How then shall we live? is the report of the Uniting Alive: Hobart 2020 task group, and it’s available now.
Download the full UA2020 – How then shall we live – Final report here (pdf format).
Download a two page summary of the Uniting Alive Report (again in pdf format) here.
The report asks four key questions:
- Where are we as a church in greater Hobart in 2010?
- Where do we hope or imagine we might be in 2020 and beyond?
- How might we make this journey or transition from 2010-2020
- What do we need to do now to respond to this report?
It’s a report that attempts to paint a vision for us as a church, and invites a response from congregations, faith communities and agencies.
How then shall we live? describes a church that is far more concerned with participating in the mission of God, with serving in the wider community, and with being a people of God than with its own survival. The Uniting Church of greater Hobart will dream imaginatively, risk freely and resource courageously as it follows the way of Jesus. The report offers an invitation to the congregations, faith communities and agencies of the Uniting Church in greater Hobart to enter into collaborative missional partnerships as together we live out the gospel in this city.
How can you participate in responding to this report?
Firstly, can we encourage you to download and read the report. Preferably the whole report. It’s 38 pages in length which, as one person noted, makes it much shorter than the average newspaper. It’s also much more interesting, contains no advertising, and not a hint of election campaign content!
Secondly, enter into discussion with others at your congregation, faith community or agency about what you read, how you respond, and what kind of future you imagine for the Uniting Church, and the communities of which we are a part. Formal presentations and conversations will take place at most UCA Hobart congregations, faith communities and agencies over the next couple of months.
Thirdly, use the comments facilities here at Tasmission to enter in to discussion by posting your thoughts and responses to the report. Hit this page in particular for a chance to discuss with others what you find. Look out for further posts in the comments weeks and months as format responses begin to emerge.
Fourthly, join our Facebook page for information and discussion on the report in an online/electronic format. Go here to visit the facebook page.
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Congrats to the 2020 visioning team for approaching this issue with courage and awareness. The forum at Hobart North on Monday night was great. I can’t wait for the conversation to move regional, so we can reconnect with each other beyond our four congregational walls. We need to rediscover our broader community and identity as the UCA in Hobart and beyond.
BTW, having been in Sydney for the last 10 years, I want to bring a message of hope to Tassie (and particular to younger people) that there ARE ways of being authentically UCA in this day and age, but that it will not often be the ‘popular’ or ‘easy’ way. It will be the way of journey and struggle and deep joy. And it depends on a willingness to learn, grow and be proud of our heritage and who God is calling us to be. We really do have a special place in the spectrum of Christian faith and many gifts of hope, love and compassion to offer our modern secular Australian community.
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There is plenty of life and energy around some of the ideas in the How then shall we live? report. Close to 60 church leaders have attended sessions to share ideas and proposals for making the report come to life in the way that we live and worship and organise. Soon we will send out the proposals for wider comment.
go well
andrew