The Attractive Building

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The Attractive Building

• Diocesan Ministry Formation Days
• February 2009

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The Attractive Building

• The Attractive Spectrum

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The Attractive Building

• The Attractive Spectrum

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The Attractive Building

• The Attractive Spectrum

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The Attractive Building

• A sense of the Sacred / Holy
• A functional sustainability

• A place that different people can come to happily
  and safely
• A place that meets needs but caters for a
  community not just an interest group

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The Attractive Building

• Problems
• Lighting / Darkness
• Heating / Cold
• Toilets
• Flexibility
• Comfort seats and recreational space

• Opportunities
• Somewhere special - Nowhere else like it
• Recognised as church
• Expectancy that God might be there

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The Attractive Building

• A sense of the Sacred / Holy
• A functional sustainability

• A place that different people can come to happily
  and safely
• A place that meets needs but caters for a
  community not just an interest group

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One Example A sense of the sacred? A functional
sustainability? A place that different people can
feel they can come to safely? A place that meets
the varied needs of a varied community?
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Sacred but for whom?

• The silent place may be a place of death! E.g.
  African culture
• The big building with a big door may be scary a
  place of authority
• The sacred needs to be awoken in some people
  who dont yet know.

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Sacred Immanent sacredness

• I liked it in there
• I felt welcome
• I was allowed .. /
• my kids were allowed
• There was something for me
• I made a connection
• Belonging shapes believing ??