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BELIEVE OUT LOUD:Called to Witness CampaignParticipant Guide
Creating ChangeOne Person at a Time
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Table of Contents
Called To Witness: Welcome ................................................................................................. 2
Called
to
Witness
Year
Three:
Believe
Out
Loud
.....................................................................................
3
Called
to
Witness:
Creating
Change
One
Person
at
a
Time
.....................................................................
4
Believe
Out
Loud
Campaign
Actions:
The
Annual
Conference
Team
......................................................
6
Believe
Out
Loud
Campaign
Chart
...........................................................................................................
7
Believe
Out
Loud
Campaign
Timeline
......................................................................................................
7
How We Are Doing Our Work: Relational Organizing ........................................................ 9
Organizing,
Leadership
and
Action
.......................................................................................................
10
Telling Our Public Stories .................................................................................................... 14
How
Public
Narrative
Works
.................................................................................................................
15
Guidelines
For
Telling
Our
Stories
.........................................................................................................
17
Guidelines
For
Coaching
Stories
............................................................................................................
17
Building
Relationships
...........................................................................................................................
22
Creating a Team ................................................................................................................... 28
Believe
Out
Loud
Discipleship
Teams:
..................................................................................................
29
Three
Team
Essentials
...........................................................................................................................
30
Devising Strategy ................................................................................................................. 36
Generating
a
Successful
Strategy
..........................................................................................................
37
Mobilizing Constituencies: Action ...................................................................................... 42
Appendices ........................................................................................................................... 44
Five
‐
Year
Called
to
Witness
Overview:
Creating
Change
One
Person
at
a
Time
..................................
45
What
We
Have
Already
Accomplished!
(Called
to
Witness
Past
Campaigns)
......................................
46
BOLD
Gatherings:
Detailed
Information
...............................................................................................
47
Relationships
in
Organizing
By
Marshall
Ganz
......................................................................................
50
Creating
a
Culture
of
Commitment
.......................................................................................................
54
Reconciling
Annual
Conference
Teams:
................................................................................................
58
Resources
from
Reconciling
Ministries
Network
..................................................................................
60
Sample
Thank
You
Note
........................................................................................................................
62
Contact
Information
..............................................................................................................................
63
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.
~
Acts 4:31b
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Called To Witness: Welcome
Welcome!We are excited that you are journeying with us as we work to mobilize United Methodists of allsexual orientations and gender identities to transform our Church and world into the full expression of Christ’s inclusive love.In 2009 we are excited to participate in our third year of the Called to Witness Program. We willwork together to grow our movement by organizing in our individual annual conferences and engagingpeople in our work for equality at small group gatherings. We have wonderful fruits from our work overthe past two years, which you can find on page seven of this manual – and look forward to seeing how ourwork creates a tidal wave in our church of energy and action.Please never hesitate to contact us with questions or suggestions for how things could beimproved. With your help, we anticipate a wonderful year ahead!Sincerely,Rev. Troy Plummer Rev. Tiffany SteinwertExecutive Director, RMN CTW, National Field OrganizerAnd the team of National Trainers: Michelle Blue, C. Kristian Clauser, Carl Davis, Rachel Harvey, RubenHerrera, Audrey Krumbach, Katy Krumbach, Nehemiah Luckett, Jim Robey, Laura Rossbert, GloriaSoliz, Derrick Spiva, Eric Strader, Laura Young.
Troy Tiffany
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