June 12th Meeting Summary

Sorry this took so long to get up. Here are the notes from our June 12th meetings. It is my understanding that this is the direction we are planning to go. If any of you are uncomfortable with it or it doesn't fit your vision of what we need to do, use the comments or emails to let us know your thoughts.

Our Goal:
To help our colleagues in ministry in LI Presbytery rediscover themselves as "articulate disciples" who are able to move beyond "church institutions" to actively live and share their faith.

Our Method:
1. Lead a study of Glenn McDonald's The Disciple Making Church at the LI Presbytery Clergy Retreat, Nov. 12-13

Outcomes:

1. Reawaken hearts for Jesus Christ
2. Help enhance clergy self understanding
3. Begin reflection on ordination/baptismal vows
4. Reawaken desire for collegiality
5. Launch Covenant Groups

Team helps Marie ZL plan/facilitate

2. Covenant Groups : Small groups of clergy gathering regionally

Task:

1. Reflect on Baptismal & Ordination Vows
2. Reflect on own call

Baptismal & Ordination Vows:

1. Turning from ways of sin and renouncing evil & power in the world
2. Accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior
3. Being Christ's faithful disciple
4. Devoting yourself to church and church's teaching
5. Understanding/Reaffirming call

Team Provides Outline of reflections/service & Group format
Individual groups set own meeting schedule, etc.

3. Closing Worship - February 22
Agape Feast - Team Plans

I'm in

This is a great idea. I never thought I would be involved in blogging. I'm such a technophobe, but here I am. I am, unfortunately, swamped at the moment until the 9th, but will start reading, reflecting and responding as soon as I get by the 8th. I will check daily to see what you are all thinking as well. Peace, Betsy

Initial go at points

FROM CALL TO PENTECOST: POINTS ALONG THE JOURNEY
This is a first go using Matthew, and then I picked up the other gospels as needed. Even when I listed Matthew only, I assume we would look at the parallel passages for nuance. Please feel free to suggest additions or deletions. I came up with 15 points. My gut is that we should probably work to cut it down to about ten.

The Call - Matthew 4:8-22, Mark 1:16-20
Stilling the storm - Matthew 8:23-27
Naming & Training of the Twelve - Matthew 10, Mark 3:13-19
Parable of Sower - Matthew 13:1-8, 18-23
LIttle things - Yeast, Salt, Light - Matthew 13:33, Luke 11:33, Luke 14:34-35, John 1:1-9, John 8:12
Feeding the 5,000 - Matthew 14:13-21
Sending of the 70 - Luke 10:1-12, 17-20
Peter's Declaration - Matthew 16:13-20
The cross - Matthew 16:24-28
Servanthood - Matthew 18:1-5, 20:26-28, Mark 9:33-37, Luke 22:24-30, John 13:1-11
Betrayal/Denial - Matthew 26:14-16,31-35, 47-56, 69-75
Reengagement - Matthew 28:1-10, Mark 16:9-13, Luke 24:13-35
Commissioning - Matthew 28:16-20
Waiting - Luke 24:40, John 14:15-31, Acts 1:4-5
Pentecost - Acts 2:1-13
Expanding the circle - Acts 2:37-47