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four areas OF FOCUS

RGC. 4. four areas OF FOCUS. Rio Grande Conference OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH www.riograndeconference.org Office of Connectional Ministries & Congregational Development Conference Mobilization Plan Plan de Mobilizacion Conferencial.

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four areas OF FOCUS

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  1. RGC 4 four areas OF FOCUS Rio Grande Conference OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH www.riograndeconference.org Office of Connectional Ministries & Congregational Development Conference Mobilization Plan Plan de Mobilizacion Conferencial Developing New Leaders U Church Growth U Ministry with the Poor U Global Health

  2. Conference Mobilization Plan • Aligned with  4 Areas of Focus • June 2008 • Congregational • Development • Transformation of existing • Starting NEW CHURCHES Leadership Development Health & Wellness Ministries Partnering with the Poor in Ministry

  3. Plan de Movilizacion Conferencial • Alineado con  4 Areas de Enfoque • Junio 2008 • desarrollo de • la congregación • transformar las congregaciones existentes • comenzar NUEVAS IGLESIAS Desarrollo De Liderazgo la asociación con el pobre en el ministerio ministerios de salud y bienestar

  4. CMT as Learning Communities • Learning how to love • God & love neighbor • Who are we and how are we to BE? • What is God calling us to DO? • Learning how to learn • Critical questions we must ask ourselves about our realities  Personal & Congregational • Learning how to lead • 2 people + 1 idea + GOD = ministry • Personal learnings & sharing Leadership Development

  5. Una comunidad que aprende es un grupo de personas que comparten valores y creencias comunes, es entrado activamente a aprender junto de uno al otro. A learning community is a group of people who share common values and beliefs, are actively engaged in learning together from each other.

  6. Congregational Development • Transforming existing congregations • Critical questions & assessments • Thriving? Maintaining? Realized or Unrealized Decline? • GANAS Factor – how willing are we to face reality and do something about it? • What are our Fruitful Practices as a congregation? • Are we creating space to receive those who have not arrived at the church yet? • What is your system for Spiritual Formation & Leadership Development?

  7. Congregational Development • Starting NEW CHURCHES • Where are the areas to start new churches? • Seven possibilities have been identified throughout RGC according to the Cabinet’s report to the Common Table • Cultivating the leadership and drive to do this • Shifting the RGC economic system to encourage new church starts and congregational transformation

  8. Ministry in partnership with the POOR • Inventory of existing outreach ministries • Demographics & understanding community realities of people living within 5 mile radius of the church • Are we creating space to receive those who have not arrived at the church yet? • Local church as missional center and community connector • Provide presence and leadership to existing entities that address issues of the poor and the marginalized • Engaging in Border & Immigration issues

  9. How are we engaging in health and wellness issues? • What is our health condition – body, mind, & spirit? Health & Wellness Ministries • What is our understanding and engagement in Hispanic health issues? • Diabetes, Hypertension, mental health, teenage pregnancy, Border Health issues, etc…

  10. 4. Leadership Development Our Steps to Get There… 3. Leadership Institute Development 2. Congregational Development Consultants • Re-purposing the Office of Connectional Ministries

  11. Re-purposing the Office of Connectional Ministries • Office Portfolios • General Connectional Ministries • Congregational Development • Leadership Development • Communications • Systems evaluation & implementation • Resource Development & Project Management • Resource library  shelf & virtual

  12. 2. Congregational Development Consultants • Solicited input of Advisory BoardSept. 2008 • Development MeetingOct. 2008 • Learning Communities • Facilitation • Providing Resources

  13. 3. Leadership Institute Development • DCM in Master Facilitation Course August 2008  • Consultant Group training December 2008 • Became a Learning Community & proclamation that Leadership Institute starts with consultants • Consultants Facilitation Training 1 January 2009 • Consultants moving to base February 2009 

  14. 4. Leadership Development  Learning Communities • Cooperative Ministry Teams engagement in the Four Areas of FocusMarch 2009  • Shift in thinking • Creativity • Moving from scarcity to abundance thinking • Fruitful practices of fruitful congregations • Becoming “Level 5” leaders • Current Reality Checks

  15. Equipo Cooperativo Ministerial [CMT] INSTITUTO DE LIDERAZGO REVITALIZACIÓN de IGLESIA LOCAL MINISTERIOS DE SALÚD Y BIENESTAR INICIO DE NUEVAS IGLESIAS CMT MINISTERIO EN COLABORACIÓN CON LOS POBRES

  16. Re intencionar La Oficina de Ministerios Conexionales Desarrollo de Comunicaciones y Avance 1 6 2 SEIS COMPONENTES DE DESARROLLO CONGREGACIONAL DE LA CONFERENCIA Equipo de Desarrollo Congregacional Conferencial Inicio de Nuevas Iglesias 5 3 Instituto de Liderazgo Conferencial Revitalización Congregacional 4

  17. shifts in thinking los cambios en el pensamiento

  18. thinkingcreatively el pensamiento creativamente

  19. Do we see the glass half empty or half full ¿Vemos nosotros el vaso medio vacía o medio lleno?

  20. asset-based thinking las comunidades tienen deficiencias y necesidades las comunidades y los ciudadanos tienen las capacidades y las ventajas

  21. Becoming Asset Based Building Communities from the Inside Out

  22. Building Communities from the Inside Out Needs & Deficiencies Assets & Capacities Que dice el pueblo? http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/community/introd-building.html

  23. …as individuals, what are our practices ? • THREE SIMPLE RULES: A Wesleyan Way of Living… • Do no harm • Do good • Stay in love with God

  24. …as RGC congregations, what are our practices ? • Radical hospitality? • Passionate worship? • Intentional Faith-Development? • Risk-taking mission & service? • Extravagant generosity?

  25. How are developing leaders – as individuals & collectively? Developing Leadership

  26. shifts in thinking los cambios en el pensamiento

  27. Now that you have seen this video and the presentation: What phrases or images catches your attention from this presentation? • Of the 4 areas of focus? • Of the conference mobilization plan?

  28. What excites you about this?

  29. Where do you feel challenged?

  30. Where in you church or CMT are you already connecting to the 4 areas of focus ?

  31. What “bright lights” are you seeing emerge in your congregation that can be places of learning for us?

  32. In what way does our leadership need to grow / expand to engage in the opportunities before us?

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