Diocesan Jubilee Officer Cedar Rapids Gathering

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Diocesan Jubilee Officer Cedar Rapids Gathering

• Session Four
• New Program Development
• March 28, 2009

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Goals for New Program Development

• To introduce distinctions between Jubilee
  Ministries that are congregationally based and
  those which are agency based
• Review Resolution history of Jubilee Ministry
  Diocesan Jubilee Officers
• Contrast histories with survey interests
  expressed while making review
• Seek further clarification of the questions
  throughout to assure targeted program visioning
  and development
• To recognize the important work of ECSA and to
  distinguish between that work and our identity as
  members of the Jubilee Ministry network
• 37.0 (Strongly Agree)48.1 (Agree) 14.8
  (Disagree) 0 (Strongly Disagree)
• To introduce the Model for Domestic Poverty
  Alleviation and to make a direct connection
  between Jubilee Ministry and its role supporting
  this commitment
• Will accomplish through Morning Prayer with
  Theological Reflection
• Brochure and Study Guide
• Discussion around Model for Domestic Poverty
  Alleviation
• To introduce the Excellence in Ministry
  Recognition program

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Resolution Number 1985-A106Title Request
That Each Diocese Appoint a Jubilee
OfficerLegislative Action Taken Concurred As
Amended

• Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That
  in each diocese there be appointed a Jubilee
  officer who will
• become informed on all facets of the Jubilee
  Ministry,
• serve as a liaison to the Jubilee Ministry
  Commission, and
• be available as a resource to their bishops and
  congregations and
• otherwise bring support to further Jubilee
  Ministries in each diocese of the Church.

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Congregational and Agency Based Ministries

• The Jubilee Ministries in my diocese consist of
  the following
• Congregational Based 88.5
• Small Agencies 69.2
• Large Agencies 38.5
• Ecumenical Ministries 50.0
• Interfatih Partnerships 42.3

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Feedback from survey comments. What are the major
differences between Congregation and Agency based
Jubilee Ministries?

• Size, funding sources, and Vestry/Board of
  Directors oversight
• Scope is smaller in congregation-based
  ministries they tend to appear, work, then
  disappear because they are based on the passion
  of one person or group.
• Congregational based ministries are smaller,
  while agency based ministries are more widespread
• 501(c)3 are typically ecumenical or interfaith,
  with an ancillary connection to founding parishes
  through those members currently active whereas
  the parish based are woven into the life and
  outreach of the faith community
• congregation based approved through the Jubilee
  Office don't exist here.
• Congregational ministries are under the
  supervision of the Rector and Vestry.
• We have no agency-based ministries

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Feedback from survey comments. What are the major
differences between Congregation and Agency based
Jubilee Ministries? (continued)

• Cant say yet
• I don't think I have enough information to
  accurately answer these questions. The
  differences, blocks, and issues are different for
  each congregation. I cannot generalize them.
• I am too new to answer this
• We have two congregation based ministries that
  hold a variety of services.
• amount of diocesan support
• Of the two congregational ministries, one is a
  ministry to Hispanics in southern MO. The other
  is a pantry giving toiletries to low income
  folks. Of the three large agency based
  ministries, one is a training center for chefs,
  one is the largest feeding program in Kansas
  City, MO, and one is a large Parenting Life
  Skills Center in Springfield, MO.
• I think we are mostly congregation based. One of
  our sites has a partnership with a domestic
  violence agency. They support the work of this
  single agency as the biggest part of their
  ministry. Others are congregational in the sense
  that they reach out to many agencies,
  organizations and individual through many means.
  The ministry of the entire congregation is called
  upon.

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Feedback from survey comments. What are the major
differences between Congregation and Agency based
Jubilee Ministries? (continued)

• In the Diocese of Lexington the distinction is
  the involvement is that Congregational based
  ministries are primary Episcopal Church centered
  as opposed to an interfaith focus of member
  involvement.
• Congregation based generally smaller, smaller
  facilities, smaller reach
• Size, mostly. Not certain of the distinctions,
  in part because some of ours grew from
  parish-based to spin-off agencies.
• Agency based have hired director usually, may not
  belong to the church, but many church volunteers
  and financial assistance. The physical place may
  not be in the church facility. Congregation based
  is in the church "footprint" and has leadership
  from church members - Often all volunteer.
• Agencies have a elected board of directors,
  vestry run many church base groups
• Congregation based ministry are sponsored by one
  congregation agency based usually more
  interfaith or ecumenical.

