So I have had this theory for a while that I have been anxious to try. If you look at missional ministry from a three pronged approach of Build Relationship, Interact with Scripture, Encourage a Response, I think you can use Build Relationship to accomplish more than one thing. Of course we want to get into a culture of people and build close relationships with them. But this doesn't have to be done by just hanging out with people. Have you ever become a regular at a coffee shop? How well do you get to know the employees? How much of a relationship begins to be built by hanging at the coffee shop? Isn't part of the reason you became a regular because of that relationship?
Well, I want to take that dynamic and apply it to the board culture. But I want to use My Response to Interacting with Scripture as the means to how I build relationships. (I think that is the best way to build relationship anyway.) So here is what we are going to try. Becca and I have a desire to meet people's needs due to our love for God. A need every person's heart has is to be valued. I believe firmly that God values each of us a great deal and we as His followers would spend our time well doing our best to make sure others feel valued. Well, for a skater or snowboarder, making them feel valued is pretty easy--you video tape or take pictures of them. We believe this is one way to meet a need in their hearts. So as we do this as our way of telling God we love Him (our Response), skaters and snowboarders will also feel valued. As this opens conversations up about why we are doing this for them, we will get to share it is the fact of God's value for them (Interact with Scripture) that has given us the desire to show them their value. We have seen this work greatly in the skate culture here in Greeley in our past.
So adding to this, we will be making a locals snowboard video. Becca and I are going to operate a shuttle to the mountains this season in order to make this possible. We are charging for the shuttle in our attempt to see if we can be like thecoffee shop that is able to finance the ministry opportunities while building relationships with people in this culture as well as use our efforts to show God we love Him. As this is a transition, we have sought some funding to supliment this venture in an attempt to make it part way between a business and a missional ministry.
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