Where are we?Where have we been? Where are we going?

Terri Martinson Elton

Revelation 21:1-41 Then I saw “a new

heaven and a new earth,” for the first

heaven and the first earth had passed

away, and there was no longer any sea. I

saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem,

coming down out of heaven from God,

prepared as a bride beautifully dressed

for her husband. And I heard a loud voice

from the throne saying,

“Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

New International Version, ©2010

What were 2 or 3 new learnings?

What, if anything, changed during

the week?

Share reflection on contextual experiences in small groups

Pete

rs • What insights or learnings come from Peters angle of vision? What’s new and/or helpful, particularly with an eye toward working with urban CYF ministry?

• What else would you add?

• As you look at each category that Arzola lifts up, what particularities might be important as you think of urban young people? Might there be differences in some aspects then in other contexts? Why and what are they?

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• How did the essay in Spirit in the City help you integrate theology, ministry and the realities of the city?

Beva

ns • Six Contextual Models: Countercultural, Translation, Anthropological, Praxis, Synthetic, Transcendental, Anthropological

• Which model/s help you understand God’s activity in urban contexts? Why?

• What do we know about ministry in an urban context?

• Why look specifically at ministry within urban contexts?

Is there some unique about urban ministry or is there simply ministry in

urban contexts?

Interdisciplinary nature of urban ministry

• Psychology• Biology• Sociology• Anthropology• What else?