Diocese%20of%20Central%20Pennsylvania%20With%20the%20Love%20of%20God%20on%20Our%20Lips%20and%20in%20Our%20Lives

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Economic Stress

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Economic Stress
• Declining Attendance

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Economic Stress
• Declining Attendance
• Overwhelming growth

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Economic Stress
• Declining Attendance
• Overwhelming growth
• High cost of full- time clergy

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Economic Stress
• Declining Attendance
• Overwhelming growth
• High cost of F/T clergy
• Adjusting to less than full-time clergy
  leadership

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Economic Stress
• Declining Attendance
• Overwhelming growth
• High cost of F/T clergy
• Adjusting to less than F/T clergy
  leadership
• Reaching children/ youth/ families

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Economic Stress
• Declining Attendance
• Overwhelming growth
• High cost of F/T clergy
• Adjusting to less than F/T clergy
  leadership
• Reaching children/ youth/ families

• Cultural Theological change

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Economic Stress
• Declining Attendance
• Overwhelming growth
• High cost of F/T clergy
• Adjusting to less than F/T clergy
  leadership
• Reaching children/ youth/ families
• Cultural Theological change

• Crisis in Anglican Identity

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Economic Stress
• Declining Attendance
• Overwhelming growth
• High cost of F/T clergy
• Adjusting to less than F/T clergy
  leadership
• Reaching children/ youth/ families
• Cultural Theological change
• Crisis in Anglican Identity

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• The Rennaisance (16th C.)
• The Great Schism (11th C.)
• Decline of the Roman Empire
• (5th C.)
• Good Friday and the Primitive
• Church (1st C.)

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• The Rennaisance (16th C.)
• The Bridge
• The Reformers
• The New Future The Protestant Reformation

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• The Rennaisance (16th C.)
• The Great Schism (11th C.)
• The Bridge
• The division/separation of 2 churches

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• The Rennaisance (16th C.)
• The Great Schism (11th C.)
• Decline of the Roman Empire (5th C.)
• The Bridge
• Gregory the Great - Restoration of
  moral, social political order

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• The Great Reformation (16th C.)
• The Great Schism (11th C.)
• Decline of the Roman Empire (5th C.)
• Good Friday and the Primitive Church (1st C.)
• The Bridge
• The Upper Room

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
PAST BRIDGE PERIODS Predictions of the Churchs
death GOD HAS PROVIDED A BRIDGE Revelations of
the Church Rediscovery of mission Include more
of the excluded
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
Complacency and Commitment to Status
Quo Vision becomes myopic Theologically,
spiritually, institutionally stagnant Mission
becomes defending preserving what it has
done for 500 years
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
BUT WHERE SIN ABOUNDED, GRACE DID MUCH MORE
ABOUND Rom. 520
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
GODS GRACE IS STILL UNPREDICATBLY IN THE WORLD
BECKONING US FORWARD
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
Bridges God has Provided Central Pennsylvania
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
Bridges God has Provided in Central Pennsylvania
Diocesan Office Staff
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
Bridges God has Provided in Central Pennsylvania
Volunteer Commissions and Committees
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
Not Just a Time of Survival
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
Looking with hope for the future to
which God may be calling us
Remembering how far God has brought us
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Challenge FULL TIME CLERGY
• Bridge
• Supply, Retired, Part-time Clergy

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Challenge FULL TIME CLERGY
• Destination clergy who can change their
  concept of ministry
• Bi-vocational or Non-Stipendiary Ministry

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Challenge FULL TIME CLERGY
• Destination
• Congregations who change
• their concept of church

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• The Work of the Priest
• The Work of the People

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives

• Professional Ministers
• assume that they must do it

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
VOCATIONAL DIACONATE

• You dont have to be a priest to lead
• Its about the ministry to the world
• Its not about the money
• Its about the mission
• I dont have to move to be educated
• Committed to life-long learning spiritual
  development
• Together we might serve our community in the
  world
• I cant do my job service if you dont do yours

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
CHURCHES DONT GROW BECAUSE OF MEMBERSHIP DRIVES
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
We grow when we understand that spiritual depth
of growth is more important than numbers.
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
MY VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Congregational Development Commission Committed
to new ways for congregations to discern why God
has called them to be a witness to their
community Assist in identifying and equipping
lay teams to do ministry and carry out mission
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
MY VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

• Congregational Development Commission
• Small teams will visit congregations to
• Learn about their ministry mission
• Seek better ways to plan, support equip
• Learn of local Episcopal, ecumenical social
  partners
• Share with other congregations diocesan staff

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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
MY VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
The School of Christian Studies Equipping the
Lay Saints for Ministry Leadership Greater
participation and support of lay ministries
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
MY VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
The School of Christian Studies Preparation
model for Eucharistic Ministers Eucharistic
Visitors Lectors
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
MY VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
The School of Christian Studies Other Licensed
Lay Ministers CatechistsLay PreachersChurch
School/Christian Ed. DirectorsEvangelism
Newcomer DirectorsChildren Youth
LeadersParish AdministratorsParish Pastoral
Care Visitors Directors
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
The Gifts God gave the Church were that some
would be apostles, some prophets, some
evangelists, some pastors, and teachers, to equip
the saints for the work of ministry, for building
up the body of Christ. Ephesians 4 11-12
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
Spiritually thriving Churches have strong lay
ministries which are not administrative but
theological, pastoral and mission oriented
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
MY VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Diocesan Task Force to Recommend New Ways
of Discerning, Educating and Forming Bi-Vocational
or Non-Stipendiary Priests
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
MY VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Discern Seek Candidates who have A Uniquely
Different CALL AND COMMITMENT To serve small
congregations To plan and grow new
congregations To prepare for ministry To
serve in a part-time or non-stipendiary
ministry To find their primary financial
support outside congregational life
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
PERSONS WHO SEE A NEED RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HAVE A
BURDEN GIFT FOR MINISTRY FEEL THE CALL OF
GOD ARE WILLING TO SUBMIT TO THE RIGOR
OFSPIRITUAL AND ACADEMIC PREPARATION
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
A Future Not Our Own Archbishop Oscar Romero
THE BISHOP It helps, now and then, to step
backand take the long view. THE
CONVENTION The kingdom is not only beyond our
efforts, it is beyond our vision.
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
THE BISHOP We accomplish in our lifetime only a
tiny fraction ofthe magnificent enterprise that
is God's work. THE CONVENTION Nothing we do is
complete, which is another way of sayingthat
the kingdom always lies beyond us.
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
THE BISHOP No statement says all that could be
said.No prayer fully expresses our faith.No
confession brings perfection.THE CONVENTION No
pastoral visit brings wholeness.No program
accomplishes the church's mission.No set of
goals and objectives includes everything.
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
THE BISHOP This is what we are about We plant
seeds that one day will grow.We water seeds
already planted, knowing that they hold future
promise.THE CONVENTION We lay foundations that
will need further development.We provide yeast
that produces effects beyond our capabilities.
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
THE BISHOP We cannot do everythingand there is
a sense of liberation in realizing that.This
enables us to do something, and to do it very
well.THE CONVENTION It may be incomplete, but
it is a beginning, a step along the way, an
opportunity for God's grace to enter and do the
rest.
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives
THE BISHOP We may never see the end results,
but that is the difference between the master
builder and the worker.THE CONVENTION We are
workers, not master builders, ministers, not
messiahs.We are prophets of a future not our own.
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Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaWith the Love of
God on Our Lips and in Our Lives