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Uncovering Your Church's Hidden Spirit
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2001
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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
Monograph
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FOREWORD No access
PREFACE No access
PROLOGUE: All One Body We No access
CHAPTER 1: Strong at the Broken Places No access
CHAPTER 2: Listening through the Liturgy No access
CHAPTER 3: Diversity and Social Change as "Being" No access
CHAPTER 4: A Spring for the Church's Ministry in the World No access
CHAPTER 5: The Mission to Be Church in This Place No access
PROLOGUE: What Is Discernment? No access
CHAPTER 6: Discerning at St. Patrick's Church No access
CHAPTER 7: Discerning with the Angel of Ascension, Lexington Park No access
CHAPTER 8: Discerning at St. Peter's: "Stay Open to Surprises!" No access
CHAPTER 9: Ascension, Silver Spring: How Are We Called to Be? No access
PROLOGUE: Research Learnings That May Offer Practical Help to Churches No access
CHAPTER 10: How We Discovered the Lay Spiritual Leaders No access
CHAPTER 11: Interviews Using the Ware Questionnaire No access
CHAPTER 12: Interviewing: A Way to Discover a Church's Gifts No access
CHAPTER 13: The Use of Story in the Discernment Process No access
CHAPTER 14: Further Dimensions of the Discernment Process No access
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
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