Second Chance Video

The participants watched a video in which a large, wealthy, white people led church was collaborating with a small, poor, black person led church to help feed the hungry in poor church's community. The wealthy church was offering funding, but the poor church was asking for more personal involvement. The participants were asked several questions concerning the video and how it relates to there local church.

One group saw that though there were differences such as white and black and rich and poor, there was some sort of relationship. They questioned whether money was actually the solution to the problem. What did the poor inner city church actually need? What could have been done if the pastors had a better relationship? The group noted the similarity between the community in the video and Little Rock in that their is racial separation in both situations.

Another group saw the disconnect and connects in the video. There was a lack of knowledge, politicism in a disconnect from the pastors and the congregation, bitter fear, and a difference in belief and value systems. Additionally, the different people in the video saw things through the lenses of their own experience.

The third group saw division along racial, economic, and geographic lines. Everyone saw things from a different perspective and feared the unknown. In Little Rock, we are still overcoming a relational disconnect.

The final group saw two very different communities with different definitions of ministries. The people on the video suffered from "default" thinking - human rather than Christ led thinking. They didn't have deep, close relationships. There heart was not for community, but it was rather about entertainment. Here in Little Rock money is also substituted for real help with the problem being theirs and not ours.