One of the things I really appreciated about the "More Franchises" event was that it recognized that congregations across the UCCan are exploring ministry in a variety of ways - and worked to bring that experience to light in the workshops.
While I'm not casting any aspersions on the keynotes - they were fantastic - what I really appreciated was the practical, useable, do-able stuff I got from each workshop.
This begs a question for me... has anyone got any ideas how we can share the practices and ministries that are going on in our congregations? I think the General Council Offices have done great work around this in a number of areas - but I also think we need some way of saying (humbleness optional), "This is working at St. Quark's-on-the-Spin United Church. We're excited about it. Take it. Change it. Use it. Your kilometrage may vary."
Some of us post resources we've written to the web. (Shameless plug no. 1: richardbott.com) (Shameless plug no. 2: liturgy.richardbott.com) (Don't worry... it's all free to use stuff. *grin*) Sometimes Presbyteries have "sharing sessions" so we can learn from communities and congregations close by. Sometimes groups of colleagues get together around a topic, bring together their resources on it, and create something new and wonderful (or old and wonderful!)
What other ways can we share what we're doing to work with the Spirit?
Monday, July 7, 2008
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