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Want to know more? Contact Michael Van Amburgh (214-243-0100) or Jeanne (Eugenia) Williams, the communications officers.

Committee Members 
  • Allison Garza
  • Amy Palmer
  • Betsy Dorman
  • Bill Nelson
  • Bob Heard
  • Chuck Bealke
  • Cindy McSpadden
  • David Carr   
  • Eugenia Williams
  • Jeff Chandler
  • Michael Van Amburgh
  • Missi Mulligan
  • Nell Lind
  • Norlynn Price
  • Traci Dorman
Officers 
Co-Chairs
  • Bill Nelson
  • Cindy McSpadden
Communications & Oversight
  • Eugenia Williams
  • Michael Van Amburgh
Secretary
  • Bob Heard
 A Holy Conversation: The Way Forward 
Next Steps

During the month of November and December, the group has asked all Sunday School classes to discuss and respond to the following 3 questions:

  1. Coming soon!
  2. Coming soon!
  3. Coming soon!

The group will convene for its next session on (Date TBD) at 7:15pm (Fellowship Hall, ground floor).

Previous Updates
  • Dec: Coming Soon!
  • Nov: Coming Soon!
  • Oct: Coming Soon!
  • Sep 29th: Coming Soon!
  • Aug 23rd: See meeting minutes
  • Jul 28th: See meeting minutes
  • Jul 7th: See meeting minutes
  • Jun 8th: See meeting minutes
  • May 25th: During our May 25th meeting, we discussed the weekend retreat led by Pastor Eric McKinney, wrote a convenant, elected officers, and spoke of next steps. Meeting minutes are located here.
  • May 13th: The Holy Conversations initiative was kicked off on May 13th with a weekend long retreat for Committee Members indicated to the left. Rev. Eric McKinney, from the Texas Methodist Foundation, facilitated the two days of sessions.
About

 

This is a process based on a book by Gil Rendle, of the Texas Methodist Foundation, called "Holy Conversations: Strategic Planning as a Spiritual Practice for Congregations". 

 

The book poses three questions that are key in moving forward:

  • Who are we?
  • What has God called us to be and do?
  • Who is our neighbor?

The leader of this process is Rev. Eric McKinney of the Texas Methodist Foundation. He has led this process in United Methodist Churches all over the state of Texas. Rev. McKinney met with our Staff-Parish Relations Committee on Sunday, January 16, and the committee heard Eric explain the initial weekend that will begin the process and what it will mean in terms of hard work for the church.


The Church Council approved this process for Kessler Park UMC at the January 30th Council Meeting. The Church Council selected members to participate and Pastor David Carr also selected five additional participants.
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Guiding Covenant 
  • We are a group that will be open to what God is calling our church to be and to be in the future.
  • We are a group that understands our church’s strengths and weaknesses.
  • We are a group that understands the “political realities” of our church.
  • We are a group that understands the value of open deliberations and respectful disagreements and will be redundant in keeping our membership informed.
  • We are a group that will actively support our current pastor.
  • We are a group that offers our commitment of time, work, prayer and energy to on-going Holy Conversations.
  • We are a group that is actively involved in the ministry of the church.
  • We are a group that is willing to learn new things and think new things.