Church of the Good Shepherd Adult Education

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59155210921269486602011-07-19T05:56:32.201-07:00Church of the Good Shepherd Adult EducationA place to listen, learn, and engage in conversation in order to transform the world through the love of Jesus Christ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06321365312366087982noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915521092126948660.post-9161952558001988932010-02-25T11:34:00.000-08:002010-02-25T11:42:27.896-08:00Adult Ed 2010!

This year's Lenten book is This Far by Grace: A Bishop's Journey through Questions about Homosexuality. The genesis of this Lenten book choice came from several people approaching Fr. Tom and Rev. Shelly about issues around homosexuality and the church. These parishioners expressed sentiments like, "My brother is sending me all this information from Focus on the Family and I don't know how to

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06321365312366087982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915521092126948660.post-55328981360105327062009-05-16T13:47:00.000-07:002009-05-22T11:28:50.752-07:00A Model for Mission-Centered Ministry: The Fractal Model Part 2

Stepping into the future-Our Next Step- is not about a model, its about living into our calling. Over the past five weeks we've covered a lot of ground. Beginning with an examination of the history and culture of Good Shepherd- we drew on some common threads that have served us well throughout our history. We've examined our corporate calling as expressed in Mission2018 and explored the

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06321365312366087982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915521092126948660.post-60799073443819139092009-05-09T13:52:00.000-07:002009-05-13T18:31:14.742-07:00A Model for Mission-Centered Ministry- The Fractal Model Part 1

Just what is our "Next Step"?Our Next Step- is not about a model, its about living into our calling. It would serve us well to take time to tie together the last three weeks with our current state of affairs before we launch into our hopes for the future. Over the past three weeks we examined the history of mission at Good Shepherd. What we have discovered are common threads that have held

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06321365312366087982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915521092126948660.post-63688245229787239692009-05-02T20:03:00.000-07:002009-05-02T20:19:33.231-07:00All Parish Family Meeting

Re-Connecting with Mission2018Today we gathered for a time of fun and fellowship as we re-connected with Mission2018, our corporate calling. As we've explored in the past two weeks, Mission2018 is the product of at least fifteen years of Good Shepherd wrestling with language that articulates God's call to our community. It is a remarkable document- and it's filled with possibilities.Today's

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06321365312366087982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915521092126948660.post-6367742425025863132009-04-22T16:39:00.001-07:002009-04-26T12:48:12.115-07:00Mission2018 and Our Parish Profile

The Story Continues-In the last session we took a look at the pioneer spirit that has infused the community of Good Shepherd since its inception in 1967. Within moments of major discernment- be it becoming a diocesan mission, building a new sanctuary and parish hall, or most recently calling Fr. Tom to join us on our journey of faith, the people of Good Shepherd have not been afraid to "take the

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06321365312366087982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915521092126948660.post-21289418728757957442009-04-18T14:22:00.000-07:002009-04-18T23:12:12.130-07:00Mission 2018- "Our Story"

A Beautiful Story-The Church of the Good Shepherd was founded in 1967 when missionary families from St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Vancouver, accepted the challenge of starting a church in the rural, East Vancouver countryside. A small building was constructed and on the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6th, 1968- the first worship service was held with Fr. Bob Rhodes at the pulpit. Even then,

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06321365312366087982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915521092126948660.post-10313490806322166732009-03-18T13:47:00.000-07:002009-03-21T22:27:32.471-07:00Recap Session 10: March 22nd, 2009

Welcome!Thank you for taking time to review the recap of Session 8- Discerning God's Call in your life: Profile of a Discerning Life: The Moment of Mission. If this is your first time viewing the blog- Welcome- we're so glad you're here. Please take note of previous sessions as they lay the foundation for the topics discussed in the recap of Session 10. Note also the updates on certain sections

