Community Chat: WELCOMING THE INQUIRER

The next JBL Community Chat:  Welcoming the Inquirer Wednesday, September 14 at 7:00-8:00pm CT

What do you do when “new” people show up at your church?  Who are they?  What do they seek?  Where are they in their faith journey?  How did they get here?  These are important questions to address as you engage inquirers on their faith journey.  These initial conversations can seem awkward.  You soon discover that people have various experiences with faith; arrive to this journey from scattered places; and show up for different reasons.  This chat explores ideas for having initial conversations with inquirers that can guide them through the initial phases of baptismal formation, addressing them where they are in order to best lead them to or renew in them the water of life.  A new resource developed by scholars and practitioners will also be introduced.

To participate, register at enews@journeytobaptism.org.  Put “Community Chat” in the subject line and your name and phone number in the body of the text.  We will send you a Zoom link and your chat material nearer the date of the Chat.

Kyle Schiefelbein-Guerrero will lead the chat.  Kyle is a member of the JBL Board. He has served as chair of the Catechumenate team at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in San Francisco.

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