Monday, January 9, 2017

Gather Theme Idea Board

Gather C2 2017

Synonyms of Gather
assemble  pick up  band  rally  collect  collaborate

From Congregational Development Materials:
INVITE GREET ORIENT INCORPORATE

Bible passages with Gather
Bible Passages with Greet
Bible Passages with Collect
Bible Passages with Assemble 

Biblical moments that come to mind:
Upper Room
Nativity

Growth Mindset..what is that?

Well here is a link to a good brain pickings article .  Collaboration, reaching out, and making connections are an important part of growth mindset.  The dark side of a fixed mindset is isolation and fear; the light side of a growth mindset is community and relatedness.

  
This image is from a UCC youth conference, however it may be worth imitating if we focus on the weaving aspect more than the fire part.  (Because of forest fires). How is rope or fabric strength increased with more threads?  What other engineering and artistry is collaborative and dependent on being gathered?

Here is a link to the PINTEREST board I have been collecting for a few seasons.  It has a wide array of stuff for program and resource and what not!


Here is a link to her book!  She has a fantastic segment in the Animate Faith series about this topic. 

And this is the Animate Scope and Sequence document.