This season at the parish we are working together to discern our what. What is it that God is calling us to in this moment in our community? Are we to be about caring for children? Serving the houseless? Welcoming our community? Or something else entirely?
Our leadership team figured out at our retreat last month that we needed to learn more about our neighborhood to help us understand what God is doing here and how we can join in that work.
Last week we held two trappings on the basics of how to have a listening conversation with someone, grounded in principles from community organizing. If you are interested in engaging in this work or curious about the process we are using I’ve shared our next steps below.
Listening is a key step in understanding what we are to do. As people we tend to want to jump to the details of how we can serve others and figuring things out in the silo of our own minds and parish. To truly find God in our midst and ensure we are attuned to God’s movement in the world we are called to listen. What a holy gift it is to do that work together!
-Eilidh
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