Session 3: Spirit Shaped Directions

Stirred by the SpiritWalking Together

Engaging the World with Love

Spirit Shaped Directions

In Christ we are…

Session 2: Eyes Open to the World

Dwelling in the Word

Luke 24:13-35 Acts 2: 1-21, 41-47

• Feeding and equipping leaders

• Listening deeply to the voice of the other

• Building bridges across differences that divide

• Collaborating with partners in ministry

With Christ we are…

Missional Directions

Session 3: Spirit Shaped Directions

Session 3: Spirit Shaped Directions

Dwelling Questions• In this third dwelling time, how does the

Spirit move you through the text(s)?

• Ponder together the proposed missional directions alongside the scripture passages with which you have dwelled today.– What do you notice?

– What do you wonder?

• Feeding and equipping leaders

• Listening deeply to the voice of the other

• Building bridges across differences that divide

• Collaborating with partners in ministry

With Christ we are…Missional Directions

Session 3: Spirit Shaped Directions

Reflect together on these emerging directions. What do they mean to you?

What do these m

ean?

• What would an effective and meaningful feeding and equipping of leaders include? What types of leaders need what types of support?

• Who are “the others” in our communities? How might we listen more deeply their voices?

• What are the “difference that divide” in your context? What might bridge the divides?

• Who are potential partners? What needs to happen to grow collaboration? How do we get past isolation and focusing on what “we want” versus the wider good? Se

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Session 3: Spirit Shaped Directions

Session 2: Eyes Open to the World

Synod = working/walking together• How is my congregation already

living into the synod’s emerging missional directions?

• What could my congregation do to grow into these missional directions?

• Where does my congregation need help moving forward?

Session 3: Spirit Shaped Directions

Next Steps• What ideas do you have for the synod

to grow in these missional directions?• What is needed to now move into

action planning? • What needs to be provided through

the Synod to help congregations be equipped to live into these statements?

Session 3: Spirit Shaped Directions