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Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World

Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World

Minster Team Study Guide for Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World: The New Shape of the Church in Our Time by Alan J. Roxburgh This guide was put together by the Diocesan Leadership Initiative (DLI) team. Within this guide is a suggested timeline of almost two years, intended to allow you time to do other minster

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Invited to Abundant Life

Invited to Abundant Life

We invite parishes, minsters, and new expression communities in our diocese to engage in reflection about your identity and your unique calling. We pray this study may help parishes discern their unique identity and empower their gifts to share abundant life in their context. This guide offers a process of discernment for you to ask timely and critical questions about the vocation and future of your parish, minster, or new expression community.

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Grace Ottawa remembers 9/11

Grace Church in Ottawa had four Ottawa firemen come to church on Sunday, September 11. They gave a very moving presentation of 9/11, rang the chimes inside the church and then Hurst Coffman, our organist, rang the outside chimes.

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Lambeth’s Call on Human Dignity

Stepping away from vote or debate, to table conversations on the Call on Human Dignity which includes human sexuality. Powerful theological foundations were laid on the rock of “Imago Dei”: every single person carries the image of God, no matter their gender or sexual orientation, and are valued members of the Body of Christ.

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The Digital Road Map: Navigating Post-crisis Changes in Congregations

What just happened? Congregations are in various stages of re-opening, gathering community momentum, and having community engagement. Covid is still with us, but we seem to be in a different phase. We are anxious, joyful, grieved, relieved, frustrated, and processing the many emotions and realities of the last two years. Ministries may look radically different, and the forms of worship and gathering have changed with many new modalities available.

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