Doing What Matters

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God's Purpose for the New England Synod

to go where love leads

to serve where love calls

 

Guiding Principles

pray always

give of ourselves

stand with others

embrace change and diversity

make room for joy

 

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Spring Mission Area Assemblies

The Ad Hoc Committee for the Election of a New Bishop
and the Doing What Matters Faciliteam
are coming to a mission area assembly near you!

Check the following dates and see where and when you
and a BIG crew from your congregation can participate!

March 10th:

Central Massachusetts 

Bethel, Auburn, MA

East Central

Trinity, Chelmsford, MA

Northeast

Holy Trinity, Newington, NH

March 17th:

Southeast

Zion, Plymouth, MA (new site)

Northwest

Trinity, Brattleboro, VT 

Southern

St. John’s, Stamford, CT 

March 31st:

South Central 

First, New Britain, CT

Be Who You Are. . . See What You Have. . . Do What Matters to God!

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Is your church doing what matters to God?                                                                                                                          
“What in the world is God up to...and how can we help?” Over the next three years, we want churches and congregations throughout New England to keep asking themselves that question. So welcome to  Doing What Matters, a new Synod Mission Strategy Process in partnership with A Renewal Enterprise. Join us as we explore together what it means to be, see and do things in renewable ways that will transform the way you think about “church” forever!                                                                                                                                           
When we start Doing What Matters to God, we do it with the hope of seeing dramatic changes in the areas of:                                                                                                                                                                                                
• Meetings
• Budgets
• Our lives
• Our work as synod leaders
• Our work in New England  
• And much more!    

Questions to Consider with Congregation Councils or Other Congregational Discussion Group

1. Where is love leading you?
2. How is love calling you to serve?
3. How might love be calling your congregation to serve in new ways?
4. How might you use this purpose statement and these guiding principles to reflect on “doing what matters to God” in your congregation?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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Webinars

Webinar Archives:

Overview of Doing What Matters with Kelly Fryer.

 

Articles                                     

Kelly-FryerCurrent Article by Kelly Fryer:

A New Year's Resolution for Leaders

A lot of us are making resolutions this weekend - lose weight, exercise more, get organized, write more blog posts (ok, maybe that's just me!), etc. And a lot of experts (like our friends over at the Harvard Business Review) are making suggestions about what kinds of resolutions we should make.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
It occurs to me that, behind every New Year's Resolution, is a desire to do what matters. I'll toast to that. But it also occurs to me that, for most of us, doing what matters also means that we need to figure out how to stop doing things that don't.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Here are 5 purposeful questions you can ask yourself to figure out what doesn't matter anymore:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
1.. Are we (still) having fun doing it?
2.. Is it easy to get people to lead and participate in it?
3.. Are people's lives being changed by it?
4.. Are we being changed in positive ways by doing it?
5.. Would anybody miss it if we stopped doing it?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
If you answer no to #1 plus ANY of the other questions, you should stop whatever it is you're doing right now.                                                                                                                                                                                               
If you answer no to any one of these questions, including #1, consider taking a time out from doing it. Take a break. Give it a rest. And see what happens. After a few weeks or months, re-evaluate it and decide whether or not it's worth doing again. Odds are, it won't be.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
What New Year's Resolutions are you making this weekend?

 

Article Archive   

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"Three Cups of Learning"

"How To Make Holy Week Feel Less Like Hell Week"

"10 Things I've Learned Along The Way"

"Welcome to the Renewable Church"

"An Early New Years Resolution"

"A Renewable Holiday Season"      

"List of things great leaders have in common"  

"3 Things Great Leaders Have In Common"  

"Why leaders should talk less and listen more" 

"Don't Bow to Tradition"


 

Church leaders: You might be interested in learning more about asking purposeful questions. Click below to find out more:


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Do What Matters!

 

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