1. Kamloops-Okanagan Presbytery Behold I do a new thing! Even now it springs forth do you not perceive it? Isaiah 43:19 …I will make a new covenant…I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31 selected

2. Recap Find the joy!

3. Global Movement You are part of it! What are we seeing?

4. #1. Getting Spiritually Grounded

5. What might we do? Attend to our own spiritual practice Surrender laugh, experience joy, pause to enjoy a fresh brewed cup of Jo Sacred Pauses, yoga, mindfulness meditation, going on a protest march, whats helping you? Attend to your congregations Spiritual Practice Declare a fast – Advent, daily practice of asking What is God showing me? What is God asking us to do about it? Journal the experience and share in Groups weekly Richard Bott – Board takes up a discipline of prayer Unbinding the Gospel Program – Martha Grace-Reese

6. #2. Getting Missional Responding to what God is doing

7. What can we do? Privilege narratives of hope – go to Greenbelt Ask: Where is energy/vibrancy in our community? Where is the intersection of need and passion? Host 360 Stakeholders process – invite community leaders to your strategic planning session, or interview them What do you think the role of our church is in the community? What do you see? What would you like to see? Tools: Environics Ministry Report Asset Mapping Appreciative Inquiry NCD Survey, IMNA Survey

8. #3. Getting EPIC E - xperiential P - articipative I - mage Rich C - onnectional Blessing of the hands

9. Awareness Test If its not messy its probably dead. EPIC is part of a larger shift in perspective

10. 3 Influences of Change Modern Post Modern EDGEEDGE Mechanistic Analytical/Rational Top Down Text Based … Organic/Fluid Experiential/Mystical Communal TGIF

11. EPIC E - xperiential P - articipative I - mage Rich C - onnectional Greebelt Festival: Where faith, arts, and justice collide!

12. Hillhurst United Church / The Swell Hillhurst United Church 1 – 44s, 2 – 6:33

13. Reflection Where have you experimented with aspects of EPIC ministry in your context? (Experiential, Participative, Images, Connection) What is the next step?

14. What can we do? Engage the creativity of young people Connect with local artists Reclaim/Reframe ancient rituals – Sponge liturgy – Cloth prayer – Tear cloth into individual strips, Tie prayers into the strips then tie together – Prayers of the People Connect with stories of emerging ministries

15. #4. Getting Entrepreneurial

16. The Grove

17. Rhizome Cafe A café, community space and social justice hub in Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories

18. Yoga Chapel 5:52

19. Redevelopment in Partnership Moncton Peace Centre

20. Organizational Structure

21. Grand Opening

22. Reflection List as many social enterprises as you can think of? (any enterprise that makes a better world and also creates revenue streams) Which of these connects most strongly with your congregations mission and gifts?

23. What can we do? Invest in support social entrepreneurs Get summer students on federal grants Think of ways your current connections with social enterprise can create relational space Bi-vocational connections

24. #5. Getting Together in New Ways

25. Multi-Site Worship Trinity United Thunder Bay

26. Low Tech Getting Together House Church Intentional Communities Regional Staffing models

27. Reflection What is your experience with new ways of getting together? What might be the next step for your congregation? How would you raise the question?

28. #6. Getting Going Fail More Have Fun Experimenting – And Learn

30. Learn/Act (Adaptive Leadership) Building Planes in the Air

31. Practice: Improvisational Leadership Yes … and! Accept the offer. Add your piece.

32. Be Kind to Yourself