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Written by webmeester on October 1, 2008 . Posted in SAVGG Blog
WHAT THEN PRECIPTATED THIS SUDDEN, AMAZING CHANGE?
Firstly, a huge hermeneutical shift occurred.
Story after story were told of the new found ability to see God at
work in the world – in many ways, but mostly in little things. Whereas
people expected God’s presence in big schemes and projects in which the
whole congregation would be enthusiastically involved, now suddenly –
on the road of missional practices – God was discovered in small
beginnings, in the miracle of peace being shared on a personal level or
in smaller settings.
God is often in the unexpected, in situations of extreme pain,
displacement, rejection and disillusionment. Experiencing his presence,
learning to accept his peace and healing in those situations, is good
news. Previously, one person said, we were blindfolded, but now we
start to see God.
Secondly, concrete missional practices made a huge difference.
The effect of staff covenanting and the implementation of adaptive
change practices made being missional a new reality. Doing and
reflecting, in an emergent fashion, created new learning experiences.
Thirdly, peer-to-peer mentoring between congregations and pastors went a long way to facilitate deep transformation.
Struggling and searching for new ways of being, the plot suddenly comes together.
– Different experiences and insights suddenly merge into a meaningful new framework as we tell our stories to one another.
– A-ha moments are created when we start to see God at work in the other’s struggle to find missional meaning.
That helps us to find focus on God’s work in our own setting, to recognize his call in our congregational life.
The end of Christendom and the future of Christianity – Douglas John Hall
• while actively discerning how God wants us to live in the world,
• while engaging in the formation of a community which breaks the homogeneous mold that churches still project,
• while searching for God “in the midst of life”, therefore engaging in the quest for transcendence and mystery, and
• while searching for meaning, carrying our emptiness and yearning into the presence of the Holy One.
Kultuurskok! Die binnetrede van ŉ nuwe onbekende gemeenskap
Die houding en gesindheid wat deure open by die binnetrede van ŉ nuwe onbekende gemeenskap (60 min)
Lidmate ontmoet die nuwe gemeenskap as leerders en diensknegte: Lidmate aanvaar dat die nuwe gemeenskap kundiges is oor hulleself, hulle omstandighede en hulle behoeftes en ook effektief kan funksioneer onder hulle eie leierskap. Enige sweem van beterweterigheid, hoogmoed, paternalisme of beheer oor die mense of die prosesse moet in die kiem gesmoor word.
Die proses om ŉ nuwe onbekende gemeenskap binne te gaan sluit die volgende aspekte in (Nie noodwendig presies in die chronologiese volgorde nie):
Aanvanklike konkrete en fisiese blootstelling van lidmate aan die mense en die omstandighede van die onbekende mense/ gemeenskap waarheen God die gemeente stuur. Terselftertyd word gepoog om kontakpersone (vriendelike “gashere”) in die gemeenskap te identifiseer. (Gewoonlik ŉ klein groepie lidmate wat kontak met mense van die nuwe gemeenksap probeer maak)
Verskeie ontmoetings van die kleingroep met die kontakpersone in die gemeenskap (vriendelike “gashere”) met die oog op die versterking van verhoudings en die vermeerdering van kennis oor en begrip vir die gemeenskap.
Lidmate en gashere (bi-kulturele gemeenskap) fasiliteer (bi-kultureele brug) byeenkomste tussen lidmate, meningsvormers en ander leier figure van beide gemeenskappe met die oog op verhoudingbou, versterking van vertroue, die identifisering van die presiese behoeftes en die beplanning van projekte.
Die leierskapsgroep bestaande uit mense van beide gemeenskappe (nog ŉ bi-kulturele brug) fasiliteer die voortgaande beplanning en uitvoering van projekte en aktiwiteite deur mense uit beide gemeenskappe.
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