Re-Laying Foundations

Hebrews 6:1-3

The author continues his thought from the previous chapter about the maturity level of his audience. The author indicates his intention to move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ, which the next paragraph certainly does. Nothing like going from elementary school to graduate school in less than two paragraphs. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
The author lists the foundational teachings: repentance, faith in God, cleansing rites, laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. Looking at this list, my mind is suddenly engaged. I think that it would make a great outline for a new believer's class: the class on cleansing rites could be about religious rituals and the class on laying on of hands could be about spiritual gifts and calling.
The sad part about looking at this list is that I think a lot of so called "mature" disciples of Christ don't have this foundation. The author says that he is not going to lay the foundation again. Instead he is going to build on the foundation. For me, I need to make sure that: 1) I have a good foundation of teaching to build on in my own personal journey, 2) that I lay a good foundation of elementary truths for disciples to whom I minister and 3) I rely on God's wisdom to know when it is time to move on from the foundations in the disciples I am leading.