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THE CHANGING REALIT

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THE CHANGING HEARTLAND

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More people live in urban places today than in any other time in human history

More and more of urban life and culture exists in rural places and small towns

THE URBAN MILLENNIUM

THE URBAN MILLENNIUMDemographics 2% in 1800 13% in 1900 more than 50% in 2007 20th century

from 220 million to 2.8 billion

Megacities (Tokyo, Delhi, New York City, Sao Paulo, Lagos …)

The emergence of global cities 100 cities account for 30% of world’s economy Centers of innovation

Slums and disparity

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COMPETENCE

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INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE FRAMEWORK

Attitudes Knowledge

Internal outcomes

Skills

External outcomes

INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE FRAMEWORKAttitudes respect, openness, curiosity and

discoveryKnowledge the importance of understanding

the world from others’ perspectivesSkills observation, listening, evaluating,

analyzing, interpreting, relatingInternal Outcomes flexibility, adaptability,

ethnorelative perspective, empathyExternal Outcomes effective and appropriate

behavior and communication of the individual in intercultural situations

DISCUSSION

KALEIDOSCOPE BIBLE STUDY PROCESSRespectful Communication GuidelinesMutual InvitationKaleidoscope Bible Study

RESPECTFUL COMMUNICATION GUIDELINESR = take RESPONSIBILITY for what you say and

feel without blaming others (“I”)E = use EMPATHETIC listeningS = be SENSITIVE to differences in

communication stylesP = PONDER what you hear and feel before you

speakE = EXAMINE your own assumptions and

perceptionsC = keep CONFIDENTIALITYT = TRUST ambiguity because we are not here

to debate who is right or wrong

MUTUAL INVITATION1)Leader shares first2)Leader then invites another to share3)That person is given the privilege to invite

another to share4)If you are not ready to share yet, say “I pass

for now”5)If you don’t want to say anything at all, say

“pass” and invite another6)We will do this until everyone has been

invited7)We invite you to listen and not to respond

immediately. There will be time to respond and ask clarification questions after everyone has had an opportunity to share.

KALEIDOSCOPE BIBLE STUDYInvite everyone to affirm the Respectful

Communication GuidelinesInform participants that we will read the Bible

passage and share our reflections 3 times

Luke 4:14 - 21

Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,because he has anointed meto bring good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind,to let the oppressed go free,to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.’And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to say to them, ‘Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.

KALEIDOSCOPE BIBLE STUDYFirst Reading• Invite participants to capture a word, a phrase or

image when listening to the passage• Invite someone to read the passage• Take a moment of silence to capture a word, a phrase

or image that stood out from the passage for them• Using Mutual Invitation, invite each person to briefly

share his or her word, phrase or image (This should take no more than five minutes)

KALEIDOSCOPE BIBLE STUDYSecond Reading• Invite participants to consider the second question

appointed for this passage. “Is Jesus showing a preference? Do you have your own preferences?”

• Invite someone to read the passage a second time.• Take a moment of silence to reflect on the question.• Using Mutual Invitation, invite each person to share

his or her reflection.

KALEIDOSCOPE BIBLE STUDYThird Reading• Invite participants to consider the following

question while listening to the passage again.• “What does God invite you to do, be or change through this passage?”

• Invite someone to read the passage a third time.• Take a moment of silence to reflect on the question.• Using Mutual Invitation, invite each person to share his or her reflection.

KALEIDOSCOPE BIBLE STUDYEnd the session with a prayer circle:• Invite participants to join hands in a circle. Invite

each person to mentally complete the sentences:• I thank God today …• I ask God today …

• The leader will begin by sharing his or her prayers. After sharing, the leader then squeezes the hand of the person to the right as the signal for that person to share their prayers.• If the person does not want to share, he or she can simply pass the pulse to the next person.•When the pulse comes back to the leader, he or she can begin the Lord’s Prayer and invite everyone to join in.

OTHER TOOLS FROM KALEIDOSCOPE• Three Things About You• Cultural Makeup• Your Cultural Makeup Today• Iceberg Analogy of Culture• The Table Exercise• Clarifying Questions• Creating A Grace Margin

ICEBERG ANALOGY OF CULTUREThe first step toward constructive profound

(adaptive) organizational change is for its members to know the organization’s cultural iceberg – especially the internal cultures.

CREATING A GRACE MARGIN• Negotiate for time• Set parameters (no surprises)• Respectful Communication Guidelines • Include a diversity of God images through• Prayers •Kaleidoscope Bible Study• Songs• Liturgical framing of each gathering

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Index Mundi (on Intersections blog Heartland Division page)

Kaleidoscope Institute

Territorial Multicultural Department (Karen and Alfredo).

Callahan “Discoveries About Mission”

Intersections blog

urbanmissionblog.wordpress.com

THE MISSION BASED CORPSOne excellent missionA giftDecisive eventsThree to five peopleMutual