four areasOF FOCUS

4Developing New Leaders Church Growth Ministry with the Poor Global Health

Rio Grande ConferenceOF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHwww.riograndeconference.orgOffice of Connectional Ministries & Congregational Development

Conference Mobilization PlanConference Mobilization PlanPlan de Mobilizacion ConferencialPlan de Mobilizacion Conferencial

Conference Mobilization Plan Conference Mobilization Plan •Aligned withAligned with 4 Areas of Focus 4 Areas of Focus

•June 2008

Congregational

Development•Transformation of existing

•Starting NEW CHURCHES

Leadership

Development

Health &

Wellness

Ministries

Partnering with the Poor in

Ministry

ministerios de salud y bienestar

Desarrollo

De Liderazgo

Plan de Movilizacion Conferencial Plan de Movilizacion Conferencial •Alineado conAlineado con 4 Areas de Enfoque 4 Areas de Enfoque

•Junio 2008

la asociación con el pobre en el ministerio

desarrollo de

la congregación•transformar las congregaciones existentes

•comenzar NUEVAS IGLESIAS

Leadership

Development

CMT as Learning Communities

Learning how to love

God & love neighbor• Who are we and how are we to BE?

• What is God calling us to DO?

Learning how to learn• Critical questions we must ask ourselves about our realities

Personal & Congregational

Learning how to lead• 2 people + 1 idea + GOD = ministry

• Personal learnings & sharing

Una comunidad que aprende es un grupo de personas que

comparten valores y creencias comunes, es entrado activamente a aprender junto de uno al otro.

A learning community is

a group of people who share common values and beliefs, are actively engaged in learning together from each other.

Congregational Development•Transforming existing congregations

•Critical questions & assessments

•Thriving? Maintaining? Realized or Unrealized Decline?

•GANAS Factor – how willing are we to face reality and do something about it?

•What are our Fruitful Practices as a congregation?

•Are we creating space to receive those who have not arrived at the church yet?

•What is your system for Spiritual Formation & Leadership Development?

Congregational Development•Starting NEW CHURCHES

•Where are the areas to start new churches?

•Seven possibilities have been identified throughout RGC according to the Cabinet’s report to the Common Table

•Cultivating the leadership and drive to do this

•Shifting the RGC economic system to encourage new church starts and congregational transformation

Ministry in partnership with the

POOR•Are we creating space to receive those who have not arrived at the church yet?

•Local church as missional center and community connector

•Provide presence and leadership to existing entities that address issues of the poor and the marginalized

•Engaging in Border & Immigration issues

•Inventory of existing outreach ministries

•Demographics & understanding community realities of people living within 5 mile radius of the church

Health &

Wellness

Ministries

•How are we engaging in health and wellness issues?

•What is our health condition – body, mind, & spirit?

•What is our understanding and engagement in Hispanic health issues?

•Diabetes, Hypertension, mental health, teenage pregnancy, Border Health issues, etc…

Our Steps to Get There…Our Steps to Get There…

1.1. Re-purposing the Office of Re-purposing the Office of Connectional MinistriesConnectional Ministries

2. Congregational Development 2. Congregational Development ConsultantsConsultants

3. Leadership Institute Development

4. Leadership

Development

• Office Portfolios– General Connectional Ministries – Congregational Development– Leadership Development– Communications

• Systems evaluation & implementation• Resource Development & Project

Management– Resource library shelf & virtual

1.1.Re-purposing the Office of Re-purposing the Office of Connectional MinistriesConnectional Ministries

• Solicited input of Advisory Board Sept. 2008

• Development Meeting Oct. 2008

– Learning Communities– Facilitation– Providing Resources

2. Congregational Development 2. Congregational Development ConsultantsConsultants

• DCM in Master Facilitation Course August 2008

• Consultant Group training December 2008

– Became a Learning Community & proclamation that Leadership Institute starts with consultants

• Consultants Facilitation Training 1 January 2009

• Consultants moving to base February 2009

3. Leadership Institute Development3. Leadership Institute Development

• Cooperative Ministry Teams engagement in the Four Areas of Focus March 2009

– Shift in thinking• Creativity• Moving from scarcity to abundance thinking• Fruitful practices of fruitful congregations• Becoming “Level 5” leaders

– Current Reality Checks

4. Leadership Development 4. Leadership Development

Learning CommunitiesLearning Communities

MINISTERIOS DE SALÚD Y

BIENESTAR

MINISTERIO EN COLABORACIÓN

CON LOS POBRES

INICIO DE NUEVAS IGLESIAS

REVITALIZACIÓN de IGLESIA LOCAL

CMT

INSTITUTO DE LIDERAZGO

Re intencionarLa Oficina

de MinisteriosConexionales

Inicio de NuevasIglesias

Desarrollo de Comunicaciones

y Avance

Equipode Desarrollo

CongregacionalConferencial

Institutode LiderazgoConferencial

RevitalizaciónCongregacional

1

2

3

4

5

6

SEISCOMPONENTES

DE DESARROLLOCONGREGACIONAL

DE LACONFERENCIA

shifts in thinking

los cambios en el pensamiento

thinking creatively

el pensamiento creativamente

Do we see the glass

half empty or half full

¿Vemos nosotros el vaso medio vacía o medio lleno?

asset-based thinking

las comunidades tienen deficiencias y necesidades

las comunidades y los ciudadanos tienen las capacidades y las ventajas

Building Communities

from the

Inside Out

Becoming Asset Based

Building Communities

from the Inside Out

Que dice el pueblo?Assets & Assets & CapacitiesCapacities

Needs &

Deficiencies

http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/community/introd-building.htmlhttp://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/community/introd-building.html

…as individuals, what are our practices ?

THREE SIMPLE RULES: A Wesleyan Way of Living…

1.Do no harm

2.Do good

3.Stay in love with God

…as RGC congregations, what are our practices ?

1.Radical hospitality?

2.Passionate worship?

3.Intentional Faith-Development?

4.Risk-taking mission & service?

5.Extravagant generosity?

How are developing leaders – as individuals & collectively?

Developing Leadership

shifts in thinking

los cambios en el pensamiento

Now that you have seen this video and the presentation:

What phrases or images

catches your attention from this presentation?

• Of the 4 areas of focus?

• Of the conference mobilization plan?

What excites you about this?

Where do you feel challenged?

Where in you church or CMT are you already connecting to the 4 areas of focus ?

What “bright lights” are you seeing emerge in your congregation that can be places of learning for us?

In what way does our leadership need to grow / expand to engage in the opportunities before us?