Re-Imagining Church

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Re-imagining Church

If you are on Facebook and would like to join a group for further discussion as we go along, here is the group URL for "Reimagining Church - Diocese of NS & PEI": https://www.facebook.com/groups/529335370462132

If you want to run this program on your own, you absolutely can!  In addition to the materials below, you will also need:

• The PowerPoint files - One - Two - Three - Four - Five - Six
• Here is a ZIP file with the text of the weekly reminder and follow-up emails

Book List

These are the books we referred to during the program:

• Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church Right Where You Are by Tim Soerens
• Beyond Duty: A Passion for Christ, a Heart for Mission by Tim Dearborn
• Christianity Rediscovered by Vincent J. Donovan  
• Being Church, Doing Life: Creating Gospel Communities Where Life Happens by Michael Moynagh  
• Going Missional by Willard Metzger & Karen Stiller
• Prayers for Parish Groups by Donald Harrington & Julie Kavanagh

Session One - Brave New World

Session One Recording 2020 (It is on YouTube)

Participant Handout (Slides 3/page)- 2020 -  2022

Links to additional materials for this week:

• Videos:
  • Church on Tap, Port Colbourne, ON (3 min)
  • 541 Eatery & Exchange, Hamilton, ON (6 min)
  • Mission New Heights, Mission, BC (10 min)
  • On Being Church, Archibishop Linda Nicholls (20 min)

Check out a preview of “Mission-Shaped Church” on Google Play Books (if you like what you can see in the preview, you can buy it from Amazon to get the rest of it)

What is God up to in your neighbourhood? [an Alban Institute newsletter]

Session Two - What in the World is God Up To?

Session Two Recording 2020 (It is on YouTube)

Participant Handout (Slides 3/page) - 2020 - 2022

Videos to watch in advance

• Dr. Tony Campolo [8min]
• Skater Church [6min]

Links to additional materials for this week:

• Money, mission and meeting in person
• Reimagining Ministry is no longer a Choice

Session Three - The School of Jesus

Session Three Recording 2020 (on YouTube)

Participant Handout (Slides 3/page) - 2020 - 2022

Videos to watch in advance:

• Archbishop John Sentamu - public baptisms [2min]
• Destination Church [5min]

Session Four - Changing world, changing church 

Session Four Recording 2020 (on YouTube)

Participant Handout (Slides 3/page) - 2020 - 2022

Videos to watch in advance:

• Church for the Night [7 min]
• Cameron House [5 min]
• Somewhere Else [2 1/2 min]
• Building a Plane while Flying [1 min]

Session Five - Where do we go from here? 

Session Five Recording 2020 (on YouTube)

Participant Handout (Slides 3/page)  - 2020 - 2022 

Videos to watch in advance:

• What is a fresh expression of church? [<1min]
• Listening for Mission (audio file; 5min)
  
  • the speakers are: graham carter, dave male, stephen cottrell, sara savage, steven croft, george lings, beth keith, martyn atkins

Additional Resources:

• Creating Missional Communities VSST
• Fresh Expressions Canada (FXCA)
• Fresh Expressions UK
• Fresh Expression USA
• Tactics to Replace "Inviting People to Church"
• Michael Frost on "The 5 Ss" for learning about your community
  • Video (start at 40 sec)
  • Handout

Session Six - Next Steps

Session Six Recording 2020 (on YouTube)

Participant Handout 2020 (Slides 3/page - now with the worship pieces included)

Please have a candle and a way to light it close to hand for our session wrap-up.

Note: session six is optional and we didn't do it in 2022, however the PowerPoint is included at the top of the page if you want to use it for a working session and a closing worship for the program. You could also use the closing worship in Session Five if you wanted to...