Becoming A Congregation Of Learners

Author : Isa Aron
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1580237371
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Becoming a Congregation of Learners written by Isa Aron and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can my congregation transform itself? How can we re-dedicate ourselves to learning? Improving spiritual connection in our communities takes work! Combining expert advice and experience garnered from congregations throughout North America, Becoming a Congregation of Learners shows us how transformative change is possible. A complete resource full of ideas, information and support, this is a guide for those of us involved in, or interested in, energizing our spiritual communities. Isa Aron, director of Hebrew Union College's Experiment in Congregational Education (ECE), offers concrete, practical information on how to bring about change and revitalization, and helps us make learning a vibrant, integral part of congregational life.

Author : Tim Shapiro
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781566997447
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Your Congregation Learns written by Tim Shapiro and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change isn't always easy or intuitive. How Your Congregation Learns introduces churches and leaders--both lay and ordained--to the process of the learning journey. By understanding learning dynamics and working to become a learning community, the congregation will be able to move more purposefully to achieve its goals. Congregations face many kinds of challenges. Some are mundane: the roof leaks; the parking lot needs repaving; the microphones don't work well. Some tests are transcendent: How should lives be honored? What is God calling the congregation to do and be? How can generosity be taught? Throughout life people face challenges for which they are not prepared--the death of a parent, a new job offer, making a decision about where to live. So it goes that congregational leaders face challenges that are just beyond the grasp of their abilities. This book addresses the just-beyond-the-grasp challenges and shows how real congregations can learn from them.

Author : Isa Aron
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1580237037
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Self-Renewing Congregation written by Isa Aron and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can my congregation become more vital? How can we both honor the past and embrace the future? “[The Self-Renewing Congregation] calls for ‘renewal’...from within, not without—a renewal that begins with institutional self-reflection, proceeds through a process of self-engagement, and ends with self-generated innovations that can deepen the synagogue congregation as a sacred community. The core of this book offers any congregation seeking this path a compelling and realistic roadmap, a vision, and a process that is rooted in applied research and practical experience.” —from the Foreword by Dr. Ron Wolfson, codeveloper, Synagogue 2000; author of Shabbat: The Family Guide to Preparing for and Celebrating the Sabbath Revitalizing and re-imagining the organization of our synagogues takes work! Combining expert advice and experience garnered from congregations throughout North America, The Self-Renewing Congregation shows us how transformative change is possible. A complete resource full of ideas, information, and support, this is a guide for those of us involved in, or interested in, energizing our spiritual communities. Isa Aron, founding director of Hebrew Union College’s Experiment in Congregational Education (ECE), offers concrete, practical information on how to bring about change through collaborative leadership, and helps us grow dynamic, successful congregations.

Author : Thomas R. Hawkins
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664256999
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Learning Congregation written by Thomas R. Hawkins and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congregations today face an adaptive challenge of immense proportions. Many respond with classic signs of work avoidance: holding to past assumptions and blaming authority. Thomas Hawkins's new vision of church leadership can provide a way to break through these defensive routines. The Learning Congregation is a must read for all pastors and church leaders.

Author : Dennis G. Campbell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566994977
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Congregations as Learning Communities written by Dennis G. Campbell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000-12-31 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our rapidly evolving religious scene, congregations that are open to continuous learning and willing to respond to external and internal change, will be the ones that achieve new vitality and health. Dennis Campbell describes what those congregations will look like and provides four tools to help a congregation shape its community into what God would have it be. Systems thinking, congregational culture, appreciative inquiry, and scenario planning are explained and illustrated, and readers will be shown how to apply the principles to their setting.

Author : Gail Forsyth-Vail
Publisher : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ISBN 13 : 9781558965287
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories in Faith written by Gail Forsyth-Vail and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2007 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jacqueline J. Lewis
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611648556
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ten Essential Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation written by Jacqueline J. Lewis and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do churches build immunity from racial and ethnic tensions that threaten to divide rather than unite congregations? Jacqui Lewis and John Janka believe that the answer lies in the development of multiracial, multicultural communities of faith. Born of the authors' work with The Middle Project, an institute that prepares ethical leaders for a more just society, The Pentecost Paradigm is a collection of wisdom and best practices. Here you will find lessons, questions for conversation, and spaces for journaling. Use the workbook with your planning team, board members, lay leaders, and staff. Ten essential strategies are presented to help build communities that celebrate racial/ethnic and cultural diversity: Embracing Call and Commitment Casting the Vision Managing Change and Resistance Creating Congregational Identity Building Capacity Cultivating Community Celebrating in Worship Understanding Congregational Conflict Communicating and Organizing Collaborating in the Public Square In welcoming communities of faith where everyone is accepted just as they are, we can lead the way toward racial reconciliation and dismantle the prejudices that segregate our houses of worship.

Author : Tim Shapiro
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566997453
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Your Congregation Learns written by Tim Shapiro and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change isn’t always easy or intuitive. How Your Congregation Learns introduces churches and leaders—both lay and ordained—to the process of the learning journey. By understanding learning dynamics and working to become a learning community, the congregation will be able to move more purposefully to achieve its goals. Congregations face many kinds of challenges. Some are mundane: the roof leaks; the parking lot needs repaving; the microphones don’t work well. Some tests are transcendent: How should lives be honored? What is God calling the congregation to do and be? How can generosity be taught? Throughout life people face challenges for which they are not prepared—the death of a parent, a new job offer, making a decision about where to live. So it goes that congregational leaders face challenges that are just beyond the grasp of their abilities. This book addresses the just-beyond-the-grasp challenges and shows how real congregations can learn from them.

Author : Tim Shapiro
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1501842609
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Divergent Church written by Tim Shapiro and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New faith communities are appearing across the U.S.. Many of them bear little resemblance—on the surface—to ‘church’ in its conventional form. But when we look a little deeper we see striking continuity with the most deeply rooted practices of the Christian faith in community. What are those practices? What do these unconventional, alternative faith communities look like? How are they, perhaps, indicators of a hopeful new future for the church? And what can we learn from them? Authors Kara Brinkerhoff and Tim Shapiro spent more than a year researching and exploring these questions, closely examining the life of a dozen alternative faith communities across the country. They include new monastic communities, food-oriented communities, affinity group communities, house churches, hybrid churches and others. They are creative, ingenious, innovative, clever, dynamic and transformative. But they represent human expressions of activities that have always been part of human religious congregations: hospitality, learning, storytelling, care, leadership, worship and honoring place. This fascinating book goes beyond simply analyzing current trends. It reveals how innovative Christians are engaging in time-honored practices, creating new types of communities, which will shape the church to come. Further, it shows us how we too might innovate while holding true to the essential practices of our gathered faith. This is an instructive picture of Christian community, past, present and future.

Author : Joseph B. Meszler
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1580233090
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witnesses to the One written by Joseph B. Meszler and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply personal exploration of Judaism's most sacred statement. Delve into the spiritual history of the Sh'ma and claim your own personal meaning in these enduring words. Traces the Sh'ma through the ages and in the lives of Jewish historical figures.