values

this morning we spoke about values. what values do we hold? what values does the church hold? and what values would we look for in a church if we were to look for a new one?
within a church we agreed that it is good to have set values and aims so that everyone who goes to that church are aiiming for the same thing, plus it also gives the people some values that the can make their own, for example, i have taken on the values of the 5 i's, and one that has grown throughout the year was inclusion, and how far i should take that.
within ourselves, it is ok not to have a set of solid values. but it is good to have some that your more sure about, some that you can live out. and then you can begin to form the others as you move through life, also some values change, or progress as you learn more about them or more about how to live them out.
we also talked about change and if it is a good thing in the church. i think change is very healthy in a church, without it, a church would become repetative, and would not then be able to have out outlet when they can continue to bless people. change is good, but you want to have some consistacy as well. eg, you dont want everything to change at once, otherwise you may loose a lot of people.
we also spoke about th change we are about to go through. thinking about the next few months, and beginning uni, i think i am ready for this change as i have known this is where i am going from the beginning. my year was about taking me from college to uni whilst changing my mindset, and learnng more about myslef. this has happened more than i could imagine, so i am ready to move on to the next part of my life at uni.