Worship
The
primary question we have been focusing upon in our Year of Transition
Conversations is
What is God
calling this synod to be engaged in missionally in the next six years?
The
“context” for the conversation in January 2007 focuses our attention on a core
element in our life together as Christians in communities (congregational
settings):
WORSHIP!
The
question to have conversation about is:
What are we
discerning God’s call to us to be about in the coming six years related to our
Worship Life together?
As in
the past several months, you are invited and encouraged to take 15-20 minutes of
your council agenda time and simply talk to each other about this topic and
theme. You are asked to also share this question (and the enclosed sheet with
resource information) with other groups in your congregation so they can also
participate in this synod-wide conversation.
Please note:
The topics in the coming months for this year long
conversation include; Role of the Synod; Role of the Bishop; Money and The Great
Commission. This will lead us up to the Synod Assembly and the election of a
new bishop. The question we’ll be posing in the spring of the year relates to
what kind of gifts the next bishop should have in order to address the mission
of our synod as we’ve discerned it in these conversations together.
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