TOGETHER IN MINISTRY DVD
DISCUSSION GUIDES
Directions for all groups:
1. View the DVD, available from the Ministers Council.
2. Discuss your own ministry context.
3. Visit www.ministerscouncil.com, Together in Ministry link, for further information about collegial covenant groups and how to access funding.
4. Commit to involvement, either as a collegial covenant group participant or as a supporter/encourager/encourager.
5. Spread the word that Together in Ministry groups enhance ministry.
For pastoral leaders and seminarians
1. What does the DVD convey to you about collegial covenant groups that stirs your interest? Why?
2. Why is it important for pastoral leaders to commit to a collegial covenant group as essential for excellence in ministry.
3. Have you experienced any of the issues described that makes group participation an essential for ministry? Any other experiences or feelings that cause you to want to explore group participation?
4. How do you see your connection to and responsibility for the broader Christian community?
5. Where is the place in your life where you are being renewed?
6. How might you take the initiative to form a collegial covenant group?
7. Pray for God’s leading in this matter.
For area ministers working with congregations or for pastoral relations committees
1. What are the benefits to a congregation of a pastoral leader’s participation in a collegial covenant group?
2. How do you encourage your pastoral leader to be plugged in for the sake of renewal?
3. How much do you think it is appropriate to spend for funding pastoral participation in a collegial covenant group?
4. How can we encourage and support pastoral participation in a collegial covenant group?
5. How can we communicate to other members of the congregation that pastoral participation in a collegial covenant group benefits the ministry of the congregation?
6. Commit to pray for your pastoral leader(s).