Believe Out Loud

Together

Called to Witness 4
A Campaign of the Reconciling
Ministries Network
Worship

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 2:30 Welcome
Check-Ins
Annual Conference Teams
Communicating our Vision
AC Witness Models In Depth
Practical Planning:
Training Dates & Conference Calls
Campaign Covenant
Commissioning
5:30 Adjourn

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 Debrief

What is one thing you learned today?

What questions do you still need

answered?

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 Called to Witness

Our Goal:
Our Methods: In 2012, Called to
Witness campaign
 Telling our stories participants will tell
 Building relationships their stories and build
 Developing Annual
relationships with
Conference Teams every General
(ACTS) Conference delegate
from the U.S. Annual
Conferences.

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 Where we have been:
CTW I (2007– 08): 500 RUMs in 22 Annual Conferences
shared stories with General Conference Delegates

CTW II All Means All (2008 –09): 1024 RUMs in 35 Annual

Conferences shared stories with Annual Conference
Delegates

CTW III Believe Out

Loud (2009-10):
1100 United
Methodists in 40
Annual Conferences
shared stories at
BOLD gatherings to
grow the movement
 Where we are going!
CTW IV Believe Out Loud Together (2010–11)
1200 RUMs will plan Reconciling witnesses in 50 Annual
Conferences

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 Believe Out Loud Together
In year four of the CTW campaign, Believe
Out Loud Together aims to:
• Find opportunities to share our stories
• Equip AC Teams to participate in the election of
General Conference delegates
• Report elected GC 2012 delegates to RMN
• Increase the visibility of AC Teams through
witnesses at Annual Conferences

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Annual Conference
Teams

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 Connection: AC Teams
What is a team?
• A team is a collection of people working
together to accomplish a goal.
• Good teams are characterized by:
 Communication
 Sharing of Resources
 Strategic Organizing

A group becomes a team when they covenant to

work actively together towards a goal.
 Team Essentials
Purpose: Clear, Consequential, Challenging
• Purposes determine goals which are adapted to
particular opportunities and needs.

Roles: Interdependent Team Task, Team

Composition
• Roles delegate team responsibilities to individuals
thereby defining interdependent team tasks and
clarifying the team’s composition.

Norms: Stable, Explicit, Verifiable

• Accountability is created by establishing clear mutual
expectations and agreed upon systems of follow-up
 How to Invite People In

“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.

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 Table Talk - Recruitment

What are the unique gifts the UMC offers us

as we recruit?

What are the unique challenges we face in

the UMC as we recruit?

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 Your Responsibility:
Convene a meeting or conference call of
existing and potential ACT members
Identify potential ACT members and introduce
them to your Jurisdictional Organizer
Share what you learned this weekend:
• Overall Believe Out Loud Together Goals
• Skills
• Annual Conference Witness Models

Participate in monthly conference calls, or

secure commitment from another ACT
member.
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 Group Sharing
How do you envision recruitment for your
training?
What do you think a good model would be?

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Communicating a
Vision

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Sharing what you have learned
Record the things you want to share:
• Top 3 skills learned
• One moment when your heart was touched
• The best story you heard
• Funniest moment
• One thing you learned about yourself
• Two hopes you have

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 Teamwork Exercise (10 min)
1 min Gather in groups of 3
Appoint a timekeeper

5 min Quite time to think and record the

top 3 or 4 things you want to share
with your Annual Conference Team

3 min Share with your group of three what

you wrote
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 Report Back:
What are some of the points and
skills you want to share?

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 Teamwork Exercise (12 min)
Take turns answering each question in less
than 1 minute
• What did you learn at the Power Summit?
• What can our ACT do for Reconciling this year?
• Why is 2011 an important time to work for full
inclusion?

Coach one another

• What worked well?
• What did you want to know more about?
• What inspired you?

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Annual Conference
Witness Models

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Believe Out Loud Together Timeline
2010 October – Power Summit & Kick-Off
 Train AC Team Liaisons

2010 Nov-Dec – Building Phase

 Leadership Development of AC Team
 Recruit and Organize BOLT training

2011 Jan-Apr – Training Phase

 BOLT Training of AC RUMs
 Organize and Recruit for AC witness
 BOLD House Gatherings Continue

2011 May-July – Witness Phase

 Witnesses occur at Annual Conferences
 Report of witness and list of delegates to RMN

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PRACTICAL PLANNING:

Scheduling BOLT Trainings for

Spring 2011

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 Conference Calls
ACT team liaisons are expected join a national
conference call to brainstorm the work they’re
doing, share resources and work through barriers
together.

These will take place the THIRD week of every month

on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Each conference call will have a time for people to

 Hear how the campaign is going in other conferences
 Share how the campaign is going in their conference
 Learn a new tool
 Celebrate successes
 Work through struggles
 Conference Calls
Number: (712) 775-7100
Access Code: 1051176#

Third Monday of each month

• 4pm PT/5pm MT/6pm CT/7pm ET
First Call: Monday, November 15th

Third Tuesday of each month

• 5pm PT/6pm MT/7pm CT/8pm ET
First Call: Tuesday, November 16th

Third Wednesday of each month

• 6pm PT/7pm MT/8pm CT/9pm ET
First Call: Wednesday, November 17th
 ACT Overall Expectations

Gather an Annual Conference Team

• Meet and Communicate Regularly

Recruit 25+ Participants for a training

Perform an AC Witness
Report to RMN:
• The witness and a list of GC delegates from your
annual conference

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 Monthly Expectations
• Meet with your ACT team to make plans,
support one another, and follow-up

• Work to recruit for, plan and implement

the spring training and AC witness
events

• Check in with your Jurisdictional

Organizer

• Join a campaign conference call to

strategize with ACTs and learn skills.
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 Table Talk (15 minutes)
Meet with your JO and plan the following:
- Training dates for the campaign
- What conference call you will work to
join as a team
- How you will stay in touch throughout
the year
- Additional questions you have about
your AC or specific training

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 Campaign Covenant
What RMN is investing:

What the ACT needs to invest:

Our Shared Hopes:

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 Commissioning Worship
Kristian to plan

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 Commissioning
In support of the movement for full
inclusion of all persons, I will…

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