“Can you keep your head when those about you are losing theirs?” When you face a loss, where do you turn for help? Find some place to go for help that works. [A way to live Mark 4:35-41 from the readings in many churches for 6/21/15, the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. Jesus helps in the […]
Gloria: Helps a South African province
Helps a South African province as a consultant. For any questions or comments contact Member Mission Network, Inc at membermission@aol.com, call 802-482-7743, or mail letter to A. Wayne Schwab, P O Box 294, Hinesburg, VT 05461
Week of 9/7/14 to 9/13/14
When a friend or associate hurts me, how ready am I to forgive and to restore our relationship? Begin with being realistic about the extent of the hurt. Sometimes, I exaggerate the hurt. Sometimes, I make light of a hurt when it was serious. Which is it? Then, get on to the forgiving and the restoring. [Suggested by Matthew 18:8-14]
Member Mission News #122
Member Mission Network Newsletter #122 Listening for the Spirit Contents: Volunteer mid-wife in Navajoland – 12-year-old starts work to advance Bedouin women – Resource: Four-week unit on sexuality for mixed groups of 9th graders – Sermon / Slide show / Talk for Pentecost season – Meditation: a challenge to current economic thinking and ethics – Member Mission Proverb – Hint for mission: talk values
Resource: Sexuality Unit for 9th-Graders
A high school unit on sexuality.
Louise: A volunteer mid-wife in Navajoland
A volunteer mid-wife in Navajo land. For any questions or comments contact Member Mission Network, Inc at membermission@aol.com, call 802-482-7743, or mail letter to A. Wayne Schwab, P O Box 294, Hinesburg, VT 05461 (3:53 min.) 00:00 — Meet Louise who gives some time as a midwife among the Navajos. 00:24 — What makes you […]
Basic Tools 30: Member Mission Resources — Order Form
Web site: www.membermission.org When the Members are the Missionaries: An Extraordinary Calling for Ordinary People by A. Wayne Schwab This book (203 pages) extends the popular notion of “mission” to congregation members as they bring love and justice in deed and word to each of their daily arenas – with God’s help: Part One describes […]
Basic Tools 29: For Tools to Implement
GO TO: Basic Tools on www.membermission.org People discover their daily missions and ministries For introductory sessions that energize, click on Basic Tools 3 — 3 – D Ways to form everyone for mission From inquirers, newcomers, and parents bringing children for baptism to lifelong members, click on Basic Tools 5, 6, and 7 A spirituality that […]
Basic Tools 33: Theological Principles: overcoming evil, sin and death
Theological principles God is on mission to overcome evil, sin, and death. God is on mission everywhere all the time. God is always working with us and through us to make the world all that it can be. Right now, teachers are helping children learn to read; aid workers are distributing food to the hungry; […]
Basic Tools 32: Some Background
Some background on the “member mission” vision and what it can do for pastors Why “member mission?” — First, a clarification of the issues that have led to our vision. In today’s world, the laity are, potentially, the most effective agents of God’s mission. They are in the places where the decisions that shape our […]
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