LEADER 03154nam 2200625 450 001 9910798480803321 005 20230808193223.0 010 $a1-56699-784-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000685696 035 $a(EBL)4503893 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001673767 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16472329 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001673767 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)15013215 035 $a(PQKB)11071971 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16472589 035 $a(PQKB)21122526 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4503893 035 $a(DLC) 2016008455 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000685696 100 $a20160904h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMemories, hopes, and conversations $eappreciative Inquiry, missional engagement, and congregational change /$fMark Lau Branson 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 300 $a"An Alban Institute Book." 311 $a1-56699-783-6 311 $a1-56699-782-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; Detailed Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; PART I. APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY AND CONGREGATIONAL CHANGE; Chapter 1. Beginning Change: Weariness to Anticipation; Chapter 2. Design and Theory: Frameworks for Appreciative Inquiry; Chapter 3. Engaging Scripture: Memory, Thanksgiving, and Conversational Reflections; Chapter 4. Shaping a People through Appreciative Questions: Initiate, Inquire; Chapter 5. Provoking Creative Change: Imagine, Innovate; PART II. FIVE CHURCH NARRATIVES: HOW DID APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS? 327 $aChapter 6. New Covenant United Methodist Church-Cumberland, MarylandChapter 7. Akron Mennonite Church-Akron, Pennsylvania; Chapter 8. Community Bible Church-Pasadena, California; Chapter 9. Camberwell Baptist Church-Melbourne, Australia; Chapter 10. Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church-Quarryville, Pennsylvania; III. SCRIPTS AND SCHEDULES; Chapter 11. Scripts; Chapter 12. Schedules; Notes; Resources; About the Author and Contributors 330 $aIn this updated edition, Mark Lau Branson outlines a process that any congregation can utilize to harness the energies of the congregation at all levels of its common life. Branson first leads readers through the foundations of Appreciative Inquiry and bracingly explores biblical texts for understanding the practice in a faith context. 606 $aCanvassing (Church work) 606 $aChurch renewal 606 $aAppreciative inquiry 606 $aCanvassing (Church work)$vCase studies 615 0$aCanvassing (Church work) 615 0$aChurch renewal. 615 0$aAppreciative inquiry. 615 0$aCanvassing (Church work) 676 $a253/.7 700 $aBranson$b Mark Lau$01477758 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798480803321 996 $aMemories, hopes, and conversations$93693174 997 $aUNINA