Hi Jason and awesome to have you posting here with us 😀 Your plans for a cell group sounds great, Im positive God will open the way for you and protect you with it. Its exciting to hear that some members of the congregation are thinking inclusively, we are in great times of upcoming breakthrough arent we. 😉

btw: did you fare ok with the storms of late?

Thanks so much – you’re both too kind 🙂 You’re right about the times Magsdee – as Bob Dylan said, they are a changin… I’ve been living in Scandinavia and have not long returned, and it’s awesome there in terms of attitudes and acceptance. Kinda hard to come back to Oz I promise…

Did survive the storms, but lots of people have it bad. Driving to work on Monday morning was a shock – big gum trees sheared away at head height, and many houses without roofs. If there’s a silver lining it’s that people are coming together in community and helping the needy, and a couple of churches are involved heavily.

Glad you’re happy Mr Gettingthere – imagine how excited I was when I finally got around to googling “gay christians brisbane” lol I’m not a teenager anymore, but not by too much. I have a good few years of youth work under my belt and I know for sure there’s a ministry “gap” in helping people accept who they are EARLY and when the tide presents, rather than letting them struggle for ten years trying to swim against it, probably like a few of us did. I’m not sure how or when, but I’m guessing it’s easiest just to get something out there and work out the nitty gritty as it comes… Any thoughts?? EEK.

Hi JR…….welcome……how did you find us?

BTW….it is mr gettingthere http://www.freedom2b.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3669

there are some other young gay guys I know of in Brisbane who might be interested in a cell group/bible study….if you want to email me [email protected] I’ll connect you guys via email.

you might find this site I created helpful.

Its the model I work with……..and it works.

http://gayambassador2.blogspot.com/

Hey thanks JeffnSyd – you’re so right. Its so so good to have somebody Christian around to talk about being gay with, but aside from that its also just plain important to feel and know that your greatest secret is no longer a barrier to being accepted unconditionally.

I organised a meeting with my Senior Pastor but we’ve both had to reschedule a few times and then of course Christmas breaks etc came along – we’re now scheduled for next week, after Australia Day.

I met with an older straight friend who is a bit of a mentor and a very successful strategic thinker, and he was very supportive of the idea but said given the risks he wouldn’t be doing anything without a direct word from God about it, which I had to agree with. I quickly prayed about it – “God if you want me to do this, I need to know that you do, and that you’re going to support me.” That very night the senior pastor’s sermon was total confirmation and almost 40mins worth of direct word from God about the need for helping others in group situations with like-minded others and peers who are able to relate through similar experiences, unconditional support, etc – we both knew it and were ecstatic afterwards, and I’m a little more confident about our meeting next week.

Haha – on another note, I was talking about it with my 19 year old sister who’s a bit too cool and she laughed and laughed about it – earlier that day her crew were all talking about small groups this year, and one of her guy friends asked if I was going to be leading one and they are all definitely coming to my small group if I decide to start one. We both laughed about it for ages – some of the guys would be totally clueless. “Jason’s cell group is awesome! We keep talking about gay stuff tho… Yeah and those people keep coming and give us pedicures each week while we’re praying – what’s that all about?” Hahaha, how to break the news…