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1 Hit the brakes! Moving away from a problem-solving approach to mission Brought to you by Presbyterian World Mission
2 Welcome! Monthly Webinars: Using your phone or joining online? Speakers: Dr. Doug Tilton, PC(USA) Mission Co-Worker and Regional Liaison for Southern Africa; The Rev. Wil Howie, Founder and Director of Living Waters for the World; and The Rev. Elizabeth McLean, Associate Pastor for Mission and Evangelism, Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas.
3 Today s Webinar Healthy relationships lead to healthy mission work Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership Five guiding principles Four ways of engaging in mission The PC(USA) is a connectional church Your questions and comments Prayer
4 Healthy mission relationships Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership 2003 General Assembly Policy Statement Mission is: God s work for the sake of the world God loves,. centered in the Lordship of Jesus Christ and made real through the active and leading power of the Holy Spirit.
5 Healthy mission relationships Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership 2003 General Assembly Policy Statement We are called to mission in the discipline of partnership.
6 Healthy mission relationships Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership 2003 General Assembly Policy Statement The practice of partnership guides our whole connectional church.
7 Healthy mission relationships Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership 2003 General Assembly Policy Statement Five guiding principles: Shared Grace and Thanksgiving. Mutuality and Interdependence. Recognition and Respect. Open Dialogue and Transparency. Sharing of Resources.
8 Healthy mission relationships Four ways to engage in mission: Relationships Project-oriented Learning A combination of two or more of the above Short-term mission : promise or peril? Why do we go?
9 Healthy mission relationships How to get ready: Cultivate missional attitudes Respect Compassion Humility Practical ways to get ready Scripture Study Prayer Meals Resources for getting ready
10 Resources Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership policy statement. Adopted by the 215th General Assembly 2003, "Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership" is the newest denominational statement about partnership in mission. The updated "Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership" statement names and describes five principles of partnership. It lists several questions that Presbyterians can use to guide us all towards more faithful participation in God s work in the world God loves. Download here: Or order free pamphlets here: Available in Spanish. When God s People Travel Together, Volumes I, II and II:. Louisville, Kentucky: Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. This is a complete set of the three volumes that make up the popular When God's People Travel Together series. Volume I is subtitled A Trip Leader's Planning Manual; Volume II is Reflecting and Acting on Mission Trip Experiences and Volume III is Bible Studies for Mission. PC(USA) Church Store, click here. Called as Partners in Christ s Service: The Practice of Doing God s Mission by Sherron Kay George. Geneva Press, ISBN
11 Resources Misguided Missions: Ten Worst Practices, by Mark Wm. Radecke. Christian Century, May 18, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor And Yourself by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert. Moody Publishers,2009. ISBN A Mile in My Shoes: Cultivating Compassion by Trevor Hudson, Upper Room, ISBN About showing compassion without robbing dignity. A Hole in the Gospel by Richard Stearns. Thomas Nelson Publishing, ISBN The story of his transformation from CEO of Lenox China to CEO of World Vision, and how he hopes the world will learn to do "mission. Three Cups of Tea: One Man s Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Olivier Relin. Viking Penguin, ISBN How a mountain climber listened to the expressed longings of the local people and began to make a evolutionary difference in their lives.
12 Healthy mission relationships The PC(USA) is a connectional church: Embedding mission relationship within the larger relationship: our denomination Role of mission personnel: connectors
13 Thank-you! This Webinar was recorded Links to the recorded Webinar and a document with resources listed herein will be posted within the Webinars tab of Mission Crossroads: Join us next time! Questions or comments? Contact Ellen Sherby, ellen.sherby@pcusa.org, , ext Prayer
14 Our Panelists Dr. Doug Tilton, mission co-worker and Regional Liaison in Southern Africa The Rev. Wil Howie, founder and director of Living Waters for the World The Rev. Elizabeth McLean, Associate Pastor for Mission and Evangelism, Preston Hollow PC in Dallas
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UTLOOK. { mission. Summer. LOOK in Community development Linda Valentine resigns YAVs. The Presbyterian.
VOL. 197 NO. 15 The Presbyterian JULY 20, 2015 FIVE USD UTLOOK A N I N D E P E N D E N T B I W E E K LY O N T H E P C ( U S A ) { mission Summer LOOK in Community development Linda Valentine resigns YAVs
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