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Feedback from survey comments. What are the major
differences between Congregation and Agency based
Jubilee Ministries? (continued)

• Some of the larger agency-based ministries grew
  directly out of the initiatives of an individual
  Episcopal some are the result of ecumenical
  efforts to address issues (mostly urban). They
  mostly address broad social needs. The
  congregation-based ministries vary greatly some
  focus on one specific need, while some
  congregations address a variety of needs these
  tend to be smaller initiatives, but they are
  still worthwhile programs.
• The main difference would be available resources
  and size of program.

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What is it? A quick rule of thumb

• Is the organizational budget approved by the
  congregation at its Annual
• Meeting or by a Board of Directors?
• If the budget is approved by the congregation at
  its annual meeting,
• then this is most likely a congregationally based
  Jubilee Ministry.
• If the budget is approved by a Board of
  Directors,
• then it is most likely an agency based Jubilee
  Ministry.
• Congregational and ecumenical cluster ministries
  rely on congregations
• to approve outreach support, while approving
  their program budget.

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Theological implications for consideration in
determining needed resources

• One of the scribes came near and heard them
  disputing with one
• another, and seeing that he answered them well,
  he asked him, Which
• commandment is the first of all? Jesus answered,
  The first is, Hear,
• O Israel the Lord our God, the Lord is one you
  shall love the Lord your
• God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
  and with all your mind,
• and with all your strength. The second is this,
  You shall love your
• neighbor as yourself. There is no other
  commandment greater than
• these. Then the scribe said to him, You are
  right, Teacher you have
• truly said that he is one, and besides him there
  is no other and to
• love him with all the heart, and with all the
  understanding, and with all the
• strength, and to love ones neighbor as
  oneself,this is much more
• important than all whole burnt-offerings and
  sacrifices. When Jesus saw that
• he answered wisely, he said to him, You are not
  far from the kingdom of God.
• After that no one dared to ask him any question.
  Mark 1228-34

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Theological implications for consideration in
determining needed resources

• Congregations tend to focus on personal piety
  loving God with heart, mind, soul and strength
• Agencies tend to focus on faith in action
  loving neighbor as self.
• To the extent that this observation is true,
  congregations need help with resources that focus
  on putting their faith in action, while members
  of agencies need help with resources that focus
  on cultivating their relationship with God as the
  source of their faith.

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Resources needed to support Congregations doing
Jubilee Ministry

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Resources needed to support Congregations doing
Jubilee Ministry

• Survey feedback regarding the blocks to
  development of congregational based ministries
• I think there is an absence of clergy awareness.
• Can't say yet
• Yeah, all them in some combination, and what wil
  usually seem to jumpstart is one person with a
  burning desire to do the work and then hopefully
  finding the support in the rector or DJO to do
  the research, determine what resources are needed
  to meet the need, then go look for seed money to
  'kick start', and work on broader support with
  the parish
• All the above I believe our chief challenge is
  critical mass because we are lt5,000
  Episcopalians in the whole state, our ministries
  must be ecumenical Our one Jubilee Ministry is
  situated on a circle where every other church in
  town is located within a few hundred yards the
  ministry taps volunteers from one or more of
  these nearby centers.
• Probably lack of knowledge of JM together with
  lack of money
• lack of vision

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Resources needed to support Congregations doing
Jubilee Ministry

• Here is a big push for Millennium Development
  Goals projects that dominates. Currently, the
  two co-chairs of the MDG's feel all funds should
  go overseas to help folks earning 1 a day.
• Relationship between wider parish and particular
  ministry/the group that "runs" it. Funding,
  communication, broadening senes of "ownership,"
  when/why to spin off as 501(c)3, etc.
• Often small churches here have an older
  congregation, not willing to start and lead. BUT
  the recent gift of 12,000 for a Mustartd Seed
  Mission to every one of our churches is a huge
  stimulus and just getting off the ground!

