many of the churches we (I should say “I”) come in contact with are suburban.
Tell us more!
Comment by: Helen
3 09/25/06 6:24 PM | Comment Link |Tina,
I like the name of your ministry - E3 - and your website!
I noticed that three of the E3 ‘team’ have same sex partners (the fourth team member has no partner specified).
I was wondering - was one of the reasons you set up E3 that it was hard to find an existing Christian community where people with same sex-partners were welcomed and accepted?
Comment by: Peter Walker
4 09/26/06 12:06 PM | Comment Link |I really like the way your church values are worded. I believe they can be affirmed by people from both sides of the Liberal/Conservative folds…
–God is loving and desires an intimate relationship with each one of us.
–God created and loves each one of us regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, or other ways in which people have been labeled.
–Jesus was sent to earth by God as a living model of compassion and love.
–Jesus provides a way for us to enter into a relationship with God.
–The foundation of our ministry is based on principles from the life of Jesus.
–The Holy Spirit empowers us to loving and compassionate action that impacts our world.
–God provides each of us with gifts and abilities necessary to fulfill the purpose of our lives.
–It is important to create a safe and loving environment for the expression of these gifts and abilities in ministry.
–Building a community of meaningful relationships is vital to our lives as Christians.
Comment by: NCxian
5 09/26/06 2:36 PM | Comment Link |Tina: I love the graphic on your calendar with the “peeps”. . . we are all God’s peeps.
Comment by: Pam Sardar
6 09/27/06 2:41 AM | Comment Link |Tina, I think your website is great and your 3 E’s right on target.
I would echo Helen’s question?
I appreciate your focus on relationships. That is so the heart of Jesus!
Comment by: Steven
7 09/30/06 3:49 PM | Comment Link |Thank you all for responding and your encourgaing words. I am one of the team members part of this ministry and would like to respond to a couple of the questions raised as well as to the comments.
One of the questions had to do with the reason why E3 was started. Helen asked if there were other Christian communities that welcomed people in same sex partnerships and the answer is yes. We feel that now more than ever churches/communities have opened their doors to all, yet not sure that in our area there are many groups that have a similar focus that is urban, contemporary, community oriented, and youthful. The truth is that the focus is not on sexual orientation as much as the other ministry goals.
We are very much interested in hearing from you about the functionality of the website, the content, design, the message conveyed and would like to know if we are presenting a ministry that is urban and diverse. So your feedback on these things will be appreciated.
Thanks for the comments on the graphics, Tina and I work together creatively to come up with graphics that we hope speak to an urban community and we would appreciate feedback on these as well.
Pam- relationship is what it is all about!!!