Uncovering Your Church&#039;s Hidden Spirit

Celia Allison Hahn

doi:10.5771/9781566996860

Summary

Parishioners today look to their congregations to feed their spiritual hunger. But many members and clergy are not sure how the words "congregation" and "spirituality" fit together. Author Celia Hahn interviewed 30 lay people and clergy from five Episcopal congregations to discover their stories of congregational spirituality and to help them identify the congregation's gifts for spiritual development. Hahn becomes a spiritual companion and resource for the searching congregation, guiding the church as it begins to discover its gifts. How is God at work in our congregation? How do members empowered by the transforming Spirit minister in their workplaces, neighborhoods, and families? How do members move into a deeper relationship with one another and with God?

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Copyright year: 2001
ISBN-Print: 978-1-56699-241-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-56699-686-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 150
Product type: Book Titles

1. CONTENTS No access
2. FOREWORD No access
3. PREFACE No access
1. PROLOGUE: All One Body We No access
2. CHAPTER 1: Strong at the Broken Places No access
3. CHAPTER 2: Listening through the Liturgy No access
4. CHAPTER 3: Diversity and Social Change as "Being" No access
5. CHAPTER 4: A Spring for the Church's Ministry in the World No access
6. CHAPTER 5: The Mission to Be Church in This Place No access
1. PROLOGUE: What Is Discernment? No access
2. CHAPTER 6: Discerning at St. Patrick's Church No access
3. CHAPTER 7: Discerning with the Angel of Ascension, Lexington Park No access
4. CHAPTER 8: Discerning at St. Peter's: "Stay Open to Surprises!" No access
5. CHAPTER 9: Ascension, Silver Spring: How Are We Called to Be? No access
1. PROLOGUE: Research Learnings That May Offer Practical Help to Churches No access
2. CHAPTER 10: How We Discovered the Lay Spiritual Leaders No access
3. CHAPTER 11: Interviews Using the Ware Questionnaire No access
4. CHAPTER 12: Interviewing: A Way to Discover a Church's Gifts No access
5. CHAPTER 13: The Use of Story in the Discernment Process No access
6. CHAPTER 14: Further Dimensions of the Discernment Process No access
7. CHAPTER 15: The Role of Spiritual Companion No access
APPENDIX A: We Want to Learn from You! No access Pages 137 - 138
APPENDIX B: Congregational Spirituality Research: Evaluation Plan No access Pages 139 - 142
NOTES No access Pages 143 - 148
BIBLIOGRAPHY No access Pages 149 - 150