Reimagining Today
Encouragement, Caution, Suggestions, Enthusiasm! We were encouraged to look at our non-negotiables and must-be’s. For us, that means needing to acknowledge the strong connection to tradition in our church and being creative in how we can appeal to those looking for a fresh approach. |
Lois Pabst October 14, 2021 |
UCC Tolland | ||
Staying Awake: FCCB in Conversation with Church Planter Tyler Sit On Saturday, October 9, the working group from FCCB gathered on Zoom with eight other congregations and Tyler Sit to discuss his book, Staying Awake: The Gospel for Changemakers, and ministry experience as it relates to Reimagining Church. |
Zak Carroll October 14, 2021 |
Branford UCC | ||
Facilitator for St. Francis Episcopal Church Tradition can feel rigid and archaic, especially in this modern age full of innovation, newness, and fluidity at every corner. And yet, I am convinced that it is precisely a little tradition and structure that we all need to feel grounded in our reality of rapid communication and information accessibility. |
Phoebe Oler October 14, 2021 |
St. Francis Episcopal Church | ||
Embracing Experimentation: AHCC reflects on Rev. Tyler Sit's plenary As we - the Asylum Hill Congregational Church Reimagining Church Working Group - reflect on Rev. Tyler Sit’s plenary session, we find ourselves drawn to the idea of embracing experimentation and an ethos of learning as part of the reimagining process. |
Andi Lloyd October 14, 2021 |
Asylum Hill | ||
We Have a Lot of Work To Do We need to challenge the status quo. We can’t fall back and continue to do what we’ve been doing, just because we’ve been doing it that way. |
Joe October 14, 2021 |
St. Peters Episcopal | ||
“It was a seriously lonely time” Each of us—those in the working group, in the congregation, and throughout our society—has experienced a tremendous degree of change. In a peculiar way, the pandemic has provided us with a common experience. |
David Potter October 8, 2021 |
St. Paul and St. James | ||
Embracing Possibility This is a moment of possibility not just because we are collectively primed for change, but because it is a Kairos moment. We are in a time of transformation because Spirit is working through disruption and uncertainty; from chaos (or at least what often feels like chaos) we are being drawn further into beloved community. |
David Potter October 5, 2021 |
St. Paul and St. James | ||
Hope in the Midst of Dissonance Reflections on getting to know Simsbury United Methodist Church and the Reimagining Church program |
Natalie Benson October 4, 2021 |
Simsbury United Methodist Church | ||
God’s Church The Black church- an enduring community, in a white world; full of fear, doubt and uncertainty. A church born from slavery- an alternative narrative, speaking to what Christianity should be in these yet United States of America. The Black church- not only is it the people’s church, but God’s church. |
Jyrekis Collins October 4, 2021 |
Community Baptist | ||
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 |