Christian vocation can be framed as our individual and corporate call to bear witness to the Good News of Jesus Christ in our particular time and place. While true of disciples throughout the ages, the present realities of the twenty-first century dare us to embrace a renewed, adaptive, and intersectional understanding of our vocation rooted in a conversant theological traditioning of our faith that speaks into our cities, neighborhoods, and larger world. This work invites all to reimagine how our gifts, talents,passions, entrepreneurial ideas, artistic expressions, and public professions can be pursued in light of our central identity as the people of God called and sent into the world.
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This is a series of slides I created as resource for a conversation with Lay and Ordained leaders in the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina. We explored learnings about Liturgical Innovations, as necessitated by Resolution AO73 - "Establish Diocesan Mission Enterprise Zones"
This is a series of slides I created as resource for a conversation with Lay and Ordained leaders in the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina. We explored learnings about Liturgical Innovations, as necessitated by Resolution AO73 - "Establish Diocesan Mission Enterprise Zones"
These are notes from a simple introductory course on Church Planting. The majority of the course notes presented here are based upon J. D. Payne’s Planting Apostolic Churches.
A Family in Christian Service - Matthew RathbunMatthew Rathbun
Matthew Rathbun's presentation on being a Christian Family that serves Christ. Now you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues
Jesus was rewarding a cup of cold waterGLENN PEASE
This is a study of Jesus rewarding a cup of cold water. A cup of cold water given in His name is promised to be rewarded. He makes it clear that little things count with Him.
Pope Francis and The Joy of the Gospel: Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii GaudiumEnrique Soros
The doctrine, the principles of the Church, don't change, but since the world changes constantly, the Church must find pastoral ways to reach out to the world accordingly.
Are we open to the signs of the time?
Are we open to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit?
The Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis presents to us a giant challenge: embracing all human beings, to bring them closer to the redemption of Jesus Christ.
The author of this power point, Enrique Soros, offers presentations of this work at institutions.
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This power point may be sent for free by email in its primary version, which keeps animations and characteristics of the original show. They are not active on this web page.. You may request it to e@schoenstatt.biz.
About the author:
Enrique Soros is Argentinean and lives for 17 years in Washington, D.C. He is a member of CLAdeES, Latin American Center for Evangelization, institution that with CELAM, Latin American Bishops Council, offers several web courses, among them, one on the Apostolic Letter The Joy of the Gospel. Enrique is responsible for this course in the United States.
He is Press Liaison between CELAM and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, he coordinates the digital project of CELAM Migrantes Hoy www.migranteshoy.celam.org and works with other CELAM projects.
He is the author of the book Conquering all Hearts and as a journalist he contributes articles to several international news agencies, like Zenit, AICA, Catholic.net and Aleteia.
He is a member of the Informatic Network for the Church in Latin America, a joint project of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and CELAM and of Press People Club. He is Vice-chair of the Association of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities in the Archdiocese of Washington.
Enrique belongs to the Schoenstatt Movement, coordinates the International Schoenstatt Communicators Association, is a member of the Washington Archdiocesan Catechetical Leaders Association, and works in several mission and pastoral projects in the United States and Latin America.
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Making converts, gaining decisions, does not equal making disciples. It is essential we look at the right ideas, in the right way to make real disciples of King Jesus.
This is a study of Jesus to be formed in us. We are born again, but a child must develop and become mature. Paul is saying that a Christian can stop growing and not develop into a person that reveals Jesus in their lives.
These are notes from a simple introductory course on Church Planting. The majority of the course notes presented here are based upon J. D. Payne’s Planting Apostolic Churches.
A Family in Christian Service - Matthew RathbunMatthew Rathbun
Matthew Rathbun's presentation on being a Christian Family that serves Christ. Now you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues
Jesus was rewarding a cup of cold waterGLENN PEASE
This is a study of Jesus rewarding a cup of cold water. A cup of cold water given in His name is promised to be rewarded. He makes it clear that little things count with Him.
Pope Francis and The Joy of the Gospel: Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii GaudiumEnrique Soros
The doctrine, the principles of the Church, don't change, but since the world changes constantly, the Church must find pastoral ways to reach out to the world accordingly.
