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Written by webmeester on May 24, 2010 . Posted in Toolkit
Hier is ‘n prettige PowerPoint aanbieding wat ‘n diep waarheid oor die skep van paradigmas uitbeeld: How a paradigm is created.
The contribution of Appreciative Inquiry on the attitudes of church members towards a change in strategic focus
Written by webmeester on May 24, 2010 . Posted in Gemeenteprosesse
The research had been done as a qualitative study using Thematic Analysis. Semi-structured interviews were used to obtain the data.
The study findings had indicated that the Appreciative Inquiry model has the potential to elevate the change conversation to a higher level where resistance and cautiousness no longer have the final say in determining members’ reactions to the change in strategic focus. The change conversation began to focus on themes such as purpose, opportunities and continuity. Interviewees had experienced that discovery of the Positive Core of the congregation had indeed helped them to embrace the proposed changes rather than resist it.
To conclude the research project, the following recommendations have been made:
There is a definite need for congregations to ensure that members know the Positive Core of their congregation. Members have to share their positive experiences of the past so as to inspire a next generation.
Leaders of congregations have to focus on this Positive Core. They have to be aware of the achievements of the congregation. They need to be focused on organisational wisdom. Leaders have to ensure that the collective spirit, the vital traditions and alliances and partnerships are conserved and used in a new era. It will be these elements of the Positive Core that will ensure that a congregation remains relevant.
Leaders of congregations have to ensure that the change conversation is conducted on the ‘higher level’ where purpose, opportunities and the role of the church are discussed. Change in congregations is too often discussed on the level of personal preferences.
The leadership of a congregation would do well to have regular focus groups that discuss this Positive Core of the congregation. In this way they will ensure that the congregation remains ready for change because of the sense of purpose and a commitment to the values and beliefs of the congregation.
Hirsch (2006:53) has been quoted earlier in the study as saying that the track record of congregations in terms of change is rather poor. The researcher contends that this research study has shown that the Appreciative Inquiry model of change management has the potential to put this record straight.
It is up to leaders facilitating change interventions to do just this.
Written by Quintus Heine on March 23, 2010 . Posted in Spiritualiteit
Die Duitse filosoof Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy het die volgende gebed oor die vryheid van Christene geskryf. Die vryheid wat gekom het deur die opstanding van Christus !
Here dankie dat ek vry is.
U was gevange en U is vry,
en ek is saam met U vry
van alle benouing en vrees.
U het my as vry mens geskape
en vir die vryheid van die seuns en dogters van God
het U my bestem.
Ek is nie meer my slaaf nie,
nie meer my kerkermeester nie.
Ek hoef my nie meer te wantrou nie.
Ek hoef my nie meer te haat nie.
Ek hoef my nie meer te vrees nie,
want deur U is ek vry.
U was gevange en is vry.
Nou herskep U my tot ‘n vry mens.
Ek is nie meer wie ek was nie.
Ek is nie meer wat ek van myself weet nie,
maar wat U van my gemaak het.
U vra geen prestasie nie.
U veroordeel my nie oor my mislukking nie.
Ek behoort aan U.
Ek was gevange en is vry.
Ek is in U Naam gedoop.
Ek is en bly U kind.
vernuwe deur U Gees,
U skeppende Gees.
Ek vra nie meer
of ek verdien om te lewe nie,
want ek lewe deur U.
Ek dank U, Here,
nou en vir ewigheid.
Die ware toekoms
ontspring uit die dinamiek
van ons geloof, hoop
en gemeenskaplike liefde
Hierdie dinamiese toekoms
moet ons blote denkbeelde
van die toekoms
elke dag opnuut
(vertaal deur Leo vd Westuisen)
‘n Baie geseende Paasfees word vir elkeen toegebid! Onthou die opstanding het ons nuut en vry gemaak!!!!
Written by Pierre Goosen on October 4, 2009 . Posted in Beroepingsproses
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Planning and the Budget
Written by Frederick on September 28, 2009 . Posted in Toolkit
Die Alban Weekly het hierdie week ‘n interessante artikel van Dan Hotchkiss oor die begrotingsproses in gemeentes!
Congregations often plan and budget as though planning were one thing and budgeting another. Bringing the two together calls for a comprehensive calendar for goal-setting and evaluation.
