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“All who wander are not lost.” JRR Tolkein

“All who wander are not lost.” JRR Tolkein. Central Texas Conference 2012. Wandering is another word for learning. Where we have been doing our best learning:. Accountability. Mission Field Attention. Core Values. Guiding Principles. Realigned Budget Priorities. New Structure.

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“All who wander are not lost.” JRR Tolkein

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  1. “All who wander are not lost.”JRR Tolkein Central Texas Conference 2012

  2. Wandering is another word for learning. • Where we have been doing our best learning: Accountability Mission Field Attention Core Values Guiding Principles Realigned Budget Priorities New Structure

  3. Wandering is another word for learning: We are teaching ourselves (reminding ourselves) that the end result of an encounter with Christ is to make someone or something different.

  4. Questions for the wilderness: • How will we now be with God? • How will we now be with one another? Walter Brueggemann

  5. The Long Journey from Membership to Discipleship The Preferred Future The Present Reality The Unsustain-able Future

  6. The Eschatological Gap Making Disciples Future Present Unsustainable

  7. The Need for Proximate Outcomes Making Disciples Proximate Outcomes

  8. So…we now work at proximate goals: • Practicing Discipleship • Reconnecting to the mission field • Settings outcomes of measureable or describable differences • Identifying core values, guiding principles, to keep us on track • Accepting (welcoming) accountability

  9. Who does God now call us to be? A United Methodist Institution A Wesleyan Movement

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