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The Framework for Organizing Communities

The Framework for Organizing Communities. CLC-USA Working Group Pittsburgh Leadership Assembly June 23 rd – 26 th , 2011. Grace to be Desired. To better follow Christ as a body as we seek to discern the framework for organizing communities for the “new way of being together” in CLC-USA.

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The Framework for Organizing Communities

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  1. The Framework for Organizing Communities CLC-USA Working Group Pittsburgh Leadership Assembly June 23rd – 26th, 2011

  2. Grace to be Desired To better follow Christ as a body as we seek to discern the framework for organizing communities for the “new way of being together” in CLC-USA

  3. Outline of Exercise 2 • Presentation (20 minutes) • Our current reality • The WG’s discernment process • Local community, clusters, centers • Making the connections • Clarification questions (10 minutes) • Reflections (3 hours) • Personal • Small group • Large group

  4. Our Current Reality • Eleven Regions • Two Cultural Groups

  5. CLC-USA Communities Belgium 1 Germany 1 7 Seattle 1 Montréal 4 6 3 Portland 1 Toronto 1 5 3 6 Boston 1 Omaha 6 8 9 1 2 New York Allentown Des Moines 1 10 9 Philadelphia 2 San Jose 8 New Jersey 3 7 5 Denver St. Louis 4 2 7 Washington 10 7 1 4 1 Phoenix 19 2 KC Tulsa 19 2 LA & OC 1 New Mexico Wichita Falls 2 Dallas 6 5 Atlanta 8 102 10 Regions S Florida KCLC Dong Hanh Austin 1 8 4 2 8 51 New Orleans Houston S Florida 58

  6. Our Discernment Process • Defining the questions • Organization models • Functions of organization levels • Our current reality • General Principles • Our vision

  7. Assumptions for Organizing Communities The structure needs to: • Reflect the General Principles and Norms • Support local communities • Reflect our lived experience • Be dynamic, life giving, empowering, adaptable • Develop relationships and the bonds of community • Recognize and embrace affinity groups 

  8. LocalCommunity

  9. General Principle 7-One World Community • We express the giving of ourselves by a personal commitment to the World Community, through a freely chosen local community… • Each of our communities is a gathering of people in Christ, a cell of His mystical body… • Our responsibility to develop the bonds of community does not stop with our local community, but extends to the National and World Christian Life Community…

  10. General Norms – Local Communities • Members participate in the life of the community at several concentric levels… • Composed of members of like qualities… • Each local community within a framework of a wider community… • Each local community has a coordinator… • A guide assists each local community to use the means needed for the community’s formation and its mission…

  11. Clusters • Groupings of local communities • Reflects our current experience

  12. CLC-USA Clusters

  13. Clusters: Characteristics • Where the community support network begins (communication, formation, resources, services, mission) • Where the experience of wider CLC community begins • Freedom of communities to form clusters and establish relationships respecting diverse needs and culture • Leadership development • Discerning body for delegates

  14. Centers • There is a need for intermediate structures between the “clusters” of communities and the “National” level of CLC-USA • Centers have two dimensions: • Groupings of clusters • Affinity groups

  15. Grouping of Clusters Centers CLC-USA Grouping A Grouping B Grouping C Grouping D

  16. Affinity Groups Centers CLC-USA Affinity Groups: KCLC, DH, YA ….

  17. Center Characteristics • Support of clusters and cluster leadership and formation • Formation team to address needs of clusters • Leadership development (coordinators, promoters, guides) • Operational connection between the national body and local communities – Neuron center • Implementation & mobilization center for ministries and apostolic action • Support and respect the needs of cultural/affinity communities and members • Provide opportunities to bring together larger groupings of CLC members for events, experiences, etc.

  18. CLC-USA Affinity Groups: DH, KC, YA…. Center A: Grouping of Clusters Center B: Grouping of Clusters Center C: Grouping of Clusters Center D: Grouping of Clusters

  19. Making the Connections Networks flowing from the local community through clusters, centers to national office… • Formation • Communication • Resources • Mission: apostolic action, ministries, services • Ecclesial: relation with the Church

  20. Reflection Questions • What are your feelings after the framework for organizing communities presentation? • What are the points in the presentation that were not clear to me? • What are the parts of what was presented that attract or “seem right” to me? • What disturbs or concerns me?

  21. Questions

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