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	Arts Play a Strategic Role in Visioning Conference for the Diocese of California BUILDING THE BELOVED COMMUNITY
	" At Diocesan Convention 2006 I called on the diocese to begin a broad-based visioning process that would lead to a set of shared priorities to focus the mission of the diocese for the next three to five years. It was my hope that the process we created would be organically related to the worship life of the Church, and not an off-the-shelf strategic planning process laid down on top of our unique, vibrant life." - The Rt Rev Marc Handley Andrus Bishop Diocese of California, The Episcopal Church (left) Image © 2007 DioCal, courtesy Communications Office, Diocese of California.
The DioCal Visioning Conference was held at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, California in May 2007
RESOURCES FOR THE JOURNEY Julia Mc Cray Goldsmith, Coordinator for Faith Formation in the Diocese, worked with a design team to create what she calls 'Resources for the Journey." The Playbox—a CD/DVD-based resource distributed to all congregations in February 2008—is the component of the comprehensive diocesan strategic visioning process that is specifically designed to enhance local leadership. Following the model established in the “Building the Beloved Community” visioning conference hosted at Grace Cathedral in May of 2007, the diocesan visioning process is an intentional and prayerful dialogue between our bishop and the lay and clergy leaders of our diocese about the future that God is calling us to. Copies are availble for loan from the DIocese of California Office for Faith Formation. Contact Julia McCray-Goldsmith at juliam@diocal.org		Read more > about 'The Voice of the Community' , 800 people sharing in the diocesan vision of 'Building the Beloved Community.'

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