The Search to Belong by Joe Myers Part 2

Myers' book, The Search to Belong, emphasizes that all four spaces are necessary for groups and individuals to have healthy community. He says that the people trying to facilitate belonging need to become enviromentalists. You create environments so community can happen.

Here's an example. At our church, we created time between services called "Coffee Mingle." It's exactly how it sounds. It creates a good sense of place and belonging for people ending one service or starting the next. When we don't have it (the 5th Sunday of the month), people don't know what to do. They've lost that environment.

Myers' call is for people helping other to belong to help them learn how to navigate and live in all four spaces. Teach people how to be Christians not only in private, but in public, social, and personal ways. Let people belong in the ways they want to, without compromising their discipleship. Figure out how to disciple in public space and social space.