“Open Plan - Coming Home to the Sacred Spaces of Life” is a congregational series exploring the familiar teaching of stewardship from a holistic point of view, written by Bruce Russell for the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania.
Settings
Small groups, large sessions
Styles of Learning
Video, Discussion, Reflection, Reading, Bible Study, Action
Number of sessions
12 sessions - best used in three series of 4
Length of sessions
90 minutes to 2 hours
Aims
- Explores how the Christian faith invites a deepers sense of connection, the careful management of our lives in the household of God
- Traces the original meaning of the steward through the Old and New Testaments and through its use in society as a whole
- Opens a cupboard on fresh resources for life inthe love and grace of Jesus, the ultimate steward
- Leads beyond thinking of stewardship as just relating to money - it’s about spirituality and discipleship, a whole way of life
- Offers resources - video, magazine-style books, quality research and art - designed to make you feel at home
- Restores the inner life of ‘being stewards’ back to where it belongs - home.
Theological Perspective
Uniting Church, broad, holistic
Age Group
Adult
Specific leadership requirements
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Country of origin
Australia
Available in languages other than English
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Resources provided
Video - commentary by Alister McRae
3 magazine-style books per participant
Facilitator’s Guide to Open Plan
CD Rom
Promotional Material
Where to purchase
Unichurch, Melbourne
Cost
Leaders Starter Package - video, facilitator’s guide & 1 participant box set $167 incl. GST or $150 for UC Congregations
Congregations Starter Package - video, facilitator’s guide, participant box set, CD Rom, promotional pack $220 incl. GST or $200 for UC Congregations
Working Kit 1 - Congregation Starter Pack + 10 Participant Box Sets $467.50 incl. GST or $382.50 for UC Congregations
Working Kit 2 - Congregation Starter Pack & 20 Participant Box Sets $685 incl. GST or $560.45
Technology needed
Video Player/TV
Web site
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National/Regional Advisor
Bruce Russell, Mission & Rseource Development Unit, Synod of Victoria & Tasmania
Phone (03) 9251 0r fax 9654 4110
Uniting Church Congregations using Open Plan
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Content
Stint 1: Reconnecting - Living and Being in God’s Place
1. A Guided Tour
2. Going Home - what stewardship really means
3. Room to Move - Being and Belonging in the household of God
4. Connecting with God
Stint 2: Home and Garden - Address Your Resident Realities
5. Being Yourself
6. Opening Doors to Real Relating
7. Inhabiting Habitat - authentic living within creation
8. Bringing Home the Bacon - financing your home life
Stint 3: The Outer Space to Be: Hospitality on the Doorstep of the World
9. Heritage Households - traditions, cultures & stewards
10. Citizens and Strangers - The ins and outs of being stewards
11. Better Homes and Temples - Stewards in the household of faith
12. Where to From Here? - A house meeting about visions, plans and covenanting to care