Are we open to the signs of the time?
Are we open to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit?
The Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis presents to us a giant challenge: embracing all human beings, to bring them closer to the redemption of Jesus Christ.
The author of this power point, Enrique Soros, offers presentations of this work at institutions.
This presentation may be downloaded for free.
Changes are not authorized without consent of the author.
This power point may be sent for free by email in its primary version, which keeps animations and characteristics of the original show. They are not active on this web page.. You may request it to e@schoenstatt.biz.
About the author:
Enrique Soros is Argentinean and lives for 17 years in Washington, D.C. He is a member of CLAdeES, Latin American Center for Evangelization, institution that with CELAM, Latin American Bishops Council, offers several web courses, among them, one on the Apostolic Letter The Joy of the Gospel. Enrique is responsible for this course in the United States.
He is Press Liaison between CELAM and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, he coordinates the digital project of CELAM Migrantes Hoy www.migranteshoy.celam.org and works with other CELAM projects.
He is the author of the book Conquering all Hearts and as a journalist he contributes articles to several international news agencies, like Zenit, AICA, Catholic.net and Aleteia.
He is a member of the Informatic Network for the Church in Latin America, a joint project of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and CELAM and of Press People Club. He is Vice-chair of the Association of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities in the Archdiocese of Washington.
Enrique belongs to the Schoenstatt Movement, coordinates the International Schoenstatt Communicators Association, is a member of the Washington Archdiocesan Catechetical Leaders Association, and works in several mission and pastoral projects in the United States and Latin America.
Enrique's email address is: e@schoenstatt.biz
Making converts, gaining decisions, does not equal making disciples. It is essential we look at the right ideas, in the right way to make real disciples of King Jesus.
This is a study of Jesus to be formed in us. We are born again, but a child must develop and become mature. Paul is saying that a Christian can stop growing and not develop into a person that reveals Jesus in their lives.
Making disciples who make disciples is at the heart of the call to follow Christ. Here are some notes on the gap between our intentions and practice (adapted from Greg Ogden's book, Transforming Discipleship).
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2. What are the opportunities and challenges for Louis Vuitton in Japan?
3. What are the specifics of the Japanese fashion luxury market?
4. How did Louis Vuitton enter into the Japanese market originally? What were the other entry strategies it adopted later to strengthen its presence?
5. Will Louis Vuitton have any new challenges arise due to the global financial crisis? How does it overcome the new challenges?Assignment 3
1. What has made Louis Vuitton's business model successful in the Japanese luxury market?
2. What are the opportunities and challenges for Louis Vuitton in Japan?
3. What are the specifics of the Japanese fashion luxury market?
4. How did Louis Vuitton enter into the Japanese market originally? What were the other entry strategies it adopted later to strengthen its presence?
5. Will Louis Vuitton have any new challenges arise due to the global financial crisis? How does it overcome the new challenges?Assignment 3
1. What has made Louis Vuitton's business model successful in the Japanese luxury market?
2. What are the opportunities and challenges for Louis Vuitton in Japan?
3. What are the specifics of the Japanese fashion luxury market?
4. How did Louis Vuitton enter into the Japanese market originally? What were the other entry strategies it adopted later to strengthen its presence?
5. Will Louis Vuitton have any new challenges arise due to the global financial crisis? How does it overcome the new challenges?
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2. MY VOCATIONAL CRISIS…
➤ Aren’t you too old to want to
do that with your life?
➤ Defaulted to ministry,
assuming highest call for the
Christian was to become a
pastor
➤ Lacked an alternative arena to
discern my sense of giftedness
and possibilities to intersect
passions and interests with
gospel witness
3. WHAT’S YOUR CALL STORY?
A question not to be reserved for clergy alone…
4. DEFINING OF TERMS
➤ Vocation: To love God and love
neighbor as we follow Jesus in
this world in anticipation of
the new world yet to come.
➤ Calling: A community's or
individual disciple's unique
incarnation of their Christian
vocation within a given
context.
