Diocese of New Jersey Creative Strategic Session
Seattle, Washington – June 11, 2018
WITH
Bob Gallagher, OA and Michelle Heyne, OA
Follow up materials
Books
These AP books are primarily sold through the Episcopal Bookstore in Seattle. That store is in the process of closing down but is still selling stock.
Includes a chapter on the Christian Life Model mentioned by your bishopIn your Holy Spirit: Traditional Spiritual Practices in Today's Christian Life Michelle' book that we passed aroundProcess of Change - Chapter 7 of the book
Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement, 6th Edition 6th Edition by Wendell L. French (Author), Cecil H. Bell (Author)
Materials we used or mentioned during the day
The packet - 20 pages with a number of models and theories
OA orientation about parish development
History
You might be interested in --
Loren Mead - The person responsible for getting the Episcopal Church, and then others, to engage the developmental issues of their parishes.
The chart on the history of OD - Episcopal Church as an early adapter
A short history of OD - goes with the chart
WHERE
220 W. Olympic Place, Apt 202, Seattle, WA
SCHEDULE
Monday, June 11
Morning Arrivals at Sea-Tac – meet up there once we know our arrival schedules
2:00 p.m. Fill in Bob and Michelle Heyne on activities in Diocese of New Jersey, begin creative process
If the group agrees we might begin with a brief connecting exercise and each expressing what they hope to achieve in the day's work.
Evening Prayer - Feast of Saint Barnabas - Using format of Common Worship: Daily Prayer (Church of England)
Dinner
Evening Brainstorm potential approaches with CDI, Way of St. Paul, broader congregational development needs, schools of discipleship, etc.
Return to hotels Redeye flights out to NJ______Morning flights back to NJ
Our starting place
Michelle and Bob are working off of the assumption that our role is to participate with the group in its exploration of approaches to congregational development; to offer our ideas; and to provide some limited facilitation to keep us moving through the day. We are not trying to "sell" any particular approach or programs to the group. We will share our perspective as the conversation progresses. We are especially interested in learning about the Way of Saint Paul program and offering what we can that might be useful.
Possible advance work
You might look at these links if they seem possibly related to our conversation. We don't know if the group is considering making use of one of these programs or developing something similar for NJ. If that is along the lines of what you are considering, it may be useful for you to review the material below.
The training programs in parish development
Church Development Institute (DCDI) - run by Diocesan CDI (note Bob founded and directed the CDI effort, so there may be a bias)
College for Congregational Development (CCD)
Shaping the Parish - note this program is not active. We created it and ran it in the Diocese of Washington a number of years ago. The results were beyond what we were seeing in CDIs. The program required trainers with more skills and knowledge than in the other programs and seemed too complex to easily replicate. We left part of the web site up so others might make use of what we learned.
Parish Development Clinic - A one week clinic done as part of the training of novices in the Order of the Ascension.
The formation program of the Order of the Ascension
History
Understanding from Within: Working with Religious Systems - written for an audience of non church OD professionals.
The History of Parish Development in the Episcopal Church
Loren Mead - The person responsible for getting the Episcopal Church, and then others, to engage the developmental issues of their parishes.
Two Schools of Congregational Development - Living Church article on the history of the two largest programs DCDI and CCD