Participating in Gods Mission

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Participating in Gods Mission

• Empowered Leadership Workshops
• Spring 2008

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• Be thou my vision
• Nought be all else to me
• Thou my best thought
• Thy presence, my
  light

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Relationship
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My heart is restless, O Lord, until it rests in
you. Augustine of Hippo 397 C.E.
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As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two
brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew
his brother, casting a net into the seafor they
were fishermen. And he said to them, Follow me,
and I will make you fish for people. Immediately
they left their nets and followed him.Matthew
418-20
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Relationship
Gods Initiative
As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two
brothers
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Relationship
Inviting
And he said to them, Follow me
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Relationship
Transforming
Follow me, and I will make you fish for people
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Relationship
Sending
Immediately they left their nets and followed
him
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Inviting Transforming Sending
Relationship
To be drawn ever more deeply into relationship
with Jesus and to live ever more fully out of
that relationship.
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The Mission-Shaped Church

• Gods Mission the missio dei
• the redemption of a sinful and broken workd
  through the life, death, resurrection, and
  ascension of Jesus.

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The Mission-Shaped Church

• Gods Mission the missio dei
• Gods workthe redemption of a sinful and broken
  workd through the life, death, resurrection, and
  ascension of Jesus.
• The Churchs Mission
• our participation in the redeeming work of God
  in and through Jesus.

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The Shape of Mission

• Inviting
• Transforming
• Sending

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The Shape of Mission

• Inviting
• Transforming
• Sending

• Proclamation
• Discipleship
• Servanthood

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The Challenge and the Checklist

• Proclamation

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The Challenge and the Checklist

• How are you being an evangelist?
• How are you proclaiming the Gospel?
• How are you inviting others into a living
  relationship with God?

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The Challenge and the Checklist
Discipleship
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The Challenge and the Checklist

• What are you doing individually and in your
  church to be disciples?
• What are you doing to make disciples?

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The Challenge and the Checklist
Servanthood
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The Challenge and the Checklist

• How would others recognize the servant posture in
  you?
• How is your church embodying the self-giving of
  Jesus to others in your community?

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Relationship
Mission
Proclamation Discipleship Servanthood
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Photos and artwork courtesy of Neil Riley,
Canon for Faith Formation Joshua Lawton, Boulder
Daily Camera The Colorado Haiti Project Many
Other Colorado Episcopalians The Web Gallery of
Art (www.wga.hu)
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Audio The Rt. Rev. Robert ONeill, Bishop of
Colorado Reading by Vivian Berrios-Torres Music
Be Thou My Vision, Performed by Selah, Greatest
Hymns