With your ministry group, view this 18-minute TedTalk
"The Secret to Creating the Beloved Community," with Doug Shipman, founding CEO of the Center for Civil and Human Rights. Discuss together:
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What strikes you most from this video?
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What do you agree with?
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Do you disagree with anything? Why?
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In what ways could our ministry group create "beloved community" with one another? What would that look like--how would we know we've achieved it?
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In what ways could our ministry group work toward creating "beloved community" in our congregation/faith community?
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In what ways could our ministry group work towards creating "beloved community" in the neighborhood of our congregation/faith community? In our city/town? In our state? In our country?
(Don't just let these be nice ideas you talk about--make an action plan!)