Great Conversation: Now What?

Brethen,
We had a wonderful conversation as an Order regarding the shape of the gathered church, leadership, priesthood, lay ministry, and the like. Some great perspectives were shared, as well as great ideas given.

What can we do as an Order? What are some first steps?

How do you Observe Pentecost?

Pentecost is one of the most important feasts of the Christian year - particularly, important I would argue for an Order dedicated to the work of evangelism and discipleship through preaching.

What do you do? and what does your parish do (if anything!) to celebrate Pentecost in a special way?

Fighting the Summer Slump

Many congregations around this time of year start to enter a slump, that often does not subside until early September.

Is this healthy? What do you think can be done to help fight this? Or should we embrace it?

Looking forward to your posts and responses to others posts.

Feedback on Evangelism

Fellow Dominicans,
I've been asked to lead a discussion/presentation at Chapter regarding evangelism. What questions do you have, what kind of tools are you looking for, what issues do you think we need to deal with?

Please post your thoughts.

How Do You Explain That Your a Dominican?

How do you explain to someone that you are a Dominican? I have found over the years that there is a range of opportunity - that is sometimes you can explain very briefly, and sometimes in detail.

What are some of the ways you explain who you are and WHAT you are to folks? Shorter or longer.. as the case may be.