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RHUC DREAM TEAM 2014

Who are we called to be

in this place

at this time?

We are not Broken…just Cracked a little with Age!

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We are not Broken…just Cracked a little with Age!

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We are not Broken…just Cracked a little with Age!

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Double Loop Theory…Where is RHUC?

RHUC

DreamTeam

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Who is God calling us to be in this Place at this Time?

How do we share our Spiritual Abundance with a wider Community?

BASIC PLAN

Parallel work by Dream Team with Existing Organisational Structure

1. Listening to congregation, council, and committees

2. Listening to the larger community

3. Blending combined input and discerning common threads for the future

4. Co-ordinate implementation using existing organisation

• Building and finance important at this stage of plan• Continual attention paid to the concerns of the

congregation

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We are at the front edges of the greatest transformation of the church that has occurred for 1,600 years. It is by far the greatest change that the church has ever experienced in America; it may eventually make the transformation of the Reformation look like a ripple in a pond.”

(Loren Mead, Alban Institute)

Interesting Quote

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Era Changes … Every 500 Years?

Ancient ModernMedieval

Post-Modern

The collapse of Roman power in Western Europe.

Renaissance and Reformation

Globalization and Information Technology

With changes in communication, transportation, and military technology; economic systems; scientific worldview…

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Modern (Pre 1964) vs Post Modern

MechanisticAnalytical/RationalTop DownText-Based

Organic/FluidExperientialMystical CommunalTGIF

• Twitter• Google• Internet• Facebook

Values: • Duty• Loyalty• Commitment Values:

• Freedom• Choice

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Post-Modern: Belong… Behave … Believe

Modern: BELIEVE… Behave…Belong

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Healthy, Vital, UCC Congregations Within the Post-Modern Era

1. Authentic Community

Radical Hospitality

2. Adaptive Leadership

3. Missional Engagement

4. Spiritual Formation or Spiritual Practice

Experiential, Participatory, Image-

rich, Connective Worship - EPIC! Music Leadership (participatory)

5. Secular Spiritual Evangelism

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Components and ToolsAvailable:

Congregation• Identity, Mission and Needs Analysis

Survey (IMNA) Jane Armstrong

Community• Environics Report

Talent• Asset Mapping

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EDGE