Hello Brookmeade Community!
This is an invitation to participate in our Re-visioning Process beginning this Sunday, May 4th. Rev. Kim Wood will be joining us for worship Sunday morning, and then following worship, we will share together in a Potluck Lunch and a mini-retreat to begin the work of our visioning process to give us some direction and structure for our future ministry together. Please consider giving your time, energy, and thoughtfulness to this process.
Following the mini-retreat, we will gather in small groups to have discussions that will lead to our materials for our future ministries. Each group will decide when it is best to meet for their group. We will have three meetings in four weeks.
Then June 1st we will gather again as a large group to receive a report and offer some brainstorming for the work we produce from this part of the process.
Finally, Sunday, June 8th, we will celebrate Pentecost with what God has provided, and prepare to commit to digging into the work that follows.
Whatever you can offer to the process will be a blessing to Brookmeade’s future ministry. We look forward to seeing you there and to your commitment to our future together. You do not need to be a member to participate in the conversation. All are welcome at the table!
Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC Re-Visioning Process – Schedule of Events
May 4th – Potluck Lunch and Mini-retreat to kick off our Visioning Process – following worship until 2 pm: This is the big event, y’all come and discuss who God is leading us to become as a church. We need YOU, all of you, to come and participate in these conversations. This is your chance to share, to listen, to observe, to discern, and to hope about Brookmeade’s future ministry. The week of May 4th, we will train small group leaders and divide participants into small groups for three weeks of discussion.
May 11th – Small groups begin
May 18th – Small groups continue
Between May 18 and June 1 – small group leaders meet with leadership, compile information, analyze with Kim, start to lay out possibilities
May 25th – Memorial Day weekend – no programming
June 1st – Potluck Lunch – Large group: report of findings and some brainstorming
The week of June 1st, the Writing group will create a final draft from our June 1 session
June 8th – Pentecost Sunday, Big Celebration of God’s new vision – Covenant into a new model/structure
Thank you for your prayerful consideration of participation.
Peace, Pastor Liz and the Church Council
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