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Kamloops-Okanagan Presbytery

Kamloops-Okanagan Presbytery. “Behold I do a new thing! Even now it springs forth do you not perceive it?” Isaiah 43:19

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Kamloops-Okanagan Presbytery

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  1. Kamloops-Okanagan Presbytery “Behold I do a new thing! Even now it springs forth do you not perceive it?” Isaiah 43:19 “…I will make a new covenant…I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Jeremiah 31 selected

  2. Recap Find the joy!

  3. Global Movement You are part of it! What are we seeing?

  4. #1. Getting Spiritually Grounded

  5. What might we do? Attend to our own spiritual practice Surrender laugh, experience joy, pause to enjoy a fresh brewed cup of Jo Sacred Pauses, yoga, mindfulness meditation, going on a protest march, what’s helping you? Attend to your congregations Spiritual Practice Declare a fast – Advent, daily practice of asking “What is God showing me? What is God asking us to do about it? Journal the experience and share in Groups weekly Richard Bott – Board takes up a discipline of prayer Unbinding the Gospel Program – Martha Grace-Reese

  6. #2. Getting Missional Responding to what God is doing

  7. What can we do? • Privilege narratives of hope – go to Greenbelt • Ask: Where is energy/vibrancy in our community? • Where is the intersection of need and passion? • Host 360 Stakeholders process – invite community leaders to your strategic planning session, or interview them “What do you think the role of our church is in the community? What do you see? What would you like to see?” • Tools: Environics Ministry Report • Asset Mapping • Appreciative Inquiry • NCD Survey, IMNA Survey

  8. #3. Getting EPIC E - xperiential P - articipative I - mage Rich C - onnectional Blessing of the hands

  9. Awareness Test EPIC is part of a larger shift in perspective If its not messy its probably dead.

  10. 3 Influences of Change • ModernPost Modern E D G E Mechanistic Analytical/Rational Top Down Text Based … Organic/Fluid Experiential/Mystical Communal TGIF

  11. EPIC E - xperiential P - articipative I - mage Rich C - onnectional Greebelt Festival: Where faith, arts, and justice collide!

  12. Hillhurst United Church / The Swell Hillhurst United Church 1 – 44s, 2 – 6:33

  13. Reflection Where have you experimented with aspects of EPIC ministry in your context? (Experiential, Participative, Images, Connection) What is the next step?

  14. What can we do? • Engage the creativity of young people • Connect with local artists • Reclaim/Reframe ancient rituals • Sponge liturgy • Cloth prayer – Tear cloth into individual strips, • Tie prayers into the strips then tie together • Prayers of the People • Connect with stories of emerging ministries

  15. #4. Getting Entrepreneurial

  16. The Grove

  17. Rhizome Cafe A café, community space and social justice hub in Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories

  18. Yoga Chapel 5:52

  19. Redevelopment in PartnershipMoncton Peace Centre

  20. Organizational Structure

  21. Grand Opening

  22. Reflection List as many social enterprises as you can think of? (any enterprise that makes a better world and also creates revenue streams) Which of these connects most strongly with your congregation’s mission and gifts?

  23. What can we do? • Invest in support social entrepreneurs • Get summer students on federal grants • Think of ways your current connections with social enterprise can create relational space • Bi-vocational connections

  24. #5. Getting Together in New Ways

  25. Multi-Site Worship Trinity United Thunder Bay

  26. Low Tech Getting Together • House Church • Intentional Communities • Regional Staffing models

  27. Reflection • What is your experience with new ways of getting together? • What might be the next step for your congregation? How would you raise the question?

  28. #6. Getting Going Fail MoreHave Fun Experimenting – And Learn

  29. Fail MoreHave Fun Experimenting – And Learn

  30. Learn/Act (Adaptive Leadership) Building Planes in the Air

  31. Practice: Improvisational Leadership Yes … and! Accept the offer. Add your piece.

  32. Be Kind to Yourself

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