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CONNECTIONS - the monthly e-Letter of CenteredLife.org
A Monthly Newsletter from CenteredLife.org  -  October 2005

> Introduction: What is a Centered Life?
Final installment in a sermon series introducing Centered Life (I, II, III)
  "A life in which we see our vocation as Christians not limited to the time we are gathered here for worship or when we are doing specifically church-related things, but as permeating all of our activities seven days a week." more
 

> Action: Twenty Things I Love
Discover your dependable strengths with a simple "ice breaker" activity.
 

Distribute note cards and pens at your next small group meeting.  Invite participants to list twenty things they love, share selections aloud, and then, through a process of deep listening, help each other name their motivating concerns. more
 


> Events: Fall 2005
Connecting Sunday to Monday: get started, get connected, get equipped
 

Leadership Training Conferences
Get started with the Centered Life Process.  Imagine your congregation as a people awakened, called, set free, and nurtured for service in God's world. New! Regional conferences coming to Phoenix and Kansas City this winter.  more

Annual Vision Team Conference
Get connected with other vision team members, leaders like you, working to connect Sunday to Monday in congregations across the country.  Expect a lively mix of presentations, workshops, discussions, and best practice exchanges.  more
 


> Reflection: "God at Work"
Miroslav Volf, Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, addressed the 2005 consultation of the Coalition for Ministry in Daily Life.
 

"If there is a God, if that God created the world and is engaged in redeeming it, then God is interested in all spheres of life, not just home or church. But then how does God relate to our daily work?"  more
 

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Upcoming Events
> Discover Your Dependable Strengths(participant)
10/7-8
 
> Dependable Strengths In Your Congregation (train-the-trainer)
10/31-11/2
 
> Intergenerational Dialogue for Intentional Intergenerational Ministry
11/7-11
 
> Annual Centered Life Vision Team Conference
NOTE:  Rescheduled for March 9-10, 2006
 
> Maintenance to Mission
11/14-16
 
> Centered Life Leadership Training Conferences
11/17-18
 
> Empowering Lay Ministry in the Workplace
11/28-29
 

Centered Life helps congregations cultivate centered lives: lives of belonging, identity, and purpose centered in Christ.  To find out more, contact Sally Peters at speters@luthersem.edu or 651.641.3353.
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