Firefly

It's funny how interesting ideas can get lost in the shuffle sometimes. I think I first got excited about the Firefly project (my own random name for this idea) last year, when I first found out about the existance of other CCFs in Ontario.

Jesus said...You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. (Matthew 5.14-15)

I think, originally, I just wanted a connection between these groups. All the fellowships under AFC, in open communications with each other. CC was pretty much that. A once-a-year type of deal, when random people just...come together. Under the simple theme of that...we're all members of some Chinese Christian campus community.

But what if it became more than that? Ideally, London's ACF has massive knowledge pool. Its members are spread out over several churches...every Sunday, ACF hears many different sermons. Many different ideas. Thoughtout the week, they have the potential to inject these knowledge into the members...the cumulative knowledge pool is wider than what we have at CCF. New ways to look at things. Etc.

What if we added in a few more fellowships to that? What if it wasn't just W.ACF? What if we added in UW.CCF? Or K.CCF? or UT.CCF? Or whatever? I gained tremendously from my term at ACF. I'm sure others would too. What if...we were to pool all our ideas? All our battles? All our struggles? A massive network...of people praying for each other. Of far-reaching support and contacts. It's like...CC extended. We're like...fireflies in some area. With others far away. We can shorten that distance. We did it for CC, a three day event. We can do better than that. lol...AFC has so much potential...we...need to tap into it. We really do.


I think, I got thinking about this stuff again cuz earlier we were talking about CCF's lack of upperyear mentorship and leaders...wouldn't it be interesting if we also had... alumni mentorship programs? I dunno. I was thinking...over someone's 5 years at Waterloo...they're spending so much time dealing with school...with other stuff...with fellowship...themselves serving, that, by the time they've reached their 5 years, they're sitting on so much thoughts and ideas...dreams and visions...that they really want to see a reality...but couldn't. Because their time is up and they graduate. And all they can hope to do is...pass on their ideas, through personal contact...or a short 3 minute clip on the Grad video...that someone else will catch their vision and run with it.

What if we changed that? What if...we were able to connect DLs with former DLs? PC with PC? Chair with chair? The old CCF has...so much ideas. Over their time, they've tried many things. They've had successes. They've had failures. They've battled their own unique circumstances. But they've all graduated. And where do we stand? We, the ones that have now inherited this fellowship, only get minor glimpse of that. Some old pranks. Handful of pictures. Wishful thinking from the upperyears. The froshes, none the wiser. The famous Go Fish issue. Lifesong has always been a topic of discussion. Yet...do we restart that argument everytime? How have we benefitted from their experiences?

Isn't that the whole point of history? To see what was done before...to avoid mistakes...to not reinvent the wheel? To build? To grow? Not to...re-lay the foundation everytime a new generation comes in...


Which gets me into my last thing...talking to upperyears...even people who's just a year older than me...I hear about the old CCF sometimes. How pwnage they once were. Yet...over the years, we've let the bar sag. In our attempts to cater to seekers...froshes...new people...old people...upperyears...spiritual beasts...we've ended up with...nothing. A two minded man, tossed to and fro in the waves. What if...we were to raise the bar? Set it nice and high...then have dedicated people for seekers. Dedicated people for froshes. Isn't that what Alpha is? Or Frosh Cell? If you're CCF, ask yourself...when was the last time you were challenged at Friday night?

I think...I was frustrated last week. Scavenger hunt. I was running a station about Jesus' clearing of the Temple. A straightforward passage that people often overlook...cuz it's so...common. I looked up some context and some details. Came to some pretty interesting conclusions, as I read Matthew Henry's commentaries on that passage. I was all ready to give people these background and insight...but no one really want to hear them. They just...wanted to get the station done. I suppose, it's cuz the feel in the air is more "fun"...so it really wasn't their fault. But...


- Unity within the fellowship
- Unity within the campus, between other fellowships
- Unity with AFC fellowships
- Raising the bar. Effectiveness instead of efficient
- Alumni/upperyear mentorship and torchpassing


Oy...gotta pray more. This isn't an easy list to shoot for...