| Ninth Query: Ministry of Outreach |
Outreach
What are we doing as a Meeting to communicate our
presence and our principles to the community around us? Does our
Meeting's ministry of outreach lead Friends to share their spiritual
experiences with others?
What are we doing to invite persons not in membership to
attend our meetings for worship and to encourage their continued
attendance? How does the Meeting welcome visitors? Are we sensitive to the
needs and hesitations of each visitor?
Are we tender to the needs of isolated Friends and
Meetings, and to nearby Meetings seeking support?
How does our Meeting learn about environmental concerns
and then act in the community on its concerns?
How do I ground myself in the understandings of my faith? Am I clear about
my beliefs? How do I prepare myself to share my faith and beliefs with
others?
• Does my
manner of life as a Friend attract others to our religious society?
• Do I seize
opportunities to tell others about the Religious Society of Friends and
invite them to worship with us?
• Is my manner with
visitors and attenders at our Meeting one of welcome?
Collaboration
In what ways does
our Meeting respond to opportunities to join with other faiths in worship,
in social action, and in spiritual dialogue?
How does out
Meeting encourage its members to seek opportunities to meet and work with
Friends world-wide?
What
opportunities have I taken to know people from different religious and
cultural backgrounds, to worship with them, and to work with them on
common concerns?
What
opportunities have I taken to know, to work, and to worship with Friends
outside of my own Meeting?
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