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This week... Re-imagining church— Part 3: Leadership 3

4 worship Your text here

5 cultural changes of the past 20 years... Like the change from navigating the roads to navigating the oceans

with creativity 6 navigating the seascape

We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment navigating the seascape

And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together as a head does a body. He was supreme in the beginning, and, leading the resurrection parade, he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he’s there, towering far above everything, everyone navigating the seascape

So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms— get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross. Colossians 1:15-20 (The Message) So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms— get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross. Colossians 1:15-20 (The Message) 9 navigating the seascape

Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness.”... And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion.” Genesis 1:26-28 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness.”... And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion.” Genesis 1: navigating the seascape

Christology Missiology Ecclesiology Christology Missiology Ecclesiology 11 navigating the seascape

12 navigating the seascape The way (1) we understand Jesus (sent by the Father in the power of the Spirit) leads us to (2) understand what God is up to in the world (mission), which leads in turn to (3) understand what the church should be doing to be in step with God.

creativity and freedom church culture… …can stifle creativity …can foster creativity creativity and freedom church culture… …can stifle creativity …can foster creativity God did not finish creation! 13 navigating the seascape

14 leadership leadership for this time of change will involve helping people and Christian communities explore their God-given creativity

15 Whale Rider

16 What kind of leader is needed to maintain the status quo?

17 leadership in a fresh expression of church Willing to take risks

18 leadership in a fresh expression of church uncharted territory exposure to scrutiny multiple challenges to assumptions, traditions and theology high risk of failure

19 leadership leadership for this time of change will necessarily involve risk and that risk will come at a price

leadership in a fresh expression of church 20 Empowering others and valuing team

21 ‘pooled ignorance’? Attitudes about competence

22 The greatest gift a minister can bring to a parish are the things that he or she cannot do

Peter... an unlikely leader

24 leadership leadership for this time of change will be leadership that is shared and that values team

25 leadership in a fresh expression of church Able to learn and adapt

26 navigating the seascape the learners shall inherit the earth

27 navigating the seascape “Constant change is here to stay!”

28 The Choluteca Bridge, Honduras

29 navigating the seascape Do not try to call [people] back to where they were, and do not try to call them to where you are, as beautiful as it may seem to you. You must have the courage to go with them to a place that neither you nor they have ever been before. Vincent Donovan

30 leadership leadership for this time of change will involve helping Christian communities learn, then respond and change quickly, according to circumstances

Leadership for this time... 1.Is willing to take risks that may come at a price 2.Empowers others and values team 3.Is able to learn and adapt quickly.

32 navigating the seascape Building Planes... in the Air

33 surprising models 1) Jesus

34 surprising models 2) Frodo

35 surprising models 3) Dorothy

36 surprising models 4) The air traffic controller

37 surprising models 5) The symphony conductor

38 surprising models 6) The parent

39 surprising models 7) The gardener

which one suits your situation? 40 surprising models 1) Jesus 2) Frodo 3) Dorothy 4) The air traffic controller 5) The symphony conductor 6) The parent 7) The gardener

41 worship Your text here

42 closing prayer

Next week... Where do we go from here? See you then! 43