A Report from the Field - Another One - Short!

[Harrison Owen]

At 10:07 PM 6/14/2002 -0400, Jim wrote:
>Dear Brian and all fellow adventurers in Open Space!
>I am struggling with two opportunities.
>The first is for my own congregation, a pleasant, unchallenged group of
>Lutherans. I am planning an Open Space event for them, with the
>encouragement of the council, to plan activity for the months September
>2002 through May 2003. I am working on wording for a theme, with this as
>the current idea: "Working Together in Faith: September 2002 -- May
>2003". I am not entirely satisfied with this expression, however, and
>would welcome your input.

I find it always works better as a question. Questions open space.
Statements close it. Something like, "What are the issues and opportunities
for working together in faith."

>The second opportunity involves a neighboring congregation, and begins
>next week. They are planning to spend several million bucks on some
>project or other, but there is no enthusiasm for the work. They happen
>to be an hundred plus year old congregation in the heart of the
>downtown, surrounded by a new medical research facility, and are
>neighbors to various government and private office buildings. This is
>not your residential neighborhood church! Members commute to
>participate. Their pastor's problem is that he does not know why they
>lack energy for this project, although intellectually everyone is lined
>up behind it. He has called a two hour meeting of the congregation this
>coming Saturday, and has asked me to lead it. I am proposing an open
>forum in which members can toss out some ideas, and from that I want to
>generate an Open Space meeting some time later. I would like to hear
>your thoughts on this also.

If they can't figure out what to do with the $$s I have a few suggestions.

Harrison

>Harrison Owen

7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, MD 20854 USA
phone 301-365-2093
Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com
Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
Personal website www.mindspring.com\~owenhh

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