A key event in the sequence is the annual planning retreat. Typically, this event includes the board and senior members of the staff, including lay staff as appropriate. Ideally, the group spends at least a day and a half off-site with a strict no-cell-phone rule. The agenda varies from year to year; the focus is always on discernment and strategy, the two zones of responsibility shared by board and staff. Some special attention to the mission is appropriate every year–but it is rarely a good use of time to tweak the wording of the mission statement that often. Once every five years is more than enough, unless something is terribly wrong with the existing statement.
A more necessary work product from the retreat and related activities is the annual vision of ministry, an answer to the question, “In what new and different ways will we transform lives in the next one to three years?” To put it differently, the vision of ministry is the board’s short list of priorities. Why a short list? Because when a list of priorities is long, they’re not priorities! The vision of ministry is a short list of things the board means to accomplish, no matter what. The fact that something does not make the list does not mean that it won’t happen. While creating the vision, the board will bank a number of ideas for the future: pieces of a long-term vision to which the board is not prepared to make an ironclad commitment now. There is no way to do this without sometimes saying no.
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Liturgie vir die Herwinning van Hoop
Written by Frederick on August 27, 2009 . Posted in Spiritualiteit
Oomblik van stilte en rus…
Ons dink aan die familie van me Nomzoxolo Dziba skoolhoof van Kruispad wat Maandag vermoor is en alle onderwysers in ons streek wat onder soveel druk moet werk…
Bid vir onderwysers en polisiemanne en vroue wat jy ken
LITURG: Vriende in die Here Jesus Christus: Wat is hoop?
ALMAL: Wat ‘n mens al sien, hoop jy tog nie meer nie. Wie hoop nog op wat hy reeds sien? Maar as ons hoop is op dit wat ons nie sien nie, wag ons daarop met volharding.
LITURG: VRIENDE IN DIE HERE JESUS CHRISTUS
Om te hoop beteken dat ons elke oomblik ingestel is op dit wat nog nie gebore is nie. Selfs al gebeur sekere dinge nie in ons leeftyd nie, beteken hoop dat ons nie desperaat en moedeloos sal raak nie. Dit beteken nie veel om te hoop op dit wat reeds bestaan of op dit wat nie moontlik is nie. Hulle wie se hoop swak is, gee hulle maklik oor aan gerief en self geweld. Hulle wie se hoop sterk is, sien en koester elke teken van nuwe lewe. Hulle is elke oomblik gereed om te help dat nuwe dinge onder ons gebore word.
GEBED [ Almal saam ]
Here ons God, U weet hoe min hoop daar in ons lewe is. Ons dae is dikwels vol van slegte nuus – berigte van lyding en dood, haat en onvrede, werkloosheid en bedrog.
In so ‘n tyd wil ons opnuut aan Jesus dink. Ons wil dink aan Sy kruis – hoe Hy gely en gesterf het. Selfs die dood kon U liefde nie keer nie.
Deur die opstanding van Christus skep U nuwe lewe, nuwe hoop, word ons hoop herwin. Gee ons vandag weer tekens van U liefde en sorg. AMEN
LITURG : VRIENDE IN DIE HERE JESUS CHRISTUS
Alhoewel ons hoop en verwagting nog nie ‘n vaste besit is nie, bevat dit tog ‘n element daarvan. Die feit dat ons op iets wag, wys reeds dat ons dit op ‘n manier besit. Indien ons met geduld en hoop op iets wag, is die krag van dit waarop ons wag reeds werksaam in ons lewe. Hy wat in alle erns wag, is alreeds in die greep van dit waarop hy wag.
Kom ons vier ons hoop…
VIERING VAN HOOP [Almal saam ]
Te midde van hongersnood en geweld, vier ons die belofte van oorvloed en vrede.
Te midde van onderdrukking en tirannie, vier ons die belofte van diens en vryheid.
Te midde van twyfel en wanhoop, vier ons die belofte van geloof en hoop.
Te midde van vrees en ontrouheid, vier ons die belofte van vreugde en lojaliteit.
Te midde van haat en dood, vier ons die belofte van liefde en lewe.
Te midde van sonde en verval, vier ons die belofte van redding en vernuwing.
By die herinnering aan ‘n sterwende Heer, vier ons die belofte van ‘n lewende Christus.
Gebruik die tekens van Hoop
Mag die God van hoop julle vul met sy genade en vrede. Mag julle deur die krag van sy Gees groei in hoop.