Requiem or Renaissance

An intentional discernment and skills-building process

What should you be doing now?

It's hard to believe it's been a month since we gathered for our first session! What should your Requiem or Renaissance Team being doing between now and our next gathering?

Gather your Regular Requiem or Renaissance Team regularly

How to gather: potential options
20 minutes after every worship service
Twice a month for an hour
Once a month for a morning retreat
Zoom, in-person, or both
Rotate leadership or agree upon a convener
VERY IMPORTANT: Use our online course platform for all your work. Scroll to the bottom of Session 1 to see all the homework, including worksheets to record your notes during and between meetings directly in the course itself
Pray together
Use Chaplain Sally's worship resources from our online course platform
Use the Book of Common Prayer, especially Morning Prayer, Noonday Prayer, Evening Prayer, or Compline
Centering prayer/meditation
Spontaneous prayer
Intercessions and thanksgivings
Decide on roles if you haven't already
Convener
Scheduler/techie
Chaplain
Communicator to the congregation
Other?
Reflect together on the questions from Session 1
What do you love?
What brings you joy and delight?
Where do you find comfort?
What inspires you?
What gives you courage to love as Jesus loves?
What deep commitments move you to act in love toward others?
What cries and needs in your community move your congregation to reach out in love?
What have you lost?
For what do you mourn?
What absences, what lack, what holes in your heart are you carrying?
Where does it hurt?
What is personally painful for you right now?
Where is your congregation hurting right now?
What wounds remain hidden?
What do you dream?
Where is your church in the congregational lifecycle?
Can you trust in God?
How do you build trust within your team? Within your congregation? With the community outside the church?
Watch the homework videos on the online course platform
Revisit any of the videos or worksheets we covered in Session 1 that intrigued you
Generate more questions to ponder, pray about, and discuss
Dream together. What is God up to in and among you?
Record your learning on the online course platform to start building the story of your discernment journey
Communicate with the congregation
Share with them what you're exploring, learning, and discovering
Solicit their feedback and perspectives
Strive to bring together multiple perspectives and watch for emerging themes

FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS:

Register for access to our online portal:

Please register here for access to all session materials BEFORE we gather on Saturday. This is where you will find the schedule, program materials, and all Zoom links for participation. Each individual on your team needs to sign up for this online portal.

You may wish to bring a notepad and pen/pencil, or a laptop/tablet if you prefer to capture your notes electronically.

The online course platform has handouts and discussion questions that you can fill out on your device in real time as you converse with your team to record your learning and observations.

Welcome Video

Who can I contact for more information?

Canon Whitney Rice, Canon for Evangelism & Discipleship Development, is available to answer additional questions and support you in all your work in this program. You can reach her at wrice@diocesemo.org.

The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri

314-231-1220

DioceseMo.org