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CONGREGATIONAL
VITALITY
Congregational
vitality is a journey of life, energy, passion, discovery
and hope. It is a result of the living God breathing new life
into the heart of a congregation.
Vitality is the wind of the Spirit. "A rushing wind so
wild and strong," as the old hymn goes. Our role is to
raise our sails and catch this wind.
Revitalization is nothing less than a spiritual awakening
in Christ. It is not about sustaining and maintaining; it's
about thriving, growing and depending on God to lead us deeper
in Christ and further in mission.
Our hope is that every Covenant congregation becomes a healthy
missional church. By healthy we mean pursuing Christ. By missional
we mean pursuing Christ's priorities in the world.
Why
do we have a Congregational Vitality Commission?
The
mission of the Congregational Vitality Commission is to come
alongside individuals and congregations helping them to commit
to a process of spiritual formation that will enable them
to develop servant leaders and discern strategic direction,
resulting in healthy missional ministries.
What
can the commission offer our church?
- Taking
Your Ministry Pulse: a workshop designed by our
team to help church leaders assess their missional health
and future direction
- Veritas:
a workshop designed for pastors, chairpersons and other
key leaders in the church, to discover together the marks
of a healthy missional church and look at "next steps"
toward spiritual growth in your congregation
- EPIC:
a how-to, followup workshop to Veritas, helping "Empowering
People, Inspiring Change"
- CO-OP:
assists Covenant pastors in developing the skills necessary
to lead their church to its full kingdom potential through
pastor coachingd
- PULSE
assessment tool:
Assess as a congregation how well your church meets the
10
healthy missional markers identified and explained in
Veritas workshops
- Formal
or informal church consultation and support, available
by our team at any time
Who
do I contact?
Contact
at anytime the team cluster leader closest to you:
- Arizona:
David Hillis (Chandler), 480.899.7255
- Sacramento
& northern California: Jeff Mitchell (Valley Springs),
209.772.9548
- San
Francisco/Bay: Steve West (Pleasant Hill), 925.685.4673
- San
Joaquin/central California valley: Joy Champion (Modesto),
209.527.4110
- Santa
Barbara/Simi Valley/Orange & Riverside counties: Carol
Gibbs (San Pedro), 310.519.9406
- Pasadena/Los
Angeles/inland empire: Bruce Ekblad (Glendora), 626.963.6645
Also Flor Graterol, fgfgraterol(at)yahoo.com
- San
Diego & Hawaii clusters: Alan Forsman, 941.228.3740
Links
& resources
- Behavioral
Covenants
- Book
lists for Christian formation & church revitalization
-
re:vive Congregational Vitality blog
- Congregational
Vitality denominational resources
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