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Resources needed to support Agencies doing
Jubilee Ministry

Home of the Innocents, Louisville
(above) Bridging Arizona, Mesa (at left)
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Resources needed to support Agencies doing
Jubilee Ministry

• Survey feedback regarding major issues facing
  agency based ministries
• Outcome measures (as opposed to "through put"
  measures) can be most elusive to identify and
  measure.
• Can't say yet
• Board training and fund development are frequent
  but not always asked for, those new to grants
  usually don't have their measurables in place so
  will try to match with nonprofit resource center
  to gain those skills
• Not applicable in our diocese
• Congregations are small in size. The two centers
  are at our largest churches.
• As far as I know the three large agency based
  Jubilee Centers are doing well.

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The important work of Episcopal Community
Services in America

• Presentation and discussion by
• Dr. Jay F. Lehnertz, Ph.D.Chair
• Board of Directors, ECSA
• President/CEOEpiscopal Community Services of
  Kansas West MissouriKansas City, MO 
  www.episcopalcommunity.org 

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The Episcopal ChurchandDomestic Poverty
Alleviation
The Presiding Bishops Summit on Domestic
Poverty Faith in the Balance A Call to
Action By the Rev. Christopher A.
Johnson Program Officer, Domestic Justice and
Jubilee Ministries Ash Wednesday 2009
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How can we help to break the cycle of poverty?
How can we become a place of refuge and healing
for the most vulnerable members of our society?
How might we be a prophetic voice for those who
find themselves stuck in dead-end situations?

• These are questions Presiding Bishop Katharine
  Jefferts Schori challenged participants to
  address while attending the Summit on Domestic
  Poverty held at the Franciscan Renewal Center in
  Scottsdale, Arizona, in May 2008.

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Executive Summary

• The Presiding Bishop convened this leadership
  gathering envisioning the development of
  creative ways in which we can work collectively
  on common issues, the development of steps to
  eradicate poverty in the United States, say a
  word to the nation, point to possible actions at
  the next General Convention, and recognize,
  elevate, and celebrate all that is done on behalf
  of the poor on a daily basis in our
  congregations, dioceses, and institutions.

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• This call to action provides a brief
  introduction that summarizes the summit event as
  the beginning of a process designed to engage the
  ministry of the church as a whole in common
  mission that is informed by Holy Scripture and
  Holy Baptism. A Model for Domestic Poverty
  Alleviation is introduced that follows the
  general format of a congregational development
  model. The four-point organizing language of
  Vision, Formation, Networking and Advocacy that
  emerged at the summit is preserved in the model
  under the categories of Servant Leadership,
  Christian Discipleship, Partnership in Mission,
  and Stewardship of Creation. These four
  categories are further divided into three
  subcategories to acknowledge the complexity of
  the challenges before us and to create
  opportunity to draw the whole of the church
  around domestic poverty as a common mission. The
  model intends to provide a relational structure
  through which an effective response to domestic
  poverty can be developed. It does not intend to
  provide the details of a particular localized
  response nor does it intend to provide particular
  strategies that will be adopted by the
  participants. This design is to assure a broad
  sense of ownership, which includes ownership by
  those populations it intends to impact.

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• Stakeholders have been identified to correspond
  to each of the subcategories based on the focus
  of their mission. A process has been recommended
  that outlines necessary action steps for
  implementation. The details of that process are
  sufficiently loose at this point so that
  stakeholders are free to shape the model based on
  their areas of expertise. The model places its
  faith in the balance sought among stakeholders as
  ideas are exchanged and goals are established.
  The model seeks to nurture faith in the balance
  between piety and action, personal desire and
  communal responsibility.

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It is the interdependence of relationships that
strikes at the heart of the challenge before us
as a faith community seeking to alleviate
domestic poverty. The effectiveness of our
engagement of each of the four elements we will
be developing is dependent upon our willingness
and capacity as a body to work for the common
good. And, it will be out of this mutual effort
that we become a place of refuge and healing for
all. The adapted model explores the dynamics
interacting between Servant Leadership, Christian
Discipleship, Partnership in Mission, and
Stewardship of Creation as categories that can
accommodate the summit categories of Vision,
Formation, Networking, and Advocacy.

