Goal 3
Recreate the Diocese as a Network
Below are highlights of current activity on Goal 3. If you're new to the process, see the Goal 3 section (PDF) of the BCMS Report or the current roadmap for context.
What Networks do you belong to?
One of the tasks of the Goal III team is to identify the networks that members of the diocese belong to either as individual members, or congregations. Please take the time to take the following survey. We will publish the results.
Have Fun!
Spirit and Energy at November 22 Meeting
Enthusiasm, accord, and cooperation characterized the all-teams MSN meeting on November 22 at St. David’s in Minnetonka. From the opening to the closing prayer and Gospel-Based Discipleship colloquies, the meeting was eager and productive.
Newly added documents
“What Are We Here For?: A Theological Position Paper on Mission,” first distributed in February 2007 as part of the first half of the Mission Strategy process, is now available here (181kB download). It describes the theological grounding of the process.
We’ve also posted the MSN budget (165kB download) as passed by Diocesan Council, in the interest of transparency.
Both documents are in PDF format.
Status Report as of Diocesan Convention 2008
The Mission Strategy Network issued their report to the 2008 Diocesan Convention. The report includes the current work plans of each of the four task teams.
The report is available below in PDF format.
The "We" and the Bee
How do we use our networks? How do we become a community? The Rev. Daniel Pearson, co-chair of the Mission Strategy Network, gave this talk at Diocesan Convention in Rochester on October 25, and presented an interesting example from the insect world.
Sign up to use forums
Instructions are now posted here on how to sign up for the Diocesan social network site so that you can participate in the online discussion forums. Sign up now and join the conversation!
Networking as a way of church life
Goal Three of the BCMS report talks of recreating the Diocese of Minnesota as a network. St. Matthew’s in St. Paul seems to be doing this creation at the parish level — and reaching out to connect with other networks as well.
New Mission Strategy Task Teams gather to share ideas, develop plans
A primary summer project of the Mission Strategy Network (MSN) was to develop a set of four teams to work on each of the four goals of the report by the Bishop’s Commission on Mission Strategy (BCMS) that was approved by Diocesan Convention in 2007. These teams have now been formed, and they held their first joint gathering at St. David’s, Minnetonka, on Saturday, September 13, 2008, to strengthen their own networks and to plan for presentations at September’s Clergy Conference and October’s Diocesan Convention. In addition, every church in the diocese is being contacted personally about mission strategy goals.
Continuing the Mission: New “task team” leaders named
Leaders of the Mission Strategy Network (MSN) have recently organized four task teams, one for each of the four goals noted in the October 2007 report of the Bishop’s Commission on Mission Strategy (BCMS). Leaders of these teams, plus other members as identified so far, are listed in this update.
