Clergy: Name what you hold of most value about our church that could help lead us forward.
C1	Liturgical experience and keeping a focus on mission — Being doers not simply listeners — living the Gospel
C2	1. The church offices, the gift of the Eucharist to the church. 2. the inclusiveness of the church in ministry and at Eucharist. 3. Need to connect inclusiveness to the Eucharist; no one is excluded
C3	Eucharistic orientation — gives courage and strength vs. pulpit orientation of Baptist-style churches. Strong leadership from Diocesan through local level
C4	Having the one table we can all worship at and be fed by the One same God. At this time of split — the common prayer and table fellowship is what holds us together. Spreading the truth and love of listening to one another with compassion — this is the same value of "Love one another as I have loved you" as Jesus said. If we welcome everyone to the table, no one will be outcast.
C5	Episcopal liturgy, belief system, theology, music — three legged stool, scripture, tradition — spirit of General Convention (willing to listen and to care for those who are different) — Bishop Councell gets high marks from those who are different — core values
C6	Theology, music, liturgy — Traditional theology (not a "we always did it this way theology") but the theology of the Catholic Faith as has been handed down through the century
C7	Outreach services community — our diversity — of Rite III… a way forward
C8	The via media! We can hold two opposing views in tension and lift up our common prayer. The emphasis of 3 legged stool: Experience and reason is balance with scripture and tradition.
C9	Leadership — Christ as the Head — Leader who hold Jesus Christ as the Head of the church. Episcopal is not only a Christ Center church
C10	Tradition — that is Anglican. Needs to be preserved.
C11	diversity in and our membership and tapping the diversities with our congregations and the talents of each member
C12	A respect for form without being constricted by it and freedom to break it if need be
C13	Community, "we are in this together"
C14	Open areas to stranger
C15	openness of the church, I understand the Episcopal church is working on the openness. We are with the people who are struggling to be recognized, keep church open to the new kind of Theo., philosophy, leadership, understanding of the world
C16	We are a 'both/and' institution. Anglicans are comfortable with paradox and ambiguity.
C17
C18	Willingness by people who disagree to stay under the umbrella — the lectionary — all of us dealing with the same material, change every 3 years — new material in the same stuff
C19	openness !
C20	desire for church leadership and its people for openness. Sometimes its easier said then done
C21	Ability to live together in paradox and tension the church is life not rarified community
C22	Episcopal church allowed me to think — allowed to confess sin
C23	Anglican tradition — traditional values — primacy of scripture — all are not getting the support they deserve
C24	Sacramental life
C25	opportunity to wrestle with ideas without being restricted by dogma
jC26	The history of who we are, and using that to live with our diversity
C27	we seek balance, based in daily prayer; starting to look at formation as life event liturgy is rich but allows nuance to — more fullness but still needs to focus on God
C28	1. ability to walk middle path 2. engage in dialogue 3. intellectual challenge that allows us to grow 4. liturgy — beauty, prayers 5. diversity of humans
C29	hold of value, that witness also see as most in danger: our holing together in unity the diversity of the membership of the community
C30	When we are all our best the ability to dialogue and to hold worship as being most important. Only when we are all our best
C31	The broadness of the church — an ability to have different opinions but worship Jesus together. We treat people as adults
C32	broaden of church in all things — class, ethnicity, kids have a voice, lay person have voice, we welcome all in
C33	We are on a roll now — this Diocese — we need to keep it going. Continuing the relatively new patterns of being together healthily — a growing sense of cohesion
C34	Our bishop! He draws us together.
C35	The beauty and flexibility of our liturgy, and theology that does not become doctrinal in a way that limits a rich variety of expressions and faith
C36	Prayer book, sensor experience of the liturgy. The whole spectrum of human race, represented liturgy and diversity
C37	broad—mindedness. Part of it celebrating the diversity, the check and balance, 3 legged stool. Comprehensiveness. Centrality of the Eucharist, right praying — is right believing
C38	not afraid to bring forth issues, controversies, willingness, those who disagree to remove under "the umbrella liturgy"
C39	1. our being rooted in Christ 2. our radical inclusiveness across ages, races, political ideologies, languages, gender abilities, sexual orientation 3. our commitment to beauty, variety worship and to growing churches in their own soil, their own uniqueness
C40	We need to better travel one via—media and thru that solve our differences with love and understanding — go back to basics
C41	relationship between diversity as gift of spirit and gift of our ability to ask questions and not be condemned and to speak to each other from radically difference positions and continue to respect the other
C42	We hold and leave to baptismal covenant are called to respect every human being , working to overcome "frozen chosen" image and really trying to seek and serve Christ in all people
C43	tradition and starting spot to move forward. We can always go back to what holds us together when we disagree
C44	Evangelical to proclaim the Gospel
C45	Many parishioners have opens to the presence of the living Christ. An increasing willing to minister with and save those who society despises
C46	Tacit permission to be who we are and try and be who we are called to become, permission to try new things — grow, experiment, informed and blessed ministry, willingness to change not for changes sake for fashion of day — not get stuck — does not work — tried — take step into unknown
C47	The American church' stand on sexuality. Liturgy an impediment
C48	Hope — confidence that God is moving form glory to glory, even if is looking like form good to bad, it's in Glory
C49	increasingly tersoretical, but still incourgeable, concept of the Big Tent
C50	Most value its breadth. Individuals can hold diverse theologies both there's a true oneness in Christ evident through a Book of Common Prayer. It allows me room to stay in the church, to grow and to change
C51	model church as Christ with including all
C52	Being open thinking church — we are in the right place discussing things — embracing comprehensiveness of the truth — triad of the theological authority
C53	People — consistent, connected — worship — committed — we really have dimensional gifts as well. i.e. real estate, things, stuff
C54	Breadth of acceptance of all people. We take seriously the Pauline understanding that we are all new creatures in Christ
C55	openness and diversity grounded in worship. Eucharist centers us in our differences of opinions/viewpoints. Value of individual conscience/conviction — but held together in Eucharistic community
C56	the openness and diversity that is grounded Eucharistic community. The valuing of the intellect — people who can challenge us to see things in ways
C57	diversity
C58	Integrity — in our church we look to find honest answers to difficult questions
C59	diversity of our community
C60	Our liturgy ( being able to live out our liturgy)
C61	1. middle ground — we are an oasis 2. need to do better job of advertising that we are religious middle ground 3. increase national church's advertising budget 4. stress our differences — Anglicanism vs. other catholic churches
C62	middle ground, via media needs to be adervert. The liturgical tradition — our prayer book
C63	comprehensiveness; breadth of experience; willingness to live with diversity
C64	tradition — keeps me an Episcopalian We can agree to disagree. This helps us to listen. This is so very important. Tradition is the church's biggest asset.