• SERVANT LEADERSHIP
• Local/Contextual
• Consultant
• Corporate
• CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
• Scripture
• Reason
• Tradition

• PARTNERSHIP IN MISSION
• Congregations
• Agencies
• Fund Partners
• STEWARDSHIP OF CREATION
• Time
• Treasure
• Talents

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During the summit we arrived at these four
categories as organizing tools to aid us in our
conversation. We approached these categories
using language as follows

• Vision to share the blessings we have for the
  good of the whole to remember who we are that
  we are infinitely valuable Children of God and
  to see the infinite value of the Child of God in
  each of our neighbors.
• Formation to remember that as Christians we are
  a people of mission, not only overseas, but in
  our local context as well the scope of our work
  is not an either/or dichotomy.
• Networking to assess, coordinate, and
  disseminate information about various outreach
  efforts and resources available or needed to
  alleviate poverty in its domestic context.
• Advocacy to argue and insist on justice for the
  people of God and for creation and to break away
  from our history of charity models rather than
  partnerships.

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The summit assumed Eleven Essentials of Justice

• Affordable Food
• Employment
• Affordable Quality Childcare
• Education
• Healthcare
• A Just Immigration Policy
• Cultural Affirmation
• Equal Protection Under the Law
• Economic Opportunity
• A Healthy Environment
• Housing

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Partnership in Mission

• The conversation on Networking at the summit
  called the Church to
• Promote and develop improved collaboration among
  stakeholders through comprehensive database
  management
• Establish grant-writing partnerships
• Promote ecumenical partnerships
• Foster partnerships among grassroots empowerment
  groups
• Partner through shared programs for leadership
  development
• Explore the financial requirements for funding
  such an initiative
• Assure the placement of benchmarks and means for
  accountability
• Effective Partnerships are established when
  people and organizations unite in support of
• common mission. As applied to the Model for
  Domestic Poverty Alleviation, such
• partnerships represented at the summit would
  naturally bring together representatives of
• our congregations, social service agencies, and
  our funding organizations. While each
• organizational culture has its own particular
  interests and perceived mandates for
• existing, in the context of the Church all three
  seek to serve Christ faithfully through their
• ministry and the programs they offer.

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Necessary Actions Steps for Implementation

• Identify leadership to oversee each of the four
  focus areas and facilitate development.
• Ask for buy-in from each of the organizations
  suggested, revise those listed if necessary.
• Convene an initial gathering of the
  representatives.
• Review comments from the summit event.1
• Discuss how these four areas compliment one
  another and are interdependent.
• Provide training for group interaction.
• Establish measurable goals for each group for the
  period 2010-2018 based on the categories listed
  in the 11 Essentials of Justice presented during
  the summit event.
• Form groups to develop general strategies to
  accomplish goals.
• Form groups to develop timelines for monitoring
  progress.
• Develop consolidated list of measurable goals
  with timelines.
• Introduce Native American response as a beta test
  group through which evaluation and revisions to
  the model can be made.

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Necessary Actions Steps for Implementation

• Convene Native American leadership from beta test
  group during 2010-2012.
• Repeat step 3.
• Establish budget to accomplish goals.
• Test goals and timelines established by overall
  strategy team against those determined by beta
  test group.
• Note variances and weigh importance of those
  variances to strategies.
• Convene focus group leadership to receive Native
  American plan.
• Initiate planning discussions with other target
  populations during 2011-2012 to design models.
• Review contents from step 3.
• Apply learning from Native American model.
• Repeat step 6 for new target population.
• Convene focus group leadership to receive new
  plans.

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Excellence in Ministry Recognition
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Excellence in Ministry Recognition

• Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit
  the kingdom prepared for you
• from the foundation of the world for I was
  hungry and you gave me food, I was
• thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was
  a stranger and you
• welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me
  clothing, I was sick and you took
• care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.
• These familiar words from Matthews Gospel
  express our deepest desire of
• how to serve God faithfully and responsively. Our
  ministries give shape and
• form to that expression of desire. I would like
  to note that for each of us
• excellence in ministry is a worthy pursuit. It is
  a worthy pursuit not because its
• attainment somehow makes us better than others,
  but rather because we
• uphold excellence as the very best that we have
  to offer. With this idea in mind
• I would like to invite us to acknowledge the
  excellence that is happening around
• us. I would like to invite each of you to look
  around and to consider where
• excellence in Jubilee Ministry is happening as an
  expression of the best we
• have to offer in service to Christ.

