Building Blocks of Faith

Building Blocks of Faith

ASSESS

START

Each congregation receives the Building Blocks Toolkit

User's Guide and reviews the Building Blocks Toolkit online.

• Assess and analyze if the change was effective.

• What did you learn?

• Communicate what you learned to the congregation, your Council, staff, etc.

CELEBRATE

• Share and listen to stories, honor what was good, and celebrate what God did.

LAUNCH

• Form a team in your congregation.

• Designate a contact person who will connect with the Faith Formation Ministries team with any questions that arise.

• Administer the Building Blocks Assessment tool to the whole congregation or to the target group on which the project will be focused.

• Complete the Building Blocks chart.

REPEAT

Act with new boldness for bigger risks,

sustain momentum, and re-articulate goals.

ACT

• Draft an action plan and implement one change.

• Share and hear stories.

• Recalibrate.

• Implement another change.

MAKE A PLAN

• Reflect on the assessment and chart. Consider the congregations’ sense of urgency and capacity for change.

• Discern the goals and focus for the project. Determine the area or ministry on which you will be concentrating. Once you've determined your area of concentration, discern the ways that your work can enhance strengths and address gaps.

• Communicate with the congregation.