Creating a Life that Matters WELCOME BACK! Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Session One Did You Call Me?

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Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Session One: Did You Call Me? on _(insert date here) _ Session Two: Peaks and Valleys on ______________ Session Three: Shadows in the Valleys on __________ Break Week: (This is the best place to break in Passion, as Sessions One through Three are tightly tied together) Session Four: Tapestry on ______________________ Session Five: The Perfect Swing on ______________ Session Six: Here We Are-Send Us! on __________ Graduation Ceremony in Worship Service on __(insert time and date)__

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Session Overview Overview of Passion Opening Prayer Goal/Scripture/Quote Did You Call Me? Activity Teaching Segment Call Stories Activity Meaning and Passion Activity Four Quotes from Parker Palmer Homework

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Opening Prayer

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Session Goal By the end of this session, we will understand that our personal calling will be in perfect harmony with our deepest interests, talents and abilities.

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Session Scripture Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and [salt] water? Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh. James 3:11-12 (NRSV) The New Oxford Annotated Bible Third Edition: New Revised Standard Version. Ed. Michael D. Coogan, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Session Quote Go without hate, but not without rage. Heal the world. - Paul Monette Upon receiving his honorary doctorate at Oswego (1993), Paul Monette delivered a stirring conclusion. Producers Monte Bramer and Lesli Klainberg also used these words to end their 1996 documentary about his life and work, Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End. The film won the 1997 Sundance Audience Award and is shown frequently on television. The conclusion to his speech was: "Go without hate, but not without rage. Heal the world." http://www.library.ucla.edu/special/monette/pmheal.htm

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion I Samuel 3:1-10 (NRSV) Now the boy Samuel was ministering [to God] under Eli. The word of [God] was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room; the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple . . . where the ark of God was. Then [God] called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he said, “Here I am!” and ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” The New Oxford Annotated Bible Third Edition: New Revised Standard Version. Ed. Michael D. Coogan, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion I Samuel 3:1-10 (continued) But [Eli] said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So [Samuel] went and lay down. [God] called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But [Eli] said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” Now Samuel did not yet know [God], and the word of [God] had not yet been revealed to him. [God] called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” The New Oxford Annotated Bible Third Edition: New Revised Standard Version. Ed. Michael D. Coogan, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion I Samuel 3:1-10 (continued) Then Eli perceived that [God] was calling the boy. Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if [you are called again], you shall say, ‘Speak, [O God], for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. Now [God] came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” The New Oxford Annotated Bible Third Edition: New Revised Standard Version. Ed. Michael D. Coogan, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion DID You Call Me? Did YOU Call Me? Did You CALL Me? Did You Call ME?

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Call? Passion? Vocation?

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Biblical Call Stories Activity

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Meaning and Passion Activity

Passionate People Who Have Inspired Us Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Passionate People Who Have Inspired Us What are the characteristics of the people you said inspired you? Record your group responses in your Participant Guide to report out to the larger group: People on the world stage, past and present People in business People in our communities, past and present People who have impacted us personally Summary of their qualities

Loving What I Do and Making a Difference Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Loving What I Do and Making a Difference What excites us about our church? What excites us about our denomination? What turns us on about our roles in the church? How will my church be different because I have been here?

Indignation over Conditions and Willingness to Confront Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Indignation over Conditions and Willingness to Confront What insights have we learned about ourselves and our passions from previous experiences with our passionate anger? What makes us really angry? Recall three events in our lives that enraged us, and caused us to act. What have we learned about when, where, and how to passionately engage? Because of our learning, what would we do differently?

When Do I Feel Most Alive and Authentic? Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion When Do I Feel Most Alive and Authentic? We feel most alive and authentic when: We laugh most often when/about: We feel most energized when: We feel most powerful when:

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Four Quotes From Parker Palmer’s Let Your Life Speak

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion First Quote Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. Before you tell your life what truths and values you have decided to live up to, let your life tell you what truths you embody, what values you represent. Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak, p. 3. Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak, Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Company: San Francisco, 2000, p. 3

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Second Quote Vocation does not come from willfulness. It comes from listening. I must listen to my life and try to understand what it is truly about – quite apart from what I would like it to be about – or my life will never represent anything real in the world, no matter how earnest my intentions. Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak, p. 4. Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak, Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Company: San Francisco, 2000, p. 4

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Third Quote Vocation does not come from a voice “out there” calling me to become something I am not. It comes from a voice “in here” calling me to be the person I was born to be, to fulfill the original selfhood given me at birth by God. Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak, p. 10. Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak, Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Company: San Francisco, 2000, p. 10

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Fourth Quote Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic selfhood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will not only find the joy that every human being seeks – we will also find our path of authentic service in the world. Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak, p. 16. Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak, Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Company: San Francisco, 2000, p. 16

Rediscovering Relationship with My Passion Homework 1) Engage two of the four quotes from Parker Palmer and journal about them. 2) Brainstorm and record a chronology of your life: List between 15-25 major events, turning points, significant and defining events, pivotal events… Bring this completed chronology with you to the next session. We’ll use it throughout CLM 3: Passion, as we did our Paper Bodies in CLM 2: Self.