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Welcome!Thank you for taking time to review the recap of Session 8- Discerning God's Call in your life: Profile of a Discerning Life: The Moment of Communion. If this is your first time viewing the blog- Welcome- we're so glad you're here. Please take note of previous sessions as they lay the foundation for the topics discussed in the recap of Session 9. Note also the updates on certain sections

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06321365312366087982noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915521092126948660.post-21143971698793976502009-03-04T18:17:00.000-08:002009-03-11T20:17:49.384-07:00Recap Session 8: March 8th, 2009

Welcome!Thank you for taking time to review the recap of Session 8- Discerning God's Call in your life: Profile of a Discerning Life: The Moment of Communion. If this is your first time viewing the blog- Welcome- we're so glad you're here. Please take note of previous sessions as they lay the foundation for the topics discussed in the recap of session 8. Note also the updates on certain sections

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Welcome!Thank you for taking time to review the recap of Session 7- Discerning God's Call in your life: Struggle: The Moment of Conversion. If this is your first time viewing the blog- welcome- we're so glad you're here. Please take note of previous sessions as they lay the foundation for the topics discussed in the recap of session 7. Note also the updates on certain sections of the blog-

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06321365312366087982noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915521092126948660.post-76795927792987599422009-02-18T14:43:00.001-08:002009-02-19T22:20:51.103-08:00Recap Session 6: February 22nd, 2009

Welcome!Thank you for taking time to review the recap of Session 6- Discerning God's Call in your life: Choices: The Moment of Reconciliation. If this is your first time viewing the blog- welcome- we're so glad you're here. Please take note of previous sessions as they lay the foundation for the topics discussed in the recap of session 6. Note also the updates on certain sections of the blog-

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06321365312366087982noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915521092126948660.post-60657525504183928122009-02-11T14:38:00.000-08:002009-02-14T21:44:11.363-08:00Recap Session 5: February 15th, 2009

Welcome!Thank you for taking time to review the recap of Session 5- Discerning God's Call in your life:Interior Freedom-The Moment of Confrontation. If this is your first time viewing the blog- welcome- we're so glad you're here. Please take note of previous sessions as they lay the foundation for the topics discussed in the recap of session 5. Note also the updates on certain sections of the

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06321365312366087982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915521092126948660.post-19246749237522390962009-02-02T16:07:00.000-08:002009-02-09T16:57:23.810-08:00Recap Session 4: February 8th, 2009

Welcome!Thank you for taking time to review the recap of Session 4- Discerning God's Call in your life:Consolation and Desolation-The Moment of Intimacy. If this is your first time viewing the blog- welcome- we're so glad you're here. Please take note of previous sessions as they lay the foundation for the topics discussed in the recap of session 4. Note also the updates in the "spotlight on

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06321365312366087982noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5915521092126948660.post-72941261190744250292009-01-30T21:38:00.000-08:002009-02-04T15:28:54.886-08:00Recap Session 3: February 1, 2009

Greetings Friends! Thank you for taking time to visit the Good Shepherd Blog for a recap of Session 3. As you can see, there are a few new additions to the blog this week- including audio clips of sessions 2 and 3. Have a listen while you review sessions 2 and 3. Hopefully this will be a weekly item on the blog. Since this is the first foray for adult ed into the "virtual world", we are trying

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Reflection on ExperienceGreetings! Thank you for taking the time to visit the blog. Before diving into this week's topic, be sure to review the key Ignatian concepts outlined in Session 1. You will find it helpful to refer to them as we continue. St. Ignatius taught that your personal relationship with God must be lived in the world and derived through a process of continual prayer, reflection,

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Lessons From St. IgnatiusBorn in 1491 in the Basque region of Northern Spain, Inigo de Loyola (Ingnatius Loyola) was an unlikely candidate to transform the world. But, as so often happens in salvation-history, God had a plan. Not desiring to be a cleric, as was his family's wish, Ignatius became an officer in the military. At the age of 30, while defending Pamplona from the French, Ignatius was

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