1. + “All who wander are not lost.” JRR Tolkein Central Texas Conference 2012

2. + Wandering is another word for learning. Where we have been doing our best learning: Accountability Guiding Principles Core Values Mission Field Attention New Structure Realigned Budget Priorities

3. + Wandering is another word for learning: We are teaching ourselves (reminding ourselves) that the end result of an encounter with Christ is to make someone or something different.

4. + Questions for the wilderness: How will we now be with God? How will we now be with one another? Walter Brueggemann

5. + The Long Journey from Membership to Discipleship The Present Reality The Preferred Future The Unsustain- able Future

6. + The Eschatological Gap Present Making Disciples Future Unsustainable

7. + The Need for Proximate Outcomes Making Disciples Proximate Outcomes

8. + So…we now work at proximate goals: Practicing Discipleship Reconnecting to the mission field Settings outcomes of measureable or describable differences Identifying core values, guiding principles, to keep us on track Accepting (welcoming) accountability

9. + Who does God now call us to be?