TLR Vision Frame - DRAFT 1

Last Friday night twelve of us from TLR got together at Steve Hayner's house. Our purpose was to have a conversation about a vision for TLR. We reminiced, made fun of ourselves, and had an all around great conversation. While we talked Steve took notes.  We then locked him in a room until he finally produced the following draft of a vision statement for TLR.  

Well, now it is time for the wider community to have a debate about it!  We will begin this debate online and then the TLR twelve will get back together (sort of like on Super Friends).  You are invited to join the conversation by reading, reflecting and then posting your comments.  What words work and which ones don't?  Do you have an alternative you want to propose?  

VISION FRAME (draft #1)

Who are we?

~ an unlikely, unexpected, unedited, unfearful, unfunded UN-CHURCH (with our very own un-pastor :) ~

What do we value?

Dreaming

Wrestling

Journeying

Experimenting

Creating

Emerging

Welcoming

Connecting

Sharing

Why are we doing this?

We believe that God is calling us to: 

emerge from what we have experienced as dying institutions 

wrestle afresh with life and faith

love friend and stranger

engage the scriptures in dynamic, collaborative ways

experiment with new patterns of worship, community and service

connect our stories with God's bigger story

How are we living out our faith?

In order to nurture our relationships with God, with one another, and with Jesus' work in the world, we....

         .....gently welcome one another into an open, thoughtful, diverse and transparent community

         .....joyfully gather for Spirit-guided worship which includes organic music, creative encounter of scripture, authentic connection with Christ and one another at the Table, and fearless prayer

         .....creatively enage the manifold gifts of our community in expressions of faith which are as original as our lives.  

          .....lovingly connect to the Grant Park neighborhood and to the world far beyond

The Living Room is....

           .....simplicity on the other side of complexity

           .....more about being "with" than speaking "to"

           .....experimentation without anxiety 

           .....a place of grace in a wounded world

           .....healing food for hungry hearts

           ......a wide journey in a suspended, local space

           ......raw life and naked wonder

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