Interview with the Rev. Christana Wille McKnight

Описание: Join me for a live interview with the Rev. Christana Wille McKnight, minister of First Parish in Taunton, MA on March 24 at 1:00 PM EST! We’ll discuss the principles and strategies that helped this Unitarian Universalist congregation move from being at risk of closing to becoming a thriving small congregation playing a major role in Taunton’s revitalization efforts.
Get the show notes and text version of the "playbook" we discuss at https://www.peterbowden.live/blog/mar....

Tech note: Due to internet issues we had to conduct this interview via cell phone. There are some popping noises. We couldn't eliminate these but decided to proceed.

CHAPTERS
(0:00) Countdown
(0:43) Welcome
(2:00) Overview of Transformation
(6:00) Rev. Christana Wille McKnight's "playbook"'
(6:25) 1. Live Invitational Culture
(9:29) 2. Use Accessible Language
(12:05) 3. Put Your Words into Action
(17:15) 4. Create Intentionally Welcoming Community
(19:20) 5. Reflect Your Community and Context.
(20:48) 6. Understand that Every Person Who Comes to Your Church Will Change It
(25:18) 7. Know Your Community’s History, Culture, Demographics and Needs Deeply
(32:25) 8. Create the Infrastructure to Help the Church You Want to Become Thrive
(37:35) 9. Create a Multicultural Worship Experience
(39:45) 10. Talk About Racism, Classism and the Injustices in the World in Meaningful Ways and Work to End These Unjust Constructs
(45:10) 11. Understand That Unitarian Universalism is a Theology, Not Culture.
(53:45) Wrapping up!