Some ideas will help you focus your energies. Still other ideas will stretch your imagination about your capabilities for mission. Collect the ideas as a way of assaying the group's present state of mind about these ideals for the church. Compare and contrast them with the expanded version .
Alternative mappings Try the same activity with the words discipleship, leadership and partnership.
Or just use the verbs that start each Initiative. Story-telling Challenge planning group or committee members to recall a time in their life when the strong activities suggested in any of the Initiatives occurred in their own lives. Share in the larger group or start with small groups. Hymn search Because of the power of our shared hymnody and the simple joy of singing with other Christians, ask participants in a planning meeting, retreat or adult class to search your congregation's worship book, song book or hymnal supplement for songs and hymns that illustrate or proclaim the ideals of any of the Initiatives. Pick the easiest, most self-evident or most fun idea you see here.