Reimagining Church

Thriving Congregations Initiative: New Models for the 21st Century

Reimagining Today

large flock of birds in the shape of a whale in a dusky sky. a field of grain stands underneath them. Flocking Power

Starlings flock in unique patterns, undulating over the fields, thousands of little wings and heartbeats, never smashing into one another. Leaderless, they actively sense the movement of those next to them, lifting, turning, creating patterns together that would be impossible on their own or even to replicate en masse.

 Molli Mitchell
October 4, 2021 		UCC Tolland
decorative Reimagining Church: What Better Time Than Now?

Part of the privilege of working with the First Congregational Church of Branford is stepping into an ecclesial environment steeped in history.

 Zak Carroll
September 30, 2021 		Branford UCC
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I am what some people might call a “cradle Christian”, but perhaps not in the way you think.

 Jonathan Lee
September 30, 2021 		Spring Glen UCC
Three bright question marks amongst many dark question marks Spaces of Challenge and Hope

As a facilitator who is unattached to any particular Reimagining Church congregation, I have the fortune to reflect on the project from an involved yet mobile perspective.

 Jake Cunliffe
September 28, 2021
decorative Why Reimagining Church?

The church at its best is an intergenerational, multi-identity community with a central Gospel narrative that reminds us of our past and urges us to continually envision a world beyond sound bytes, financial quarters, and catastrophic thinking.

 Leah Wise
September 28, 2021 		St. Peters Episcopal
Origami doves suspended from the sanctuary ceiling Reimagining, For the Love of Church

As I begin my final year at the Andover Newton Theological Seminary at Yale Divinity School, I am delighted to be part of this wonderful work of reimagining church.

 Andi Lloyd
September 28, 2021 		Asylum Hill
decorative How will we be together?

This question anchored the first session of the working group for the Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James (affectionately known as “St. PJs”). In launching into our shared work together, we had some important details to cover to create the supportive structures for this process of imagining.

 David Potter
September 24, 2021 		St. Paul and St. James