msiweek5part1

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navigating the seascape

Old maps and blueprints are useless on an

uncharted, ever changing seascape

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!

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navigating the seascape

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leadership

leadership for this time of change, will involve helping people and Christian communities explore

their God-given creativity

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leadership in a fresh expression of church

Willing to take risks

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leadership in a fresh expression of church

• exposure to scrutiny

• high risk of failure

• uncharted territory

• multiple challenges to assumptions, pre-conceptions, traditions and theologies

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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

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Empowering others and

valuing team

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‘pooled ignorance’?

Attitudes about competence

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

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leadership

leadership for this time of change, will be leadership

that is shared, and that values team

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leadership in a fresh expression of church

Able to learn and adapt

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navigating the seascape

the learners shall inherit the earth

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navigating the seascape

constant change is here to stay

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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