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+ Call to Worship
One: We are God’s beloved, gathered
together to worship with not only our voices –
but with our hands and our feet.
Many: We come from many places, with
joys and with sadness, with hope and
frustration, we bring all of that into this
space.
+One: We thank God, our creator, who
welcomes us in, who calls us by name, who
invites us to pursue justice and resist evil.
Many: We come to this space bringing all
of who we are, with identities that resist
categories, but know that we are children
of God.
One: Let us love one another, let us build this
beloved community, and let us worship God
this day!
+ Introductions
“It is vain to talk of the interest of the
community, without understanding what is the
interest of the individual.”– Jeremy
Bentham
+ Introductions
What brings you to this space? What are your hopes for the UMC as we look towards General Conference?
Spend 5 minutes in pairs: Answer the question above and other information
about yourself you want to share
Each person taking 2 minutes to answer.
Come back to your tables in groups of 6 and have each person introduce their conversation partner in 1 minutes. (6 minutes total)
+ Overview of Our Day: Agenda
Campaign Overview
One-To-One Meetings
General Conference Plans
Advanced Storytelling
Action Plans
+ Goals
Work to build a more
inclusive Church
Impact General Conference
delegates to vote to remove harmful language in our
book of Discipline
Build relationships with those with whom we agree and those with
whom we disagree
Strengthen our Annual Conference
Teams
Work in coalition with Common
Witness Partner Organizations
+ Actions
Witness at
General
Conference
Plan local
gatherings
during General
Conference
Ensure every
US delegate
has two in-
person
conversations
with
Reconciling
UMs
Host 55 Annual
Conference
Team Trainings
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+ MFSA
To mobilize, lead and sustain a progressive
United Methodist movement, energizing
people to be agents of God’s justice, peace
and reconciliation.
Founded in 1907
+ Affirmation
As an independent voice of Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, transgender, and Queer
people, Affirmation radically reclaims
the compassionate and transforming
gospel of Jesus Christ by Relentlessly
pursuing full Inclusion in the Church as
we journey with the Spirit in creating
God's beloved
community.
Founded in 1975
+ RMN
Reconciling Ministries
Network mobilizes United
Methodists of all sexual
orientations and gender
identities to transform our
Church And world into the
Full expression of Christ’s
inclusive love.
Founded in 1982
+One-to-Ones: The
Importance of
Building
Relationships
“If you want to move people, it
has to be toward a vision
that’s positive for them, that
taps important values, that
gets them something they
desire, and it has to be
presented in a compelling
way that they feel inspired to
follow”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
+ How to Set Up a One-to-One
Use phone, email and letters
Be persistent – do not expect the delegate to return your first call or reply to your emails
When you invite them to meet, tell them you will take less than an hour of their time
Assume the delegate will wants to meet with you
Make the meeting at the convenience of your conversation partner
Things to RememberBe respectful of time: limit your
meeting to 30 minutes
Gather as much information
about your conversation
partner as possible
Practice active listening
Follow up after your meeting
Phone calls
Letters and thank you notes
+ What to Say
Begin with an introduction of who you are
Share why you wanted to meet with them, why you are a Reconciling United Methodist, and your love for the UMC
Invite them to share about what matters to them in the UMC
Respond by naming shared values or interests… and build upon your commonalities (tell your story of us)
Ask how they will vote at General Conference, what you can do to help them, if they will speak with other delegates
Conclude by asking them to pray with you
+ Useful Questions for Conversation:
What made you interested in becoming a delegate
to General Conference?
What excites you about the future
of the United Methodist Church?
Have you ever felt excluded or
judged? How did that feel?
If you could give an address at
General Conference, what is
the most important thing you
would share?
+ Practice (20 Minutes)
Gather in pairs to practice one-to-ones
Take turns being the delegate and the RUM
Share why reconciling matters to you, learn one interest of the delegate and ask them to vote for justice at GC.
Overview Silent preparation time 5 minutes
Practice #1 5 minutes
Practice #2 5 minutes
Discuss the activity at your table 5 minutes
What surprised you?
What did you find helpful?
What lessons would you share with others?
+ Group Reflection
What surprised you?
What was helpful?
What do you think is important in meeting with a delegate
to General Conference, as opposed to others?
What will be different about an in person meeting? How
can you prepare for that?
What do you see as the challenges in this activity? How
can you work with those?
+ Coalition Preparation for GC
Phone Banks
Mailing Resources
Legislative Leadership Team
Global Relationship Building
http://www.generalconference2012.org
http://www.gc12.org
+ Local Actions in Advance of General
ConferenceMeeting with delegates individually
Scheduled meeting with delegation
ACT Gathering during General Conference
Date:
Time:
Place:
+ Lunch
We will gather together at ______ to
practice storytelling and make final
actions plans for our work together
+ Relational Organizing
Our campaign is modeled on the work of Marshall Ganz.
A Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Ganz teaches, researches, and writes on leadership, organization, and strategy in social movements, civic associations, and politics.
+ Why Relationships Matter
Change us and change the church
Deepens our awareness of the humanity of
all of God’s children
Make an “issue” personal; thereby, restoring
our common humanity
Stories are
the glue that
binds
Together all
of our
relationships
+ Why Stories Matter
Allow us to be vulnerable with another and
thus form deep connections with each others
Motivate action by engaging our heart and
our imaginations
Demonstrate that words in the Book of
Discipline have a harmful effect on the lives
of specific people
Move us from apathy to action
+ Telling Our Reconciling Stories
Our personal stories are connected to the larger stories of our community.
Our stories create a tapestry of ACTION and HOPE.
Our stories weave together:
Story of Self
Story of Us
Story of Now
+How Stories Mobilize:
Story of Self:
why you have been called
Story of Us:
who we are together
Story of Now:
what we are called to do together.
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Our stories weave together identity, values, &
call to action.
+ Telling Our Reconciling Stories
Stories should be under 2 minutes.
Stories should be specific.
Stories should use the language of emotion.
Stories should include a challenge, a choice
and an outcome.
Stories should offer hope.
Stories should communicate values.
+ Building Blocks of Stories: 41
Plot
•Challenge
•Choice/Response
•Outcome
Focus
•A single event
•A person or Relationship
•One choice point
Situation Appropriate Length
(2 minutes) Language of emotionExpressions, not
explanations
Common Values
+Story of Self
Focus on choice points
Describe the moment where your values were lived out, with some kind of an outcome (positive or negative)
What STORY, RELATIONSHIP or MOMENT in your life demonstrates your personal calling as an inclusive United Methodist most clearly?
The story of self tells WHY we have been called to
do what we have been called to do.
Why are you called to seek to change the
Book of Discipline?
+ The Story of Self: Exercise #1
Gather your team. Appoint a team timekeeper. 2min
Take 5 minutes to silently develop your “Story of Self.”Use the worksheet on pages _________
5min
Tell your story to your team members and respond to
each other2 minutes to tell your story & 3 minutes for feedback
15min
Choose your most able storyteller to offer their story to
the large group.
3min
Why are you called to seek to change the
Book of Discipline?
+Sharing our Stories: Debrief
What worked? What resonated with you?
Why is this person committed to The UMC?
What were the challenge, choice, and outcome?
What values were revealed in their story?
What did you want to know more about?
What could have been better?
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Coaching Questions:
+ Weaving Together Our Stories
• Why you are called to do what you are doing
Self
• Why the church is called to change
Us• What you are
asking of your delegate
Now
+Story of Us
This story weaves together our calling and
purpose by describing our
Shared experiences
Shared values
Shared purpose
The Story of Us names who we are
together and the values which define our
common life
Who are we as The United Methodist
Church?
+The Story of Now:
Outlines the challenge facing the UMC.
Articulates the hope for a better future: The Church as it is v. the Church as it ought to be.
Presents a choice with the “fierce urgency of now.”
The Story of Now tells the story of what
we are called to do together
What can we do to become a United
Methodist Church who truly loves our
neighbors?
+Self, Us Now: Exercise #2
Gather in groups of 2 2min
Take some time to silently develop your 5 minute
combined story in this order: Self – Why you are a reconciling Methodist to
Us – Why the church needs to become a Reconciling church
to
Now – Asking your delegate to vote for equality
5min
Tell your story to your team members and respond to
each other5 minutes to tell your story & 3 minutes for feedback
15min
Choose your most able storyteller to offer their story to
the large group.
3min
Telling the entire story – self, us and now
+ Sharing our Stories: Debrief
Coaching Questions:
What worked? What resonated with you?
Why is this person committed to The UMC?
What were the challenge, choice, and outcome?
What values were revealed in their story?
What did you want to know more about?
What could have been better?
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+ Planning to Meet with Delegates
Delegate Name Reconciling
Storyteller #1
Reconciling
Storyteller #2
+Important resources
Campaign Evaluations
Delegate meeting reporting forms
Toolkits and Scripts
Appendices
http://www.Generalconference2012.org
(found in your campaign manual)
+Evaluations
Please remove the back page from your training manual
We will spend 5 minutes on these short evaluations
Please consider visiting www.rmnetwork.org/campaign-evaluation to complete the longer survey
Key Learnings
Needs Change, Improvable
Worked Well, Very Helpful
+ Commissioning
What brings you hope as we look toward
General Conference 2012?
How will you seek to make a difference so
that hope can be realized?
Meet
With a
Delegate
Attend ACT
Gathering in
April
Other
Ways?