Taking the vision

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Taking the vision

• HOME

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• THE
• STORY
• so far

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The story so far

• Two consultations a steering group
• A LAUNCH at General Assembly 07
• Presentations at all the Autumn Synods
• Still an awful lot of FITTING OUT to do

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The story so far

• Introductory discussions
• then
• A BIBLE YEAR
• A PRAYER YEAR
• An EVANGELISM YEAR

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The story so far

• Helpful?
• Worthy?
• Churchy?
• WHY THIS?

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• THINGS
• we may
• have to
• fix

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Things we may have to fix

• A learned ministry,
• but a deskilled church?
• The cost of historical critical enquiry?
• A loss of confidence in faith learning?
• A Bible that doesnt seem to help

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Gifts from the wider culture

• Owning our BAGGAGE
• Hearing other VOICES
• Eating WHOLEMEAL
• Living with AWKWARD
• We all bring SOMETHING
• Interpretation as a sort of CONVERSATION
• So, WHAT NOW?

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• WHAT NOW?

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Things we need to tackle

• Widespread depression
• Loss of confidence
• Fading self-belief
• Tired confused?
• A sense that time is against us
• REFRESHING OUR
• CHURCH CULTURE

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Things worth trying

• Repossess the BIBLE as the peoples book
• Refresh PRAYER as sustaining conversation with
  God
• Rehabilitate EVANGELISM as honest expression of
  what motivates us

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Things worth trying

• RE-FORMING CHURCH
• by REPOSSESSION
• of what God has given us
• So, will
• help?

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• THREE
• YEARS
• of
• renewal

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Vision4Life BIBLE YEAR

• Starts ADVENT 08
• MENU from Sept. 08
• Each church designs and decides for itself
• Must connect with where people are
• Moving everyone into more Bible involvement

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Vision4Life PRAYER YEAR

• Starts ADVENT 09
• MENU from Sept. 09
• Still locally designed
• Builds on Bible Year
• Seeks to make prayer more effective for everyone
  in our church

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Vision4Life EVANGELISM YEAR

• Starts ADVENT 2010
• MENU from Sept. 2010
• Still locally designed
• Builds on Bible and prayer years
• Working outwards from who-we-are to honest,
  appropriate sharing

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• BUT
• WILL IT
• WORK
• for US?

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But will it work for us?

• FOUR CONVERSATIONS
• before you say YES!
• 4 Booklets in February
• 4 conversations and a decision by August 08
• Your church plans HOW, the booklets may help
• NEEDS LOCAL OWNING

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But will it work for us?

• NOW FOR
• SOME IDEA OF
• WHATS IN
• THE FOUR
• BOOKLETS

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• DISCUSSION
• ONE
• transformed by
• the Bible

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THE BIBLE BOOKLET

• IDEAS to develop locally
• Telling Bible Journeys
• Is the Bible working?
• Are we typical of us?
• Ideas about how the Bible might work better
• What do WE think?

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• DISCUSSION
• TWO
• transformed by
• Prayer

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THE PRAYER BOOKLET

• IDEAS to develop locally
• Telling Prayer stories
• Psalms, poem, prayer
• Is prayer working?
• Are we typical of us?
• Ideas from others
• What do WE think?

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• DISCUSSION
• THREE
• transformed for
• evangelism

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THE EVANGELISM BOOKLET

• IDEAS to develop locally
• Telling our stories
• Do we allow sharing?
• Do we need a re-think?
• Are we typical of us?
• Ideas from others
• What do WE think?

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• DISCUSSION
• FOUR
• taking the
• next step

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THE NEXT STEP BOOKLET

• Bringing it all together
• Taking a decision
• Also
• WORSHIP IDEAS for a Vision4Life Sunday

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• Praying,
• Preparing
• and
• Planning

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Other Resources to Help
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Other Resources to help

• OUR WEBSITE
• www.vision4life.org.uk
• OUR e-mail ADDRESS
• admin_at_vision4life.org.uk
• OUR POSTAL ADDRESS
• Vision4Life,
• Windermere Centre

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• Signing
• Up

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Signing Up

• on our website
• at our e-mail address
• or by post
• Well post
• signed-up churches,
• Synod by Synod
• on our website

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• Christianity has become part of the furniture...
  
• like a grand piano nobody plays any longer.
• I want the dust to be taken off and the people to
  play music
• John Sentamu

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Bible
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Prayer
Prayer
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evangelism
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