Transforming the Work of Committees for Faith Formation - Rev. Dr. thom bower. Episode 90

When thom said that committee work can be an essential means of faith formation, it gave me pause. After all, serving on committees is what many people try to avoid. But what he said made sense: when committees practice intentional reflection on their work, it can be faith forming. Put differently, committee work is faith forming when it builds up the beloved community by probing and affirming shared values, purpose and goals. Rev. Dr. thom bower elaborates on this concept and offers a simple 5-step process to guide committee work in this episode titled, “Transforming the Work of Committees for Faith Formation.”

Need to approach committee work in a way that recognizes that management itself is faith formation;

A 5-step process to make committee work a community building practice;

1. What? (the event)
2. What was it? (the debriefing)
3. What about it? (getting more info)
4. So what? (with that info, what do we change?
5. What’s next? (Preparing for the next thing)

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