How do we move from authentic allyship into multicultural ministry and the Beloved Community?
At the end of this module, you will be asked to draft a sermon series that grounds listeners in an understanding of a shared vision of The Beloved Community, connects the listener to voices calling for allyship in previous time periods, and leads them to reflect on what our communities are called to today.
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- By Michigan Conference UMC
How is a United Methodist identity strengthened by an understanding of racial identity?
At the end of this module, you will be asked to write a reflection about your racial identity and faith identify formation experiences, where you find yourself in your racial identity journey, and how you will work to continue in your racial identity development and anti-racist identity.
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- By Michigan Conference UMC
In what ways do cultural patterns impact the group dynamic in your context?
At the end of this module, you will be asked to write a reflection in which you will identify where you and your community fall across spectrums of cultural difference. You will interrogate discipleship pathways in their current context and select one to reiterate in order to reflect your understanding of the cultural underpinnings of that pathway and to better serve/engage those with different cultural preferences.
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- By Michigan Conference UMC
What does systemic racism have to do with the Church?
At the end of this module, you will be asked to create an outline of what you can do personally as well as in your local context to reduce any knowledge gaps that are presented and how progress will be measured.
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- By Michigan Conference UMC
What if we all approached our ministries as cross-cultural?
At the end of this module, you will be asked to craft a lesson plan for Confirmation or a small group context. Highlight ways that the ministry of ‘the perpetual foreigner/bridge builder’ is both tied to our Christian and Wesleyan heritage. Using the Wesleyan quadrilateral—Wesleyan model of scripture being upheld by our traditions, experiences, and reason—consider how we might approach cross-cultural settings using the scripture of Esther, or of Abram and Sarai. Invite confirmands and discussion participants to consider implications for the future life of the church (‘how will we live into our embodiment as perpetual foreigners/bridge builders to build the Kingdom?’)
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- By Michigan Conference UMC
Where have we been and where are we going?
At the end of this module, you will be asked to design a worship service incorporating elements that may be unfamiliar. Doing this activity will invite you to reflect/invite your local communities. You are welcome to engage another church as a sister community and propose some shared programming in order to broaden your members’ experience of who the Methodist community serves and is for.
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- By Michigan Conference UMC
Why is Antiracism Essential to a Wesleyan Christian Faith and Practice?
At the end of this module, you will be asked to develop a sermon series, corresponding class/study, or other activity as it best relates to your specific setting on the praxis of Antiracism and Christian Formation in Wesleyan Tradition.
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- By Michigan Conference UMC
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