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In this module, you will

• Explore the overall course and some components of typical modules.
• Hear the instructor’s vision for the course.
• Participate in a spiritual practice.

In this module, you will

• Reflect on the end of the last chapter of ministry and the beginning of a new one.
• Develop strategies for listening well upon entering a new setting.
• Pay attention and listen to the tender places from your departure and history.
• Pay attention and listen to your congregation or community’s tender places.
• Notice and build on assets that you find in yourself and your congregation or community.

In this module, you will

• Engage the work of learning the history and exploring the memories of people in your call.
• Build connections with local pastors of your tradition and ecumenical neighbors.
• Visit with people who are shut-ins and elders, and explore their memory and stories about your new home congregation and community.

In this module, you will

• Find ways to engage your curiosity about your new home.
• Research in-person and online demographic information about your community.
• Research about your congregation.
• Ponder what the quantitative and qualitative research reveals.

In this module, you will

• Lean into your calling to love your neighbor.
• Consider rural under appreciation in the general culture and how you might affirm your location and people.
• Explore appreciative inquiry and planning tools, and explore passing on the faith to all generations.

In this module, you will

• Reflect on how you are loving God, yourself and others.
• Consider your personal vocations—how you are called to build up God’s larger church and love God’s world.
• Pray for people in your congregation as they serve in their everyday lives, and invite them to reflect on their callings.

In this module, you will

• Invite others to pray about how God has gifted you and how you could develop your gifts to better serve God and your neighbors.
• Visit with your congregation’s leaders to affirm, understand, and begin identifying possible apprentices.
• Explore where you and your congregation are open to equipping people for ministry in daily life and in the life of the congregation.

In this module, you will

• Record and test your initial hunches about strategic issues and planning with those in formal and informal congregational leadership roles.
• Delineate various planning approaches.
• Explore the strategic issues facing the congregation, its leaders, and you as you grow deeper into the system.

Find out your next steps as you complete the course and how to stay connected with your group. You'll also be able to submit feedback about your course.