#119 Home cell groups

Perhaps, like all good things, its time has passed. Home cell groups are now difficult to maintain because of the sheer logistic effort of getting a large number of people to commit to meeting in one place at one time on one day. Decentralisation seems to be de rigueur now.

In simpler times, however, home cell was the only way we knew how. And what times they were.

Sing a few simple songs, pray fervently, read Scripture, and - as a kid, this was the most important part - relentless makan and play time thereafter. We'd even traipse off to the McDonald's playground at Sembawang after that. This was before issues like being too busy with work set in. People made it a priority to meet.

Sadly, times have changed. It's not just the discipleship that's lacking in putting God's business first, but the reality that work consumes so much more of our lives now that work-life balance has been eschewed in favour of work-life harmony; balance is no longer attainable; we have to be content with its coexistence instead.

Well, we are the new working generation, and by those bonds that were forged in blood, sweat and tears at McDonald's, we can make small groups work again, but in vastly different ways. Our methods may change, but our objectives remain unchanged - discipleship, fellowship, worship His Lordship.