This is a copy of the notes Brian sent us:
Hi all,
Here are the notes I wrote down from our meeting and the picture I drew at the beginning:
What makes us passionate about communication for the district or the church
* Chris P. - Discernment/searching for church community, connection to CoB tradition, not in established congregations
* Bibek - Connected w/ CoB tradition, service emphasis, shifts in communication paradigm shifts
* Betsy - Closer ties, district & camp should team up!, bridge geographic expanse
* Tim B-H - Contribution to health/vitality of organizations
* Hannah B-H - Mission: creating spaces for ground-up communication, archival, data management
* Josh B. - Theology is communication; opportunity to reclaim/re-narrate what it means to be Brethren
Notes/Considerations/Questions
* Link to church planting (affirmed by Tim)
* District storyteller/facilitator/editor (affirmed by Tim) - blogging?
* Foster local communities and their worship life (Love Feast, potlucks, service, etc.)
* Bibek - Surveys to facilitate input from across the district? (A form survey via Google Docs/Survey Monkey? Paper survey?)
* Data management - database, CRM, archival
* Video/audio - like NPR's Story Corps at District Conference
* Text - Blogging, publications, et al
Website
* Hannah - Google site started, unpublished
* Bibek & Brian - Affirm a lightweight site heavily utilizing embedded social media/data resources
* Brian - Look into a WordPress site (primarily blog software, but offers static page functionality, social media-friendly)
* Facebook page & Twitter account - Fairly painless to set up and hook together; focus on F'book
Job description dimensions
* Administrative
* Creative
* Pedagogical - Teaching/training
* Ministerial
* Facilitator
Conversation Partners online
* Paul Fike Stutzman's blog on recovering the Love Feast (http://thelovefeast.wordpress.com/)
* Josh Brokway's blog (somewhat scholarly, http://collationes.wordpress.com/)
* Brian's blog (somewhat scholarly, http://restorativetheology.blogspot.com/)
* Carl Bowman's blog (scholarly but very active conversation, http://culturexplore.com/bmpblog/)
* Brethren tweeters (http://twitter.com/#!/mattmckimmy/brethren-tweeps)
* Anabaptist Missional Project (http://anabaptistmissionalproject.org/)
* Anabaptist Network of North America (http://anabaptistnetwork.ning.com/)
I really encourage folks to start paying attention to some of the conversations on the Brethren blogs and twitter lists; there's some exciting conversation happening there about Brethrendom. A greater Northern Plains voice there would be great! I've come to understand we're the "backwater district" in the denomination, and that isn't necessarily bad. Like Tim said, we're open to a bit more creativity to some of the more stalwart districts (all out in my neck of the woods; the four-state area of PA, MD, VA, WV).
Hi all,
Here are the notes I wrote down from our meeting and the picture I drew at the beginning:
What makes us passionate about communication for the district or the church
* Chris P. - Discernment/searching for church community, connection to CoB tradition, not in established congregations
* Bibek - Connected w/ CoB tradition, service emphasis, shifts in communication paradigm shifts
* Betsy - Closer ties, district & camp should team up!, bridge geographic expanse
* Tim B-H - Contribution to health/vitality of organizations
* Hannah B-H - Mission: creating spaces for ground-up communication, archival, data management
* Josh B. - Theology is communication; opportunity to reclaim/re-narrate what it means to be Brethren
Notes/Considerations/Questions
* Link to church planting (affirmed by Tim)
* District storyteller/facilitator/editor (affirmed by Tim) - blogging?
* Foster local communities and their worship life (Love Feast, potlucks, service, etc.)
* Bibek - Surveys to facilitate input from across the district? (A form survey via Google Docs/Survey Monkey? Paper survey?)
* Data management - database, CRM, archival
* Video/audio - like NPR's Story Corps at District Conference
* Text - Blogging, publications, et al
Website
* Hannah - Google site started, unpublished
* Bibek & Brian - Affirm a lightweight site heavily utilizing embedded social media/data resources
* Brian - Look into a WordPress site (primarily blog software, but offers static page functionality, social media-friendly)
* Facebook page & Twitter account - Fairly painless to set up and hook together; focus on F'book
Job description dimensions
* Administrative
* Creative
* Pedagogical - Teaching/training
* Ministerial
* Facilitator
Conversation Partners online
* Paul Fike Stutzman's blog on recovering the Love Feast (http://thelovefeast.wordpress.com/)
* Josh Brokway's blog (somewhat scholarly, http://collationes.wordpress.com/)
* Brian's blog (somewhat scholarly, http://restorativetheology.blogspot.com/)
* Carl Bowman's blog (scholarly but very active conversation, http://culturexplore.com/bmpblog/)
* Brethren tweeters (http://twitter.com/#!/mattmckimmy/brethren-tweeps)
* Anabaptist Missional Project (http://anabaptistmissionalproject.org/)
* Anabaptist Network of North America (http://anabaptistnetwork.ning.com/)
I really encourage folks to start paying attention to some of the conversations on the Brethren blogs and twitter lists; there's some exciting conversation happening there about Brethrendom. A greater Northern Plains voice there would be great! I've come to understand we're the "backwater district" in the denomination, and that isn't necessarily bad. Like Tim said, we're open to a bit more creativity to some of the more stalwart districts (all out in my neck of the woods; the four-state area of PA, MD, VA, WV).
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