Save The Date - IMA Educational Event and Annual Meeting
Save the Date - September 23 - 1:30PM EST
Educational Event Theme - Preparing Congregations for Neighborhood Relationships
Presenter: Nicholas Tangen, Director of Faith Practices and Neighboring Practices, Minneapolis Area Synod (ELCA)
A common task for congregations in transition is re-imagining their calling to the communities in which they dwell.
Vital congregations build and sustain healthy relationships with their neighborhood and community partners, paying attention to the place where God has called them to be church. Healthy relationships are mutual, asset-based, and flexible, with a vision for the long-term health of the neighborhood.
Building these kinds of relationships requires engaged lay people committed to small, simple, place-based practices rooted in a posture of listening.
- What are these practices and how do we establish them in a congregation?
- Why should the church care about the community where it is located?
- Please join us for a robust conversation about these and related questions.
This event is free and will be held virtually. A freewill offering will be collected and donated to the Parish Collective. Parish Collective.
Reserve your spot by registering here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpfumgrTMoHdyGKoAyHj-6E-SEXNAaFIEV
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IMA Annual Meeting Following Education Event
Come learn more about the Interim Ministry Association and join in growing this association in service to this important work of Transition.