Faithful Innovations Resumes Sep 11

Faithful Innovations, the process for congregations to learn together about how to engage the challenges and changes of the 21st century, resumes September 11. The process helps church members and leaders develop deeper connections with God, each other, and their neighbors through the introduction of practices of listening, discerning, experimenting, and reflecting. Its purpose is to encourage congregation members and leaders to behave their way into new thinking about what it means to be church in a changing world; to seek out where God is already at work in our midst and to join in God’s transforming work.

Through three Saturday trainings in a nine-month cycle, members of each congregation’s guiding team learn practices to listen to God in their local contexts through dwelling in scripture together, sharing faith stories, and noticing through fresh eyes where God might be at work in their neighborhoods. This deep listening invites discernment of the movement of God and the development of simple experiments to make connections. The final stage in the process is to reflect on what has been learned and to articulate new questions that begin the action reflection cycle again. As such, Faithful Innovations is not a program but spiritual practices that can affect all levels of congregational life and ministry.

If your congregation wants to join in Faithful Innovations during this cycle, contact the Diocesan Office ([email protected])  to express your interest. More information at diofdl.org/faithfulinnovation. 

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