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The Wharfedaleness of Wharfedale
We share our core values with Vineyards in the UK and across the world. There are also some additional values and priorities and practices which have emerged as important to us in particular (although in fact many of these would be common to many Vineyards).
1. The opt out factor
2. Discipline of rest – 5th Sundays etc
3. Celebrating all ages – focus on each age group
4. Transparency and authenticity - self-disclosing leadership
5. Leadership that is empowering not controlling
6. Seeking creativity in everything we do
7. Artistic expression and quality musicianship
8. Café style
9. Participative thinking & learning
10. Doing theology as a communal practice
11. Lifecraft focus, blurring relevance boundaries
12. Innovations – OK to fail
13. Lack of jargon
14. Space to think, not a rigid belief package, party line, read the bible
15. Participative worship
16. Authenticity, self-disclosure
17. Sport
18. Unchurchiness, accessibility, you can come because people would not know you are not a Christian
19. Festivals - Ashburnham |
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