Reminder: Men's breakfast this Sat 6/7 8-9:30am orange room

[Lawrence Chow]

Dear brothers,

Greetings on behalf of the Men's ministry.

Just a friendly reminder of the monthly breakfast meeting
this coming Sat Jun 7, 8:00-9:30am at SVAC orange room.

Please join our breakfast group for a warm sharing with other men.
Feel free to bring some food to share, and bring a friend too.

Topic for the month is "Broken relationship"

Here's a brief highlight:  (Man In The Mirror - Ch 7):

- As a young businessman, Patrick Morley made it a habit to ask older men
  what their greatest regrets were, hoping to glean some wise tips in life.
  While the regrets varied all over the map, there were two that showed up
  on virtually every man's list, one of them was

  "I was so busy trying to improve my family's standard of living that,
   before I knew it, my children were grown and gone, and I never got to
   know them. Now they are too busy for me"

- The culture we live in values possessions and accomplishments higher
  than people and relationships. Instead of encouraging and nurturing
  family and relationship values, our culture suggests professional
  achievement and financial success are the measure of a man.
  When is the last time you met a man who described himself in terms
  of the impact he is having on his children?

- At the office we don't have to deal with unpredictable female emotions
  and whiny kids. Yet no amount of success at the office can compensate
  for failure at home. Many men are succeeding in their work, but failing
  in life. So many of us are hurting silently in our relations with our
  wives, children, parents, friends...

- If we tell our wives we love them, but spend Monday night at softball
  practices, Wednesday night at church, Saturday on the golf course, and
  the rest of time watching TV, they can tell if we are for them or not.
  Time is everything to a relationship.

- No area of a man's life has more potential for improvement than his
  relationships. Most men, in pursuit of the good life, leave a trail of
  broken relations.


Questions for discussions:

- How do you measure success/failure in life?

- Do you agree/disagree men score low in relationships?

- Do you agree/disagree that most men are hurting silently in their relationships?

- Do you agree/disagree a primary reason for broken relationships is
  man's pursuit of an ever higher standard of living?

- Do you agree/disagree more materials and money, less spirituality and family?

- How is your relationship with God?


Bible verse:

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house;
your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.
Thus is the man blessed who fears the Lord. (Psalm 128:3-4)