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Hi all, 

Here is the LIFT information so you too can get one more newsletter :-) 

Anne 


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	upLIFTing Thoughts 

liftelca | February 23, 2011 at 7:04 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pLbFa-36 



Soon after it was formed the LIFT Task Force realized that their job was to guide a conversation about what it means to be church and how we, the ELCA, might be faithful to God's mission in the world. We knew that this conversation needed to happen not only within the task force but across the whole church and beyond. Early on, the task force began to wrestle with basic questions like what it means to be church and the value of being a denomination. Those conversations spread across the church in the form of focus groups, surveys, interviews, blogs, meetings, and synod assemblies. We talked with lay people, experts, pastors, lay leaders, congregation members, volunteers, staff, global partners, ministry partners, Bishops, and Synod Vice Presidents. Each perspective added a layer of vibrancy to the conversation to create a rich fabric. 

Like a wide canvas, a clear message emerged when we stepped back and looked at the whole body of information. We came to understand that while the mission of the church hasn't changed much since it was founded over 2,000 years ago, the approach to that mission needs to be lived out very differently everywhere two or three are gathered together. We recognized the value each part of the church plays in God's mission, sometimes to support each other and sometimes to reach out in to the world. We could see clear areas of strength faithful to God's mission and other areas where weak ties, a lack of coordination or strained relationships have blurred our focus as a church. 

Now the LIFT Task Force is preparing recommendations that reflect what we heard from you. Over the next several months these ideas will be shared across the church and a new conversation will begin. A conversation about how to more clearly focus on God's mission as a whole church. A conversation about what to do more of and what to do less. A conversation about how we can strengthen each other and work together in new ways that build each other up so that God might better use our hands in the world. God's work - our hands. 



Linda Bobbitt 

Vice President, Rocky Mountain Synod 

LIFT Task Force member 


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<P>Anne</P>
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nteers, staff, global partners, ministry partners, Bishops, and Synod Vice =
Presidents. Each perspective added a layer of vibrancy to the conversation =
to create a rich fabric.</P>
<P>Like a wide canvas, a clear message emerged when we stepped back and loo=
ked at the whole body of information. We came to understand that while the =
mission of the church hasn't changed much since it was founded over 2,000 y=
ears ago, the approach to that mission needs to be lived out very different=
ly everywhere two or three are gathered together. We recognized the value e=
ach part of the church plays in God's mission, sometimes to support each ot=
her and sometimes to reach out in to the world. We could see clear areas of=
 strength faithful to God's mission and other areas where weak ties, a lack=
 of coordination or strained relationships have blurred our focus as a chur=
ch.</P>
<P>Now the LIFT Task Force is preparing recommendations that reflect what w=
e heard from you. Over the next several months these ideas will be shared a=
cross the church and a new conversation will begin. A conversation about ho=
w to more clearly focus on God's mission as a whole church. A conversation =
about what to do more of and what to do less. A conversation about how we c=
an strengthen each other and work together in new ways that build each othe=
r up so that God might better use our hands in the world. God's work - our =
hands.</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Linda Bobbitt</P>
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