HOPCOFGenogram & Visioning Workshops

Honoring Our Past - Creating Our Future

Honoring our Past Sept. 16

Creating Our Future Nov. 4th

No cost - Love Offering Appreciated

Process Introduction

The Honoring Our Past - Creating Our Future (HOPCOF) experience brings the entire spiritual community together to tell their story, and to begin to see the ways they have created identity, continuity, meaning, and purpose as the context from which they orient themselves to present circumstances and future possibilities. HOPCOF supports them in becoming aware of how their story might be compelling, limiting, diminishing, wounding, fragmenting, and/or freeing. By understanding their story as the rich framework for their life orientation, the community discovers that they are greater than their story. They can indeed create a newer and better story together.

The HOPCOF experience supports all ministries -- whether thriving or in creative tension.  Through examining our stories participants discover their ministry’s persona (ways they are proud to be seen) and their shadow (ways in which they have fallen short).  It supports us as a community to better understand ourselves, to reconcile our shadow with our persona, to heal unresolved wounds of the past, and to develop an intentional strategic plan for moving forward.

While primarily focusing on the story of a spiritual community, the HOPCOF process also places participants in relationship to their own personal narrative. Participants are empowered to step into more conscious alignment with their vision, and to take practical steps to build an authentic and intentional spiritual community.

Process Outline and Client Set-up

PART 1 – SATURDAY GENOGRAM WORKSHOP September 16th

and Sunday Service September 17th with optional afternoon workshop

  • Welcome, Pray in, Agenda, logistical considerations, and creation of shared agreements
  • Circle of Honor -- Group process
  • Telling Our Story—Group process
  • Celebrating Accomplishments
  • Identify Opportunities
  • Sunday Lesson – “The Bridge of Faith”
  • Sunday Afternoon Healing and Reconciliation Circle (optional for Saturday participants)

 

PART 2 – VISIONING WORKSHOP - Saturday and Sunday November 4th and 5th

  • Appreciative Inquiry process helps individuals to discern and share why they/we are here
  • A group Visioning includes re-examination of all aspects of doing ministry to accomplish our goals (why we are here)
  • Utilizing the Opportunities identified in the Genogram Workshop, we develop the framework of a Strategic Plan, complete with next steps and owners.
  • Sunday Lesson – “Visioning the Impossible”