IMPLEMENT begins with a handover of the On the Way Together journey –
from the Facilitation Group
to The Church Council, Presbytery, Committee, Agency Board or senior staff leadership.
This hand over represents the shift from facilitating a process,to guiding a journey into generating and sustaining the activities that are themselves the ‘plan in action’.
Implementation is focused on relationships, not programs.
Each of the basic levels of action involved in implementation is designed to equip, enable, enrich, and enhance relationships between Christians and those to whom God’s mission in the world calls them.
Use the practical wisdom offered in this resource to check your planning, ensuring that relationships are held front and centre at all times.
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On the Way Together INQUIRE: two different but complementary ways to inquire into the Church, aiding our discernment of the values, practices, traditions and capacities the Church has drawn on when the Church has been at its most faithful to its calling. Use the five Appreciative Inquiry conversations first. Then, when IMAGINE and INNOVATE are engaged, use the Asset Mapping exercise to help determine what capacities the Church has to draw on in living out its calling.
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Innovate
focuses on bridging the gap between the On the Way Together Provocative Proposals and implementing an Innovative Plan.
INNOVATE will assist various councils and agencies of the UCA in the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania to build on earlier work done in the INQUIRE and IMAGINE stages of On the Way Together.
INNOVATE offers practical advice, operational principles and detailed workshop plans for three familiarisation and planning sessions.
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On the Way Together - MAP: Twelve tasks for the implementation journey
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On the Way Together – Frequently Asked Questions
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On the Way Together – ENGAGE: To bridge the gap between the Synod’s recommendations and local implementation.
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Right across the synod people are having spirited conversations about the future. God has gifted us a unique opportunity, a time during which we can move from one way of being Church to another, a Kairos time to listen with God about future directions. These conversation are being shared across the whole Church as the process invites the participants of all Councils, Agencies, Commissions and Boards of the Church right across Victoria and Tasmania. The pilgrimage has begun, we are On the Way Together.
There are a number of ways you can participate:
- “On the Way Together: Report on a spirited journey towards the future” was adopted by the meeting of the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania in September 2008
- Five life-giving themes have been discerned through the conversations so far
- The ‘at a glance’ summary outlines how we started the journey
- We have prepared a number of short videos explaining the project in more detail
- Other related documents to assist implementation are available for download
