tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976443330354511403.post2133082986607338206..comments2015-11-19T08:53:15.119-08:00Comments on A Vision for Our Future: A Vision For Our Future - IntroductionDerek McAuleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076664847232870186noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976443330354511403.post-71177653881512425372015-06-29T10:56:04.656-07:002015-06-29T10:56:04.656-07:00 This opportunity was presented to the OMH in Newc... This opportunity was presented to the OMH in Newcastle under Lyme yesterday. Between us we think we have two or perhaps three copies of the book available. For us to consult this meaningfully we would need I guess at least ten copies of the book. Can you provide these? We would also need around 3-4 months to enable those who wanted to read it, get together (on a suitable date) prepare a response, agree that and feedback. That is assuming we have volunteers willing to do that work and people with the will to read it. Initial discussion yesterday suggests we do. Can you send us the books? We certainly do not have enough people with enough IT skills, time and interest to have a fully reflective on line debate. The book is nearly 50 pages long, it deserves consideration and response. If I had a copy I would read it and consider the value of investing time trying to facilitate this, but I cannot commit to reading it on line. If I have an hour or more to spend at my PC or on OMH business there are many pressing opportunities. For me, I need a hard copy to read while travelling or similar. I need to put it down .. pick it up and reflect. I bet many others feel the same. At this size it is very challenging to bring the content to the attention of our members, even those who we have now established would like to see it. Help me out please. Contact me at ruthbriggs23@btinternet.com to discuss. I cannot upload contact detail as I do not know how. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976443330354511403.post-38560633669711863362015-05-14T00:53:45.974-07:002015-05-14T00:53:45.974-07:00St. Albans Fellowship consdiered the Vision bookle...St. Albans Fellowship consdiered the Vision booklet in a sharing group and then invited responses from active attenders who were not present that day. The comment above and on the Executive Committee thoughts, A Faith That Matters, and Empower Individuals express the collective response of the St. Albans Fellowship.Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670659823413878915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976443330354511403.post-35738206799783177192015-05-14T00:49:37.356-07:002015-05-14T00:49:37.356-07:00St. Albans’s Unitarian people are glad this Vision...St. Albans’s Unitarian people are glad this Vision has been created. It’s a good piece of work to stimulate dialogue and help us clarify who we can say we are to the outside world.<br />There’s not a lot in the Vision on why-to. Why are we Unitarians? What are we in it for?<br />Most of the booklet is filled with how-to’s. <br />But why do it? Why should anyone spend the hours, paid or unpaid, serving Unitarianism, unless we know why it is important? What difference can it make to ourselves and others? Why would either the Divine or people care tuppence whether it thrives, or continues to wither away?<br />“Why-To” really matters. The Vision document itself may inspire more Unitarians to engage with it if a it offers a clear declaration of our “why-to” to go with the how-to’s so elegantly presented. It’s our commitment about why-to that motivates us to discover the how-to’s we need.<br />Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670659823413878915noreply@blogger.com