Home Workshop

HOME: FROM THE COMMUNITY TO THE KITCHEN

An intersection of communications strategy, formation, and membership growth
 
Home: From the Community to the Kitchen is a paradigm shift, a metaphor for the invitation and connection we know in our own families. It is how we connect with each other as neighbors. It’s how it can start with a conversation on a soccer field or at a neighborhood meeting and culminate in friendship—especially when invitations to dinner are extended. “Come over for dinner,” we say. From that first front-door welcome to your guest to the deeper relationships built with those who’ve dined at your table many times, to the deeper connections as family friends become an ‘Aunt Mary’ or an ‘Uncle Bob,’ our conversations, our hospitality, and our mutual expectations change in our ever-deepening relationships over time.
 
So too, in our churches, our dynamics change in the rooms of our common life as we welcome guests at our front doors, as we show hospitality around the family table, and as we ask those who consider themselves family members to help prepare the meal and to stay for conversation and help with the dishes afterward.
 
Discover the strategies employed by healthy, growing churches to create intentional environments where relationships grow deeper with God and with one another. Explore how hospitality can move guests to engage and explore life in a church community and eventually become members of the family, inviting new friends and neighbors to come for dinner and stay for the nurture and nourishment of the community.

For more information about this workshop, or to inquire about availability to lead this workshop in your diocese, please contact Mike Orr at mike@episcopalcolorado.org.

In January 2021, we held a virtual Home workshop. Here is the video from that time together (watch on YouTube / download from Dropbox) as well as the slides (PDF). Recording began after the introductions. This workshop overview and resource packet may also be useful.