March 18, 2015
Vital Practices Digest: 5 Resources for March: Connect with Your Community
5 Resources for March: Connect with Your Community
In this month’s Vital Practices Digest, we’re highlighting 5 ways congregations are learning more about and making connections with their neighboring communities. Our 5th resource is a suggestion for congregations interested in the practice of year round stewardship and gratitude.
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What happens when your neighborhood changes while your church stays the same? “Reclaiming Relevance” shares what happened at St. Andrew’s after members of the congregation changed their way of thinking about leadership and faith-based community organizing.
2. 10 Ways to Engage Your Neighborhood (video)
Jesus said, “Love your neighbors.” Recognizing that in order to love their neighbors, they needed to know them, the congregation at St. Cyprian’s in San Francisco began to do just that. “10 Ways to Engage Your Neighborhood” is their gift to congregations interested in embarking on a similar journey.
3. Becoming Local: On Every Side
How might the Spirit be speaking to those of us on the inside of our churches through the voices and stories of the people outside our walls? In this webinar, Will Scott, former rector of St. Cyprian’s shares ways to explore your community with fresh eyes and ears.
4. A Snapshot of our Urban Neighborhood Vestry Retreat
Not only for urban churches, “A Snapshot of our Urban Neighborhood Vestry Retreat” is a fun project for a vestry or other church group. A tip sheet includes helpful suggestions for using this exercise in your local context.
THIS MONTH IN YEAR-ROUND STEWARDSHIP
5. What if Everyone Practiced Gratitude Year Round?
“What if Everyone Practiced Gratitude Year Round?” shares what happened when St. John’s vestry adopted a discipline of gratitude. What are some creative ways you are thanking your donors and volunteers throughout the year?
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