Creative Callings Innovation Hub Teams Gather at the School of Theology

On February 2, the thirteen Creative Callings congregational teams gathered at the School of Theology for the second “all-hub” gathering as part of the first year of the Creative Callings Innovation Hub. Through structured workshops and informal conversations, teams surfaced the questions enlivening their congregational life together and discussed future questions, ministry opportunities, and possibilities for connecting more deeply with and in their communities.

Creative Callings Leadership Team faculty Dr. Courtney Goto began the gathering with the workshop “What is the ‘Angel’ of Your Congregation?” Drawing from Dr. Walter Wink’s essay “The Angel of your Congregation,” teams reflected on how envisioning the “angel” of their congregation generated reflections on the hopes, challenges, and questions with which congregations are wrestling. Teams designed and constructed mixed media sculptures portraying the angels of their congregation (pictured below).

 
Leadership team faculty member Dr. Jonathan Calvillo also presented the workshop “Understanding Congregational Contexts: Tools for Analyzing Place and Community,” introducing congregational leaders to tools and perspectives helpful for assessing the opportunities present within congregational contexts. These tools, including the Studying Congregations website, are critical resources for congregations seeking to assess how they might increase their understanding of community contexts and congregational identity.
Innovation Hub congregational teams will continue to explore questions of calling, purpose, meaning, and identity that orient and inspire their communities through a new feature called “Congregational Conversations” that we will feature on CPT Today and the Creative Callings website. We hope you enjoy this glimpse of the gathering.

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