Beginning Anew
Recognizing the challenges related to moving from pandemic to post-pandemic times, congregations are encouraged to explore new questions and deepen spirituality as part of a way forward. Beginning Anew will provide a process to help congregational leaders discern the next season of ministry.
Getting Started
Pray and discern
Make a commitment to participate (6-8 meetings)
Form a team - elected leaders, vision team, etc.
Designate a team leader
Contact E-Connect Administrative Assistant with the number of books needed for your group.
The Process
Reflection, Learning, Action Questions
What have you continued to do during the pandemic that needs to remain, be changed, or modified post-pandemic?
What have you done new during the pandemic that needs to be continued, changed, or modified post-pandemic?
What have you let go of/stopped during the pandemic that does or does not need to be resumed?
What have you learned about your congregation during the pandemic?
What experiments do you want to try post-pandemic?
What happens after Beginning Anew?
Empowered by the congregation’s leadership, live into the learnings, discoveries, anticipated experiments, and developing goals resulting from the Beginning Anew process.
Through engagement with PrE-Connect and/or E-Connect, a transformational ministry process, live into and expand these learnings, discoveries, experiments, and goals. In PrE-Connect and E-Connect you will receive on-going training, support, mentoring, and opportunities for practical application of renewal principles that will help keep the momentum going and growing.
Diocesan Liaison
The Rev. Canon Terri Bays, Ph.D.
