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Eating Together
As you gather around your meal, coffee and tea, or other refreshment, remind everyone that this will be the first time you have gathered as a group since the Missional Activity. This gathered time is a great opportunity to informally debrief.
The questions below should help begin those discussions, but also may help the participants with their personal reflections later on.
• One thing that stood out to you during the course
• One change you have noticed in yourself
Dwelling Together
Proverbs 4: 10-13 (NIV)
10 Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many.
11 I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
guard it well, for it is your life.
Timothy 2: 1-7. 14-15 (NIV)
You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. 3 Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving as a soldier
gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer. 5 Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules. 6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. 7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.
14 Keep reminding God’s people of these things. Warn them before God against quarrelling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of
truth.
Are there any details that stick out to you?
Do they highlight anything to you that you haven’t noticed before?
Learning Together
Review of the Missional Activity
In small groups discuss:
• Your reviews
• Your thoughts on planning a missional event
• Your own evangelism in this missional event
Gather together and share some thoughts. Share thoughts on a flipchart and identify any common themes that occur.
Review of Learning
Personal reflection time, look at your answers to the pre-course questionnaire and answer the following:
• Two things you have learnt about your own evangelism in the course
• Two new things you have tried and how you felt it went
• Two things you can put into practice
Once you have finished your individual reflections, share some of them together.
Then split into 2s or 3s and do a short theological reflection on one aspect of your learning during the course
What Next
Now you have finished Faith Empowered its time to consider how you are going to put your learning into practice.
Your diocese / network may have plans for celebrating your achievement, and there may be some assessment needed. If they don’t then it may be a good idea to speak with your church and work out how to share what you have been doing.
Spend some time in groups thinking about the context you will be going to work in (for example your parish):
• Who you will be working with?
• What you would like to do?
It is good to put together a ministry plan / agreement with your church leader and this could include the following:
• What is your role?
• How much time will you spend doing it?
• Areas of responsibility / what you will be doing?
• Who will be your supervisor / line manager?
• How often will you meet?
• What support you will get from church ie: expenses, funding for retreat / training?
Having these plans / agreements in place ensure that you know who you are accountable to, and that you will be supported in your ministry.
Next Steps
FoYour journey doesn’t stop here, you are embarking on an exciting ministry, during that journey you may want to explore other training or opportunities. Church Army has many options you can explore and we will highlight them below:
CHAPLAINCY MODULE
We have developed a session titled ‘Chaplaincy and Evangelism’ and it explores how to balance being an evangelist and evangelism with the work of a chaplain. If this is something you think may be helpful, speak with your facilitator, they have access to the session and may be able to deliver it.
We have mentioned the Faith Suite sessions during the course. These are great sessions for you to deliver in your context, enabling and equipping others to begin to share their own faith and join in doing evangelism.
LEAD
LEAD is the online learning resources for growing leaders.
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We want to resource and equip leaders, who will in turn raise up more leaders.
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LEAD is for new and existing leaders who want to grow and develop themselves and others to see transformation in their communities.
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Meet together online with other leaders in a LEAD learning group, or in person with leaders in your local area.
For more information email jayne.elliot@churcharmy.org
VOCATIONS
Faith Empowered has helped you to develop your knowledge and understanding of evangelism and mission in order for you to become a leader in these areas in your local church. Is God calling you to more?
More dioceses are recognising the place of the evangelist alongside pastors and teachers (Ephesians 4:11) as part of the ministry of the church. Nationally, Church Army trains and Commissions Evangelists for licenced ministry in the Anglican Church which is recognised in all dioceses of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
If you feel God may be calling you to be even better equipped as a Church Army Commissioned Evangelist, take a look at our vocations hub (https://churcharmy.org/vocations) for information about training and what is involved.
Alternatively contact Captain Neil Thomson CA for more information about becoming a Commissioned Evangelist – vocations@churcharmy.org
Praying Together
Praying Together
Spend some time praying for each other and what you will do next.
Thank you for taking part
Thank you for doing Faith Empowered, we hope you have enjoyed the course and is has impacted your thinking and practice in Evangelism.
You may be asked to do further assessment by your facilitator, if not, you may want to consider doing a Theological Reflection on how participating in Faith Empowered has impacted your thinking and practice in Evangelism.
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