Documents and Resources from the HMC Visioning Process
- Download the Vision Booklet.
- See the Vision Team's Jan. 5 presentation slides.
- Read a weekly Vision Meditation (through Ash Wednesday 2020) by one of the visioning team members.
- Do You Have a Vision of our Mission? Read Pastor Ginny Tobiassen's
- What Brought us Together: Sharing some of our most meaningful moments
- Community Forum: Learning from local leaders about the existing needs of our community
- Exploring our Assets: Imagining new ways to use our gifts and resources, as people of faith, to build community with our neighbors and with each other. Document covers ideas generated and potential actions, plus a sorted list of all the assets mentioned.
Other Resources (pre-visioning process)
Video Presentations
Where Are We Now? A Presentation on the Southern Province By David Guthrie
The Essentials of the Ancient Unity by Craig D. Atwood
An Historical Perspective of Moravian Congregations by Craig D. Atwood
Rethinking Mission: Meeting People Where They Are by Rusty Rushing
20 and Something by David H. Kim
Guess Who's Coming: A Case for Reconciliation by Russ May
How Many Moravians Does it Take to Change a Doctrine? by Frank Crouch
Reports
Children and Youth Ministries Assessment Report for Home Moravian Church (PDF) by Ministry Architects
Ministry Architects Update: April 2018 by Scott Rhodes
Articles
Moravian Witness in Winston-Salem by Bill J. Leonard
The Leading Edge: Space Matters by James P. Wind
Traditioned Innovation: A Biblical Way of Thinking by C. Kavin Rowe
How Serving Its Community Transformed A Dwindling Church by Joey Johnson Mork
How Millenials Gather (PDF) by Stephanie Paulsell
Generation Z: Your Questions Answered by Barna Research
Church is What We Create with Each Other by Erin O. White
Stories
Tricklebee Cafe (Milwaukee, WI)
Dinner Church (Akron, Ohio)
Isaiah's Table (Syracuse, NY)
Faith Works: Wings and a Prayer (Paterson, NJ)
El Buen Pastor (Winston-Salem, NC)
Sweaty Sheep (Louisville, KY)
Bare Bulb Coffee (Warner Robins, GA)
Other Moravian Resources
The Word of God: God Speaks in Many Ways by the Moravian Interprovincial Faith & Order Commission
Gemeine: Zinzendorf’s Understanding of the Church (PDF) by Arthur Freeman
The Ground of the Unity: A Statement of the Worldwide Church by the Unitas Fratrum
Guidelines for Biblical Interpretation by the Moravian Interprovincial Faith & Order Commission