Called to Witness: All Means All Training

1. Called to Witness:All Means All Training A Program of Reconciling Ministries Network

2. Called To Witness Called to Witness is a five year strategic plan to equip, encourage and empower Reconciling volunteers across annual conferences as they build relationships both across ideological and theological divides and within the Reconciling movement. Over the course of this training, we will learn how to: • Tell Our Stories • Organize Volunteers • Create and Carry Out Strategic Plans

3. Call to Worship ONE: God, you call us through your Spirit that we may gather in celebration of your beloved community. ALL: Open our hearts that we may feel acceptance and respect for our differences.

4. ONE: We are all different and yet we share a yearning that touches us and compels us to join together in unity with one another. ALL: Open our minds that we may learn from one another. Use our stories to bridge gaps and build a community of faith for all.

5. ONE: Empower us that through our witness we might reconcile the Body of Christ and live out God’s vision of a fully inclusive church. ALL: Open our doors that we may create a church where All Means All! Amen! Amen! * This Call to Worship is adapted from Shaping Sanctuary, a liturgical resource from Reconciling Ministries Network (Edited by Kelly Turney, 2000).

6. For Everyone Born Words: Shirley Erena Murray Music: Brian Mann GBGMusik 2008

7. For everyone born, A place at the table.

8. For everyone born, A place at the table. For everyone born, Clean water and bread.

9. A shelter, a space, a safe place for growing,

10. A shelter, a space, a safe place for growing, For everyone born, a star overhead.

11. And God will delight when we are creators of justice and joy, compassion and peace.

12. Yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice,

13. Yes God will delight when we are creators of justice, justice and joy!

14. For woman and man, A place at the table, Revising the roles, deciding the share;

15. With wisdom and grace, dividing the power,

16. With wisdom and grace, dividing the power, For woman and man, a system that’s fair.

17. And God will delight When we are creators of justice And joy, compassion and peace.

18. Yes, God will delight When we are creators of justice,

19. Yes, God will delight When we are creators of justice, justice and joy!

21. For young and for old, A place at the table,

22. For young and for old, A place at the table, A voice to be heard, a part in the song,

23. The hands of a child in hands that are wrinkled,

24. The hands of a child in hands that are wrinkled, For young and for old, the right to belong.

25. And God will delight when we are creators of justice

26. And joy, compassion and peace.

27. And God will delight when we are creators of justice,

28. Justice and Joy!

29. For just and unjust, a place at the table

30. Abuser, abused, with need to forgive,

31. In anger, in hurt, A mindset of mercy,

32. For just and unjust, A new way to live.

33. And God will delight when we are creators of justice and joy, compassion and peace.

34. Yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice,

35. Yes God will delight when we are creators of justice, justice and joy!

36. For everyone born, A place at the table,

37. To live without fear And simply to be,

38. To work, To speak out,

39. To witness and worship,

40. To witness and worship, For everyone born, the right to be free.

41. And God will delight when we are creators of justice and joy, compassion and peace.

42. Yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice,

43. Justice and joy!

44. Justice and Joy! Justice and joy!

45. Justice and Joy!

46. Our Communal Covenants

47. CTW Team Building and Introductions • Turn to a person you do not know well. • Spend 5 minutes answering the question: “Why are you called to be United Methodist?” • Each person will have 2 minutes to tell their story. • At the end of 5 minutes, we will come together as a group and each person will have 20 seconds to introduce their partner, including their NAME, their CHURCH and ONE word of why they are United Methodist.

48. CTW: Past, Present, Future CTW 4: 2010-2011 • 15 National Trainers • 62 Annual Conferences • 1250 Volunteers CTW 5: 2011-2012 • 20 National Trainers • 62 Annual Conferences • 1500 Volunteers CTW 1: 2007-2008 • 1 National Trainer • 22 Annual Conferences • 500 Volunteers CTW 2: 2008-2009 • 6 National Trainers • 35 Annual Conferences • 750 Volunteers CTW 3: 2009-2010 • 10 National Trainers • 50 Annual Conferences • 1000 Volunteers See page 3 of the Resource Guide.

49. CTW2: All Means AllCampaign Goals • Learn to Tell Our Stories • Build Relationships • Create Regional Action Teams • Strengthen Our Movement • Pass Constitutional Amendment to Article IV See page 5 of the Resource Guide.

50. Constitutional Amendment On May 2nd, 2008, the General Conference of The United Methodist Church passed a petition to amend Paragraph 4, Article IV of the Constitution that would extend membership to all persons and deny discrimination of any kind. Currently, the list of those protected against discrimination in our Constitution leaves out key groups of people. We know that when lists are made inevitably someone is left out. The proposed amendment would ensure that no group would be left out by eliminating the restrictive list altogether. This is just not about one group of people. This is about the whole Church! See page 5 of the Resource Guide.