1. Berkeley Divinity School atYALE
A Call to Spiritual and Congregational Growth
Module 4: Follow up and next steps
If you have questions regarding your Episcopal Spiritual Life Survey report, please contact the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago ‘s project leader Rebecca Roberts
June 5, 2012

2. Agenda Welcome Spiritual Life Renewal Changing a Culture
Follow-up questions
Spiritual Life Renewal
Changing a Culture
Closing Remarks

3. Feedback: Questions
Why take the survey if results are likely to be similar?
How can this be applied to my church?
especially if only 1 or 2 on staff.
How address culture change in a systematic way?

4. A message from the Bishop

5. Spiritual Life Renewal Key Takeaways
Starts with You
A self-examination
Spiritual Growth
Begin the Conversation
Outcome: Vision and desired behaviors
Church of the Holy Spirit Experience

6. Best Practice Principles Heart of the Leadership Team
Starts with You!
2. Get People Moving 1.
Heart of the Leadership Team
5. Pastor the Community
3. Embed the Bible
4. Create Ownership

7. Spiritual Life Renewal Purpose of Survey
Create awareness and conversion
Launch point for RenewalWorks workshops
Baseline for bi-annual feedback

8. Church of the Holy Spirit Vision Process and Content
Church of the Holy Spirit insights

9. Church of the Holy Spirit Vision & Desired Behaviors
Process/content balance:
open invitation
participatory
displayed
Output:
framework to guide
an active document

10. Message from the Bishop
Video #2

11. Themes CSO: Chief Spirituality Officer
Change: Make Change a Positive Value
Focus: Fewer Things Better

12. What does that really mean?
The CSO Challenge
What does that really mean?

13. Change as a Positive Value
Rooted and Restless
Why is 70/30 the right balance?
How know the right 70%?

14. Episcopal Pilot Churches Heart of the Leadership Team
Priorities: #2 & #3
2. Get People Moving 1.
Heart of the Leadership Team
5. Pastor the Community
3. Embed the Bible
4. Create Ownership

15. Few, done better: Ministry Engagement
Ministries are the fabric of our church
Touching trusted communities
Deeper discussion of spiritual growth

16. Ministry Engagement
Church of the Holy Spirit insights

17. Recap Be the CSO: Chief Spirituality Officer
Make Change a Positive Value
Focus: Fewer Things Better

18. Pam Wesley
Remarks

19. Message from the Dean
Closing Remarks

20. Renewal: Next Steps Presentation materials made available
the links
RenewalWorks link
Episcopal survey sign-up with discounted fees ($300)
Rebecca Roberts

21. Thanks!

22. Other stuff Slides: 1. Call to Spiritual and congregational growth:
2. The Episcopal Culture: Can it change
3. First message from bishop:
4. Basic principle: the vitality of a congregation is determined by the vitality of members of that congregation
5. Issues and insights:
Freedom and Responsibilty
Rooted and restless. Or is it rooted or restless? Can a rooted culture evolve
6. What is the vision: 
7. A vision is a target that beckons. Bennis and Nanus, 1986
Where there is no vision the people perish. Proverbs 29.18
8. The visioning process at CHS
Spiritual growth through:
A Christ centered, loving community
Worship
Engagement with scripture
Self-directed personal spiritual practices
Service
Stewardship
9. Second bishop message

23. Even more other stuff 10. Three points:
CSO: How do we understand our roles as leaders?
Change 30%: How do we know what to change? Do we have the nerve?
Focus: How do we discern what we are called to do
11. How we are focusing: Ministry assessment
12. Where do we go from here?
13. Join us in this exploration. Join us in this pilot project.
14. Take the next step: begin with yourself, then get people praying and engaged with scripture
15. Invite congregations to take next steps (Handout)
16. Consider the value of this process for your own congregation
17. Contact information:
18. Center for Spiritual Vitality
19. There is more
TBD
more TBD