Saturday Night Soundoffs

Q: What the heck is a Saturday Night Soundoff?

A: Saturday Night Soundoff (for lack of a better name) is a once-a-month opportunity to meet with friends, share a great meal, and discuss things that matter, not as experts, but as ordinary people seeking to live meaningful lives. It usually happens on the second Saturday evening every month!

We believe that ideas are important, and the best way to work on them is in the context of community - the more diverse the better (yes, we really mean that). Each time we get together, we'll discuss one or two topics, taken from newspapers, magazines, film, or just your own fertile mind. We've discussed such things as technology, peace, justice, sex, self-esteem, and aliens (yes...aliens - the E.T. variety).

The purpose is not to promote any particular viewpoint or agenda - it's to stimulate thought and cultivate dialog (which just might deepen our own understanding). Future topics are wide open (what ideas move you?) and anyone can lead a discussion (whether you are a Christian or not).

To be really clear - this is NOT a Christian conversation (in the sense that it's originating from a Christian perspective, or that it's trying to convince everyone of a Christian conclusion). It's a conversation among friends - some of them followers of Jesus, but many of them not - and it's all about learning how to sharpen our own thinking, to ask good questions of others, and to listen well.

In other words, it's all about fostering understanding and friendship. And it's an awful lot of fun!

If this sounds even remotely interesting, please come join us for the next soundoff, to see how the whole thing works and to share your own perspective. We hope you'll invite your friends too. It should be lots of fun.

Please RSVP if you plan on attending so we can know how much food to prepare.