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Future Directions Task Force Formed by MCAB, MCBC, MC Can, MCEC, MCMB and MCSK

Future Directions Task Force Formed by MCAB, MCBC, MC Can, MCEC, MCMB and MCSK. Plenary on Rethinking Strategies: The How and What. Presenters: Rebecca Steiner, Chad Miller, Aldred Neufeldt. Change? What’s New?.

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Future Directions Task Force Formed by MCAB, MCBC, MC Can, MCEC, MCMB and MCSK

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  1. Future Directions Task Force Formed by MCAB, MCBC, MC Can, MCEC, MCMB and MCSK

  2. Plenary on Rethinking Strategies: The How and What Presenters: Rebecca Steiner, Chad Miller, Aldred Neufeldt

  3. Change? What’s New? The church no longer is seen as the ultimate moral force, the foundational rock of our laws and culture. For more than a thousand years it was. Douglas John Hall

  4. Essential task, with your help, is to discern: • What is God’s Spirit calling us to in the 21st Century? • What are the best ways (programs, structures, strategies) for the church to thrive and grow?

  5. Fermented Faith

  6. Transforming Encounters

  7. Letting go and letting God lead

  8. Under the Acacia Tree

  9. Questions and Dreams Some people like answers. I like questions because it’s a holy gift to wonder. Questions lead to dreams. Without dreams, where would our hope for the future lie?

  10. Discussion Question 1: What is your dream of what the church might be like or look like in 20 years time?

  11. Dream of church in 20 years time? • Your local congregation? – what words or image describe it? • The larger church your congregation is partof? • what words or image describe it?

  12. TABLE GROUP TASKSfor Question 1 • Decide (1 min): table facilitator and recorder • Talk (5 min): Share your dreams • Write (12 min): Story of your table group dream • Report (5 min): 4 – 6 tables present. All table discussion notes will be collected for input to the Task Force.

  13. Role for our larger church? We hold it important for congregations to bond together in a larger body for: • Mutual support and encouragement • Tasks individual congregations can’t do • Extending God’s healing and hope to the world

  14. Discussion Question 2: What 3 or 4 things could a larger church body do to help transform our table’s dream into reality?

  15. TABLE GROUP TASKSfor Question 2 • Consider (2 min): what are the most important tasks or functions of a larger church body? • Talk (2 min): Share your ideas • Write (5 min): a Consensus List, a Differences List – and circle non-traditional ideas • Report (5 min): 4 – 6 tables present. All table discussion notes will be collected for input to the Task Force.

  16. Closing Prayer God of our lives You are always calling us to follow you into the future inviting us to new ventures, new challenges,  new ways to care, new ways to touch the hearts of all. When we become fearful of the unknown, give us courage. When we worry "are we up to the task?", remind us that you would not call us  if you did not believe in us.  Amen.

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