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		<title>WHAT&#8217;S THE POINT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ryan played T-ball last year.  Because they were still teaching the kids the basics of the game, the league decided not to keep scores and forget about win-loss cards.
While I understand the reasoning behind it (to encourage the kids and not worry about winning and losing yet), I thought each game at times became [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://ryanpunzalan.multiply.com"><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 15px; float: right;" src="http://paolopunzalan.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/img-96155.jpg" alt="img-96155" width="197" height="266" />Ryan</a> played T-ball last year.  Because they were still teaching the kids the basics of the game, the league decided not to keep scores and forget about win-loss cards.</p>
<p>While I understand the reasoning behind it (to encourage the kids and not worry about winning and losing yet), I thought each game at times became pointless.  Why play a game when you don&#8217;t know who will win?  Why play against another team if you don&#8217;t know who will end up on top?  It&#8217;s probably the competitive spirit in me but that&#8217;s how I felt.</p>
<p>In the book I am reading, &#8220;Creating Community&#8221;, there were 3 questions that were posted that we need to answer as a church family.</p>
<p>1. What do we want people to become?</p>
<p>2. What do we want them to do?</p>
<p>3. Where do we want them to go?</p>
<p>For us in <a href="http://victory.org.ph">Victory</a>, our leaders made it clear.  The goal is to make disciples.  A disciple is a person who follows Jesus, fellowships with other believers and fishes for men.  And finally, what is the venue where they will be discipled and make disciples? Small groups.</p>
<p>1. What do we want people to become? DISCIPLES.</p>
<p>2. What do we want them to do? To honor God and make disciples.  A disciple is a person who follows Jesus, fellowships with other believers and fishes for men.</p>
<p>3. Where do we want them to go? At this point, the best possible way to make disciples and be discipled is in the context of small groups.</p>
<p>All for now&#8230;</p>
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