Kaleidoscope Summer Institute
July 13–20, 2012 • Registration form will be posted when the details have been finalized.
HOMECOMING | JULY 13–15, 2012| PRICE TBD
COURSE V
Holy Currencies: Emergent Conversations on Money and Sustainable Ministry
This workshop will examine how money as a currency of exchange has become the principal valuing system of our life, work and ministry. We will name money as a principality and power that seeks to be god and steer us away from the God of truth and grace. In order to recall money to its original calling, to serve and support human community interchange, we will engage participants in dialogue about other kinds of currencies that support the kingdom of God—for example, the currency of relationship, the currency of truth, the currency of grace, etc. How do the other currencies connect with money leading to sustainable ministries? We will take our clues from the Bible and from the revolutionizing world of “freeconomic” and “freemium” financing sparked by the innovation of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Prerequisite: Course I or the equivalent
SUMMER INSTITUTE, PART 1 | JULY 16–18, 2012 | $300
Emerging Grace: Missional
Ministries in the Grace Margin
Through this course, participants will learn to facilitate a series of dialogue sessions to engage local church community leaders to:
- gain a deeper understanding of the values and perspectives of the so-called emerging generation—unchurched, relational focused, seeking authentic spirituality and suspicious of centralized authority;
- address fear from church members if their community move toward becoming missional;
- create a “Grace Margin” for church members to emerge out of their old paradigm into a missional way of thinking about church;
- generate ideas and support fresh expression of their ministries out in the grace margin;
- learn how to be authentically themselves as they interact faithfully with the emerging generation; and
- to share blessings across the generations.
Prerequisite: Course I or the equivalent
SUMMER INSTITUTE, PART II | JULY 19–20, 2012 | $200
Models and Processes for Community Transformation
The Rev. Eric H. F. Law will share from his experiences in working intensively with over 300 churches in the U.S. and Canada over the last 10 years. What methods and processes work and what do not work for churches that find themselves in diverse fast-changing communities?
He will discuss the impacts of cultural differences, specifically in communication and power perception, on church planting, revitalization, shared facility, cross-racial appointments, and cluster ministry development. How we can enable local churches to analyze their situations (their church culture, local community and social contexts) and move toward faithful and constructive change?
Topics to explore:
- Impact of fast-changing community on community redevelopment
Impact of cultural diversity on church revitalization and new church development - Tools to enable local community leaders to analyze their organizational culture, local community and social contexts
- A process for faithful transformation
- Theological reflection on faithful transformation
- Training Module VIII-X of the Kaleidoscope Institute basic training
Who should attend?
- Church leaders interested in church revitalization and congregational development from a multicultural perspective
- People involved in Interim Ministry
- Consultant and facilitators for communities in transition
- People involved in leadership development in local community
Prerequisite: Course I or the equivalent
