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New Song Christian Fellowship in Nashville, TN

We met with leaders from our local church this week to discuss our progress and re-integration, as well we considered strategies for the coming year. Coming back to the states after a year and half in northern Europe didn’t present the challenges of culture shock that we anticipated, rather a kind of church shock that was completely off our radar.

In Estonia, we recollected with much fondness the processes we had undergone that did much to strengthen and renew our family. Processes such as small-groups, bible school classes, mentors, etc. And while those processes are still core values at New Song, we had changed and those processes had changed in our absence. Re-integration was not easy.

In this most recent meeting, we collectively brought to light a few areas where we have yet to become properly reconnected to our church family. We discussed small groups, serving, spiritual parents and mentors, and ended our discussion with the first sense of strategy that we’ve felt in a while here. Our leaders were gracious and caring, our hearts were encouraged and strengthened, our hope renewed.