Western
    Mission
        Cluster

Consultation IV
January 18-20, 2002
Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center, Carefree AZ

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Consultation Schedule Participant List (1/8/02) Driving Directions/ Map
Structure Proposal Invitation Letter (July 30, 2000) Spirit in the Desert Web Site
Reg. Response Form Update Memo 1 (11/27/01) Update Memo 2 (1/8/02)
Transcript: Prof. Killen's Address Sermon: Closing Worship (Strandjord) New Structure:
Western Mission Network
Membership:
Western Mission Network
Coordinating Committee

Presentations

Continuing the Conversation:
Equipping the Baptized: Connecting Faith with Daily Life

Dr. Patricia Killen
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA

Click Here For a Transcript of Professor Killen's Address above

Click Here For a Transcript of Professor Killen's Address at Last Year's Consultation III:
"Irony and Promise: Theological Education for Faith Formation
and Life-Long Learning in the Twenty-First Century" 

This is helpful background reading her presentation "Continuing the conversation..." in
Consultation IV

Wisdom's Feast in the West: Being Other-Wise

Sermon at Sunday's Closing Worship Service
Preacher: Jonathan Strandjord, ELCA Div. Ministry, Director of Theol. Education
Click Here For the text of the Sermon

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Consultation Proceedings

A major activity of this year's consultation was the agreement upon a structure for continuing collaboration of the partners in this expression of the Western Mission Cluster. In order to distinguish this structure's identity as wider than  that of the two seminaries of the Western Mission Cluster, it was decided to give it the name of the Western Mission Network.

The new structure provides for a 9-member "Coordinating Committee" to coordinate the work of the network partners, plan for Consultations, and facilitate communication with other partners. 

Click Here for a copy of the New Structure

Click Here for a list of the Coordinating Committee Membership

Consultation Focus & Agenda

Strategic planning together around a common commitment to the church's mission.

·        Keynote Presentation on the Focus Topic to Foster Continuing Conversation

·        Mini-Summit on Resources for Distance Learning and Distributive Learning Systems

·        Working Groups focusing on Strategies for Collaborative Networking for Life-Long Learning

o       What stake does my institution have? What do we have to offer?

o       Developing Specific Goals and Plans of Action

Participants: 

Past participants and new -- representatives from ELCA congregations, synods, colleges, seminaries, continuing education centers, outdoor ministries, campus ministry, and social service agencies in Regions 1, 2, and 3, as well as representatives from ELCA churchwide and the Covenant and Eastern clusters.

Preparation for the Consultation

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