E3=MCA

Year 1: Encountering, Embracing, Embodying Christ in Life

April 29th
Encountering, a reflection by Caleb Kowalko

June 3rd
Open to God's Whisper

 

How are you encountering God? Share a story to encourage others.

Submissions will be shared in The MCA Communiqué and here on the E3 page.  

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Encounter
Apr 21st, 2020

Encounter

by Laura Wiebe

I think when we talk about the word “encounter”, we feel like it needs to be something big—earthshattering, life interrupting—like a burning bush or a blinding Damascus Road moment.  And maybe we even think it has to be something that God initiates, something that just happens to us.

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Embrace
Apr 21st, 2020

Embrace

by Deb Baergen

To Embrace – to hold closely in one’s arms – not something we can do with too many people these days, but when we can, there is a feeling of belonging, of connectedness.  When we encounter people we may see them, hear them, even converse with them – but it is only when there is a special connectedness that we risk embracing them.

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Embody
Apr 21st, 2020

Embody

by Werner DeJong

When I think about encountering Jesus versus embodying Jesus, the metaphor of inhaling and exhaling comes to mind.  We inhale, or breathe the life of Jesus in, when we encounter Jesus through such practices as spiritual disciplines, and we exhale, or breathe the life of Jesus out into the world, when we embody our faith in practical acts of love and service. 

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“Each of us needs to know, deep down to our bones, that we are beloved of Christ.”

Betty Pries

E3 Resources

Letter & Invitation

Pdf: Letter and invitation to congregations.

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Where do we go from here

Brochure: Provides an overview of the Vision 20/20 process.

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Bucket Lists

Bi-fold document: Four lists: personal, congregational, committee, mca

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Personal Bucket List

Document: Only includes Personal Bucket List.

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Bulletin Insert

Pdf: Overview of Year 1.

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E3 Year 1 resources curated by CommonWord, a web page just for MCA.

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E3 History

E3=MCA

After a year-long process of discernment, it's time to incarnate the vision. Vision 20/20 has led us to a three-year plan (2020-2022) as Tim described in his article, Christ's Body, Living Stones: A Vision 20/20 Reflection. 

Year One - 2020

Christ in Life

  • How do we nurture our relationship with God?
  • How do we reclaim prayer & spiritual disciplines?
  • How do we remember that we are deeply beloved?
  • How are we formed so we are able to give ourselves in the world?

Year Two - 2021

Christ in Community

  • How do we practice deep community, hospitality and welcome in our congregations?
  • How do we allow ourselves to heal from old narratives (pas conflicts, feeling small) so that we can celebrate God's activity among us?
  • How is the character of our community formed so that we reveal the face of Christ to the world?

Year Three - 2022

Christ in the World

  • How are we being invited to pour ourselves out as the Body of Christ for the world, bringing healing and hope to a world in need?
  • To what is God calling us with respect to our engagement with the world?