Who are the groups who don’t find the church trustworthy?
Who are the groups who don’t believe the church has anything to offer?
What can we offer these people?
(…and will they find safety acceptance, love, and peace?)
Who?
Who?
Outreach
Who is waiting/hoping for an invitation:
Who doesn’t know about faith communities?
Who doesn’t know about God?
Vulnerability
Many institutions are not seen as trustworthy
Experience of rejection
Who doesn’t trust organized religion or see it as having anything to offer? Does it have anything to offer?
Outreach
Outreach
What are elements of our mission?
–welcoming all people
–invite/inviting
–understanding God is loving/kind/compassionate/forgiving
–Responsibility, Renewal, Relationship… an exchange between God, self, and community
–Rewarding Experiences – when you let God into your life, you have them
–Passion, Excitement
–Crossing Barriers: Interfaith/Intergenerational dialog
–Openness, Service: inviting ALL… serving others and each other
–Need to Rededicate, Reconcile, Rejuvenate…our church, our community, ourselves.
–Remembering why we come to church.
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Outreach