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Excellence in Ministry Recognition

• Specifically, I would like to invite you to make
  nominations for
• Excellence in Ministry for the following three
  categories.
• Jubilee Ministries that are Congregationally
  driven (budget approved by Congregation)
• Jubilee Ministries that are Institutionally
  driven (budget approved by Board of Directors)
• Diocesan Jubilee Officers
• Nomination forms for each category and a brief
  definition of each are
• available on the webpage to guide you. It is my
  hope to announce
• nominees for these recognitions at years end.
  Their stories will be
• posted on the Jubilee Ministry web pages
  throughout 2010, so please
• be sure to include photos. Once made, I hope you
  will take the
• opportunity to also acknowledge these
  recognitions at your respective
• 2010 Annual Diocesan Conventions

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List three criteria you would use to select DJOs
and Jubilee Ministries throughout the Episcopal
Church for Excellence in Ministry recognition

• Commitment to poor and oppressed. Willingness to
  network/share information and resources
• DJOs increased number of Jubilee Ministries.
  Ministries recognition for impact on the
  community, e.g. those outcome measures
• New approaches to outreach impact on the
  community demonstrated focus on being an
  advocate who works toward getting the Church to
  alleviate the needs identified
• Partnerships beyond Episcopal churches
• Jubilee Ministries for expanding healthy centers
  doing particular work in the areas of supporting
  the planting of new ministries domestically
  and/or internationally, and/or doing specific
  outstanding and innovative work in the areas of
  advocacy, lay empowerment, and/or evangelism.
  For DJO, someone who has a long successful record
  of growing and expanding centers as well as
  working on behalf of Jubilee in the church
• Success in delivering service

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List three criteria you would use to select DJOs
and Jubilee Ministries throughout the Episcopal
Church for Excellence in Ministry recognition

• 3 points made
• Does the program "teach people to fish"? Do the
  program leaders really want to go out of business
  some day? Or, does the staff need the clients
  more than the clients need the staff?
• How well does the program support its volunteers'
  need for rest, renewal? Does the program
  intentionally seek to develop volunteers'
  capacity for compassionate caring as well as
  healthy self-care and appropriate boundaries?
• Does the agency or program give any thought to
  redundancy in staffing, and succession planning
  of the leadership?
• Expanded service per dollar spent innovation
  those not afraid of hot topics.
• Involvement and vision for Jubilee Centers.
  Leadership in establishing centers with funding
  empowerment for lay involvement
• Measurable outcomes successful models community
  recognition
• No comment here. This is hard for me to figure
  out how to hold up one ministry and not another
• Persons with strong spiritual backgrounds,
  knowledge of communities, and experience working
  with diverse cultures
• Walk the walk hands-on experience, articulate
  and aggressive

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List three criteria you would use to select DJOs
and Jubilee Ministries throughout the Episcopal
Church for Excellence in Ministry recognition

• Quality of program(s) -- impact, dignity w/ which
  they partner Number of people in TEC they impact
  by their work -- how connected are they? Are
  they organically connected to the parish/diocese?
  For DJO's, how well do they inspire, help create
  new centers, partner w/ the Network, etc.
• DJO availability in the Diocese, ability to
  encourage into joyful ministry and believe in
  growth, expertise to help with goals. Jubilee
  Ministries Creativity, Joyful Growth,
  Involvement and investment of the congregation
  coming from their reason for being a church
  rooted in Christ.
• Diocesan Profile of Center in your Diocese,
  letter from the bishop, number of times your are
  involved in national networks
• 1. Creativity in working with congregations to
  help them become Jubilee-focused. 2. Evidence of
  working with Bishop(s) and other diocesan staff
  to increase understanding of and support for
  Jubilee. 3. Evidence of support for the
  development of new Jubilee programs.
• Those ministries that provide programs that are
  not band-aids, but help to make a long-term
  difference. DJOs that are involved in helping
  their centers in whatever way possible.
  Innovative centers that could teach the rest of
  us something new.