“I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it?”  Isaiah 43:19

What does Ministry Innovations Task Force do?

• helps cultivate new ideas and new ways of doing ministry in a congregation
• creates a community of faith in a space outside the church
• listens & tells parish stories
• provides seed money

Ministry Innovations History

In 2012, the Diocese conceived a new ministry enterprise. Parishes were asked to imagine new ways of doing ministry.

Grants were issued to:

• Canterbury House, Macon
• First Step, Columbus
• Theology from the Margins, Atlanta
• Freedom School, Macon
• Capacitrons Ministries, Rio de Janeiro
• Hannah Project, Atlanta
• Various Ministries in Cuba
• The Go Guide & Go Summit, Diocese of Atlanta
• Imagine Worship, Diocese of Atlanta
• A New Hispanic Ministry, St. Augustine’s, Morrow

A New Perspective of Innovative Ministry

WE ARE

• working with the Office of Congregational Vitality to support parishes doing new ministries
• collaborating with groups or individuals who have new and   innovative ideas for ministry
• creating opportunities for parishes/worshipping communities to expand their presence in their environs by funding innovative partnering projects

Imagine

If you, or your parish, are IMAGINING a new thing, let us imagine with you.

Contact Ministry Innovations Task Force:

Ginny Heckel, Convener – gheckel@wt.net

Members: Beth King, Harry Groce, Janet Tidwell, Winston Arthur