Whats most appreciated about GWUC

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Whats most appreciated about GWUC?

• Identifying motivating and sustaining values for
  the future.

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Taking in the view!

• In groups, visit each question and record common
  themes you observe.
• If you find one statement that sums up the theme,
  quote it.
• As you see themes, record any biblical threads
  that are relevant. (25 mins)

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Discerning values

• Combine your responses for Q1 Q2 and as a table
  identify FIVE Values (statements of up to 5-6
  words). Record these in each of the 5 areas on
  the first sheet. Label it Q1/2 (5 mins)
• Repeat for Q3/4 Q5 (5 mins each question)

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Q1/2 What motivates and enables? Q3/4 What is
the character of our engagement beyond the
congregation? Q5 What values are life-giving?
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Q 1/2What motivates and enables us?
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Q 1/2What motivates and enables us? cont.
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Q 3/4What is the character of our engagement
beyond the congregation?
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Q 3/4What is the character of our engagement
beyond the congregation? cont.
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Q5 What values are life-giving?
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Q5 What values are life-giving? cont.
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PASTORAL CARE

• Caring
• Belonging
• Supporting
• Relationships

• Caring supportive relationships create a sense of
  belonging at GWUC. As people have this sense of
  belonging more care and support will be
  forthcoming.

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Points that contributed to Pastoral Carefrom
Appreciative Conversations
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OUTREACH showing the love of Christ

• Outreach to wider community
• Generosity enables us to share Christs love
• Size and capacity and diversity of the things we
  do

• We show and share the love of God in our church
  and beyond by the generosity of time, energy and
  great variety of God given gifts, both
  corporately and individually

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BELONGING TO A COMMUNITY

• Acceptance
• Friendship
• Inclusivness
• Involvement

• We feel motivated when we are accepted,
  surrounded by friends and included. This enables
  us to be involved and feel we belong to this
  community.

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ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT

• Being empowered to participate
• Opportunity to influence
• Provision of ways to express faith in action

• We value being involved and opportunity to
  participate (so as to make a difference in the
  worldimplied) and, in being so involved, we
  display our passions for the faith and receive
  support from each other.

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WORSHIP

• Evolving
• Diversity
• Empowering
• Life giving
• Inspiring
• Participatory
• Leadership
• Telling our sacred stories

• Worship that is inspiring, spiritually, life
  giving and enables us to join in relationship
  with the Triune God and the community.

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JOURNEYING IN FAITH

• Enabling self and others
• Faith development formation
• Telling and listening to our sacred stories
• Leadership
• Study of Scripture
• Diversity in learning

• Bringing people to faith, enabling people to
  mature and grow in their faith by study
  dwelling in scripture, diversity of learning,
  telling hearing our own God's sacred stories

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DIVERSITY OF WORSHIP

• Diversity of Outreach/Witness (fundraising and
  Faith sharing)
• Innovation in Worship

• The people of GWUC appreciate the diversity of
  our worship, outreach and witness as well as the
  opportunity for innovation in worship.

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