Resources for upcoming "Planning Conversation" meeting Jan 25, 2020
If you are interested in helping shape the future of MUMC, then we need you at our upcoming meeting - Planning Conversation 2020!
Theme: “The Home We Build Together”
Date: Saturday January 25
Time: 9am - Noon
Place: MUMC Room 29
This will be a morning of conversation as we discover together what God has in store for our future as we build a home for God, for ourselves and for those whom we have met and have yet to meet.
To prepare our hearts for this time together, and to get our minds turning on the relevant topic of hospitality, we have suggested readings. Please choose at least one to read/listen/watch before the meeting. Even better - read several!
Hospitality in Society
Video (6 minutes)
Rabbi Sacks on 'The Home We Build Together'
- Consider the lessons around “us” versus “them” (insiders/outsiders) and how it might relate to the church.
Hospitality as Creating Powerful Moments
Podcast (48 minutes)
Building a Storybrand with Donald Miller - guest speaker Dan Heath
- This podcast is designed for business leaders, but we can mentally change “customer” for “church guest” or “church attender”. Consider how powerful moments of hospitality could impact the guests’ likelihood of future engagement.
Hospitality to Neighbors (Outreach)
Chapter 2 of The Art of Neighboring by Pathak and Runyon
Hospitality to Neighbors (One specific example)
Video (4.5 minutes)
Kristen Schell - The Turquoise Table
Hospitality to Guests at Worship (through First Impressions)
Hospitality as a Church (well-rounded view, with ideas from our bishop)
Chapter 2 of Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations by Schnase
Hospitality as a Church through Outward Focus (basic overview)
Section 2 of Get Their Name by Farr, Anderson, and Kotan
Hospitality in a Disney Movie (just for fun!)
Video (3.5 minutes)
Be Our Guest from Beauty and the Beast
- Consider the efforts taken to make someone feel at home and having an enjoyable time.
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