Bi-Diocesan Missions Conference - April 2008 - Responses from Saturday
- Pairing congregations within and across dioceses
- Communication - keep lines open across dioceses
- Construct Bi-Diocesan website to share calendars, time and talents
- Bi-diocesan events
- Eau Claire clergy could copy deanery gatherings of Fond du Lac clergy
- Sharing youth camps
- Sharing experiences
- Mechanisms to share ministry ideas
- Better commitment and involvement of individuals - use talent to cultivate talent
- Small is not lesser; larger congregations can take lessons in commitment from smaller ones; get people involved in the doing
- Do it afraid; feel the fear and do it anyway
- TEC (The Episcopal Church) problems don't affect our ability to do ministry
- Being able to disagree without being disagreeable. Accept it and move on.
- Use TEC assets to support our mission/ministry: Office of Diocesan Services, Terry Parsons-Lead
- Being Christ's hands, feet, voice in the world
- Email groups to share ideas we are passionate
- Conducting Bi-Diocesan Renewal Rallies and Conferences: inspire and energize; build energy
- Report to your congregations
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