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Introduction to Fellowships and the Table of Contents
Plenty
Of
Fun
For all!
A fellowship is similar to a party. It usually lasts an hour or less; and it is usually held after some event such as after church, after a revival service, after a football or basketball game. Table of Contents:Fellowships: Plenty of Fun for All
Occasionally, it will be held before an event.
If decorations and theme are used (and they often are), they are more informal than those for a party. The games and other activities for a fellowship are usually fast-moving, right to the point because of time limitations.
Some fellowships are planned with a serious purpose in mind: talk-back-to-the-pastor about the sermons of the day, a discussion of political issues and their effect on the lives of Christians, a debate on an issue in the life of the church, a drama presentation, or a musical with a message.
As with the party, a fellowship can be held almost anywhere--in a home, at a church, in a restaurant, in a park, in backyards, even in a football stadium!
Refreshments for fellowships should be imaginative, plentiful, and filling. Katy Stokes has provided myriads of magic mouth-watering ideas in the chapter on food for fellows
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1 ..... Fellowships: Children FELLOWSHIPS: Plenty of Fun for All was compiled by Frank Hart Smith,lovingly known as "Pogo", while he served as The Social Recreation Consultant for the Church Recreation Department of the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board and printed by Convention Press in Nashville, Tennessee. The booklet is no longer in print and the reproduction of this material is used by permission of Lifeway Ministries of the Southern Baptist Convention
2 ..... Fellowships: Youth
3 ..... Fellowships: Youth and Adults
4 ..... Fellowships: Adults
5 ..... Fellowships: Any Age
6 ..... Fellowships: Church Wide
7 ..... Fellowships: After-Game
8 .... Fellowships: Potpourri
Frank writes, "The collecting of these after-church, after-game, and after-contest fellowships has been a joy. They have come from the life and laughter of scores of leaders from all over this country. You'll find no rationale for fellowships here, no details on how to plan and conduct one, no deep insights into fellowships as they work wonderfully in the ministry of the church.
For all that you can look at Mancil Ezell's chapter on planning and promotion and at Don Sims' chapter on the fellowship itself in Social Recreation and the Church (Convention Press, 1977).
Here you will find, however, fellowship ideas galore. Ideas abound for children, for youth, for youth and adults together, for adults of all ages, for fellowships that can be used by all ages, for all-church fellowships, and for after game fellowships. There are fellowships for honoring organizational leaders and fellowships for the deaf.
There is plenty of fun for all awaiting those who enjoy these fellowships. May the fellowship, the Koinonia, of your church be mightily strengthened as you and your fellow Christians rejoice in these fellowships together!