➤ Career: What we do to earn a
living so to afford a community
or individual disciple's ability
to live into their calling and
Christian vocation.
8. WHAT’S YOUR CALL STORY?
A question not to be reserved for clergy alone…
9. A primary purpose of the Church is
to help us discover and develop our
gifts and, in the face of our fears, to
hold us accountable for them so that
we can enter into the joy of creating.
The major obligation of the Church
to children is to enjoy them and to
listen to them so that each can grow
according to the design which is
written into the being of each and
emerges only under the care and
warmth of another.
Elizabeth O’Connor
Eighth Day of Creation
13. “
Here, therefore, let us stand fast: our life shall best conform to God’s will and
the prescription of the law when it is in every respect most fruitful for our
bretheren. In the entire law we do not read one syllable that lays a rule upon as
regards those things which he may or may not do, for the advantage of his own
flesh. And obviously, since men were born in such a state that they are all too
much inclined to self-love- and, however much they deviate from truth, they still
keep self-love- there was no need of a law that would increase or rather enkindle
this already excessive love. Hence it is very clear that we keep the
commandments not by loving ourselves but by loving God and neighbor; that
he lives the best and holiest life who lives and strives for himself as little as
he can, and that no one lives in a worse or more evil manner than he who lives and
strives for himself alone, and thinks about and seeks only his own advantage.
John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion VIII. 54
18. “As the church ministers to people who are
discovering Christian vocation, so it offers
nurture to those who are living out Christian
vocation in public, active life [one’s call].
Book of Order: The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Part II,
p. 140
21. WE ARE THE VASES
➤ 2 Corinthians 4:7, clay jars
➤ Ephesians 2:10, work of art
➤ Vocational discernment
cultivates creative and beautiful
expressions of the gospel;
➤ Vocational discernment
generates life-giving witnesses
to God’s dreams for the world;
➤ Vocational discernment moves
our vases (calling) from
adorning the sanctuary to being
scattered in our neighborhoods
and communities, near and far.
23. CALL AS SACRED & LOCAL CRAFT
➤ No two breweries/callings are
exactly the same
➤ Barrels/callings rotate and change;
reformed and reforming?
➤ Value the local flavor and hops
➤ Nurture rather than rush the process
➤ Be playful, risky, and zesty
➤ Listen to what people would
consider good (news) and create it
together
➤ Partner with and celebrate local
neighbors
➤ Restore what is perceived as dead
24. “If the church in our day has a few
prophetic voices to sound above the
noises of the street, perhaps join large
part it is because the pioneering spirit
has become foreign to it. It shows little
willingness to explore new ways.
Where it does it has often been called
an experiment, but whenever that
church is true to its mission it will
be experimenting, pioneering,
blazing new paths, seeking how to
speak the reconciling Word of God to
its own age. It cannot do this if it is
held captive by the structures of
another day or is slave to its own
structures.”
Elizabeth O’Connor
Call to Commitment
25. 10 QUESTIONS FOR BREWING YOUR VOCATIONAL CALL
➤ What place and/or people frequently rise to the surface of your prayers?
➤ What issues and/or causes are stirring within you and agitating your conscience?
➤ What gifts and talents do you possess to engage these issues and/or causes?
➤ What work do you find both life-giving and life-generating?
➤ How can the intersection of your passions and giftedness elevate the cause of those
on the margins and those whose stories are either unheard or untold?
➤ Is there something you can join in or are you being called to create something new?
➤ What relationships have you developed in church and local community to help
explore and live into your call?
➤ What does your faith community say about you and your discerned calling?
➤ What, if anything, are you willing to risk to live into your sense of call?
➤ How will you (financially) sustain your ability to live into your call?
26. "At this point in my life, and at this point in
our world's life, I am asking what is to be my
focus- to what am I to be giving my limited
time and energy? What is the new thing, the
genuine thing, that God wants me to be
learning, doing, being now?
For me the central question is what it means
to be the authentic church of Jesus Christ,
crucified and resurrected. What is its nature?
Its essence? And how can that essence be
structured and expressed so as to become a
healing agent in the world?”
N. Gordon Cosby
Becoming the Authentic Church