At the end of March, 50 members of our church gathered together to learn how to engage with the Holy Spirit in a process called Appreciative Inquiry. The fruit of the Appreciative Inquiry Process is that various members of our church will be trying out various experiments to learn from them and better discern how God is guiding us to live out the gospel mission. Thus, this summer will be a time of exploratory visioning and just trying things out. The experiments are listed by theme, so scroll down to see where you fit in! All members of the PAVC community are invited to participate in various creative mission endeavors. This is truly a context where EVERYONE GETS TO PLAY! Feel free to contact any of the experiment leaders if you would like to join them.
Sign up to join the debrief where we will discern what God is teaching us about reaching out to the community around us!
Sign up to join the debrief where we will discern what God is teaching us about reaching out to the community around us!
FORMATION IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
Public Outreach through Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Three times a week for three weeks in a row, we will find a public place (park, farmers market) and set up a tent or table where we offer prayer, prophecy, healing, words of knowledge, blessing, dream interpretation. We will advertise this using accessible language.
Three times a week for three weeks in a row, we will find a public place (park, farmers market) and set up a tent or table where we offer prayer, prophecy, healing, words of knowledge, blessing, dream interpretation. We will advertise this using accessible language.
Holy Spirit Prayer and Worship âWatch Nightâ
On Friday, April 18, from 8 pm to midnight, we will host a time of worship, prayer, prophecy, and healing as led by the Holy Spirit in the main sanctuary following our Good Friday service. (Note: Watch night comes from Jesusâ request to the disciples to âwatch and prayerâ with him on the night before his crucifixion.)
On Friday, April 18, from 8 pm to midnight, we will host a time of worship, prayer, prophecy, and healing as led by the Holy Spirit in the main sanctuary following our Good Friday service. (Note: Watch night comes from Jesusâ request to the disciples to âwatch and prayerâ with him on the night before his crucifixion.)
Facilitators:
Christelle Ngaleu | chrisngaleu03@gmail.com
Christelle Ngaleu | chrisngaleu03@gmail.com
Corporate Prayer Ministry
We will reach out to corporate companies and schools via email to offer a prayer ministry or contemplative time for these companies or schools, and see who responds. We will engage trained prayer leaders from PAVC to take part in this if any of the organizations responds. We will have a one-time coffee shop/ Meadow meeting to send some emails.
We will reach out to corporate companies and schools via email to offer a prayer ministry or contemplative time for these companies or schools, and see who responds. We will engage trained prayer leaders from PAVC to take part in this if any of the organizations responds. We will have a one-time coffee shop/ Meadow meeting to send some emails.
Morning Bread!
Morning Bread is an opportunity for reflection and going deeper with Jesus, the true Bread of Life, in community, during Lent. Weâll gather together via zoom, where 2 people will read aloud through the New Testament from 6:15 to 7am, Monday through Saturday, March 3 through April 19. Everyone is welcome to join.
Morning Bread is an opportunity for reflection and going deeper with Jesus, the true Bread of Life, in community, during Lent. Weâll gather together via zoom, where 2 people will read aloud through the New Testament from 6:15 to 7am, Monday through Saturday, March 3 through April 19. Everyone is welcome to join.
Facilitators:
Sarah Umstattd | 650-556-4244
Sarah Umstattd | 650-556-4244
COLLECTIVE COURAGE
Bandwidth Audit/Discussion Group
This group will meet to courageously be vulnerable with one another to process our respective busy-ness, and to reflect/observe why so many of us are always at 98% bandwidth. We will, together, help one another discover where we can step into the uncomfortable, as well as where we can step away from the comfortable. The plan is to meet 2-3 times (dates TBD) and see where it goes from there.
This group will meet to courageously be vulnerable with one another to process our respective busy-ness, and to reflect/observe why so many of us are always at 98% bandwidth. We will, together, help one another discover where we can step into the uncomfortable, as well as where we can step away from the comfortable. The plan is to meet 2-3 times (dates TBD) and see where it goes from there.
Facilitator:
Prescott Bliss | phbliss21@gmail.com
Prescott Bliss | phbliss21@gmail.com
HOSPITALITY: SETTING THE TABLE AND EXPANDING THE TENT
Network of Hosts
This team will help people host a meal or BBQ at their home where they invite friends, co-workers, neighbors or others outside the church. The team can provide encouragement (courage) and prayer covering.
This team will help people host a meal or BBQ at their home where they invite friends, co-workers, neighbors or others outside the church. The team can provide encouragement (courage) and prayer covering.
Gratitude for our Neighbors
Handwritten notes and gift(s) for preschool staff @ 701 Meadow, and for neighbors who live in homes near our building.
Handwritten notes and gift(s) for preschool staff @ 701 Meadow, and for neighbors who live in homes near our building.
Facilitator:
Cyrus Chee | cychee@gmail.com
Cyrus Chee | cychee@gmail.com
Consistent Lunch Spot
Find a place where people can regularly gather on Sundays after church to have lunch.
Find a place where people can regularly gather on Sundays after church to have lunch.
Facilitator:
James Cham | james.cham@gmail.com
James Cham | james.cham@gmail.com
BEING ON OTHERâS TURF
Coffee and Bagels for EOY Elementary School Teachers
Join me as we take time to bless the teachers in a local Palo Alto elementary school. We will bring coffee and bagels near the end of the school year (end of May).
Join me as we take time to bless the teachers in a local Palo Alto elementary school. We will bring coffee and bagels near the end of the school year (end of May).
Facilitator:
Julie Young | julieyoung@pavineyard.org
Julie Young | julieyoung@pavineyard.org
Prayer Walk in Downtown Palo Alto/ City Offices
Prayer is foundational for inviting God into a community and asking God to come and bring His transformation. Join me as we do a prayer walk in downtown and around City Hall.
Prayer is foundational for inviting God into a community and asking God to come and bring His transformation. Join me as we do a prayer walk in downtown and around City Hall.
Facilitator:
Julie Young | julieyoung@pavineyard.org
Julie Young | julieyoung@pavineyard.org
Set/ Reset
Resetting the Sanctuary as theater space to deterritorialize the space.
Resetting the Sanctuary as theater space to deterritorialize the space.
Facilitator:
Christian | cgh@stanford.edu
Christian | cgh@stanford.edu
Spring / End of the Year Neighborhood Party
Each church participant hosts an event (brunch, lunch, dinner, etc) for a group of neighbors around them. Make is as big as you feel you could follow-up with. Do with a Small Group.
Each church participant hosts an event (brunch, lunch, dinner, etc) for a group of neighbors around them. Make is as big as you feel you could follow-up with. Do with a Small Group.
Note: PAVC Venture fund can provide up to $200 and city offers money for a block party
Facilitator:
Alex VR | 650-867-8858
Alex VR | 650-867-8858
Skills Repair Clinics
Advertise, plan and run clinics to serve community needs such as bike repair, house repair, recycling, photography.
Advertise, plan and run clinics to serve community needs such as bike repair, house repair, recycling, photography.
Facilitator:
Ian Shou | 650-996-6618
Ian Shou | 650-996-6618
Database of Skills
Ask people through classifieds what hobbies, occupations (past and present), and activities that are life giving and then make a database to share.
Ask people through classifieds what hobbies, occupations (past and present), and activities that are life giving and then make a database to share.
Art Class at Buena Vista
Provide an art class for children attending the summer camp at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park. Date is in July- TBD.
Provide an art class for children attending the summer camp at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park. Date is in July- TBD.