C65	Openness to all people and our stance regarding sung scripture, tradition, reason to resolve differences
C66	1. openness to new ideas 2. tolerance of different ideas 3. sensitivity to others
C67	That the ultimate purpose/mission of church is reconciliation
C68	Most value: church — effort to get along to welcome all people — willingness to disagree — hope for future
C69	That around the table we find common ground and our differences enrich our life involved of separate us.
C70
C71	1. tradition common prayer 2. Anglican spirituality 3. sense of being a undivided communion 4. Anglicans in developing countries complete us — the reality of being one world 5. our church depends upon building relationships
C72	Hope, intellect, diversity, reason — in Christians or all life situations, suggesting that there is hope for eternity.
C73
C74	Middle way give up the ability to talk to everyone — even the two extremes. Open mind important — we incorporate differences in ecclesiology and piety and also accept the other into community
C75	Variety of churches, urban , county, people from all walk of life. North to south and east to west — great spirituality and unity
C76	1.diversity in all its form 2. value that children of all ages are welcome in the worship and in leading worship 3. Episcopal Church has more to offer that it realizes.
C77	Flexibility
C78	Church that values full inclusion and struggles with it
C79	Ambiguity and our struggle with inclusiveness, the ability to see differences and to focus that Christ is the center.
C80	Episcopalians open minded people, women ordained, right levels of service — inclusive — open to everyone. Opportunity for everyone, are of value
C81	church and traditions — apostles' faith and biblical witness
C82	the liturgy — it is how we identify ourselves. Not by doctrinal statements — our liturgy makes us unique
C83	fighting for justice and reaching out to the needy in a very focused manner
C84	our church recognizes own every member is uniquely shaped and wonderfully complete for ministry
C85	Christ is the head of the church, embracing and communicating He leads us forward
C86	The Episcopal Church always willing to take a stand, be the leader in controversial issues — women priests, gay blessings
C87
C88	Liberation theology — the hope of all churches
C89	Social justice be explained in millennium development goals
C90	inclusive spirit of the Episcopal Church
C91	Liturgy
C92	Able to listen to many voices so truth is rich and complex for us — so we can engage issues of contemporary society with openness. Unlike most Xian churches, tend to be open to a great diversity of people — an be basis of some effective church growth.
C93	Willingness to live with ambiguity — willing to be open/inclusive/not have all the answers — live with open hands
C94	The continuity of the Eucharist which is rooted in past—and connects us to past — but which also unites us in the present moment.
C95	longevity/steadfastness — sense of continuity — past—to—present in the church to past in world that is changing so fast — esp. since my generation feels we have no roots, no connection: being a part of this ancient community.
C96	commitment, new bishop diversity, willingness to listen.
C97	1. The diversity of our race, gender, sexuality etc. Has to be unifying not dividing. 2. only through love not people are transformed 3. need to really listen and hear each other.
C98	1. Love of Jesus — that unconditional love gives us the confidence we need to move forward in hope. It is the most powerful tool we have. We just need to pick it up.
C99	Scripture and tradition and revision. If me could, in our own , continue to hold those 3 in balance —we would not have some of the problems that got in our way. One of the things I value most about our church is that we are trying blatantly to do that in the full of tremendous opposition from other churches in the Anglican Community.
C100	Diversity of people, backgrounds, positions, persons, ideas.
C101
C102	Creation an environment, cultivation relationships, parish adopting another parish, shared ministry, recognize body of Christ and live out, enter into exuberance, imp. To get together and talk, relationship everything else comes from here.
C103	core value is compassion, to see the mercy, compassion plays a role. I is not feeling sorry for someone, but rather mercy. Also being realized fro all the good things that happen in people's lives. To be a real presence with people and Agape love for on another.
C104	Inclusiveness and respect for differences. Willingness to have people of different ideas and viewpoints.
C105	The Book of Common Prayer, Hymns, bible
C106	Inclusion — the essence of what I want church to be
C107	Inclusion — all are welcome at altar
C108	Liturgy holds me. Others find attractive, once exposed. The mystery of contact with God won't let us down.
C109	I still think there is strength in our diversity, if only people of such varying viewpoints could exist within the same community. Fragmentation could be stared off if people could put the church before our divergent.
C110	The Anglican tradition of In essentials, unity. In non — essentials, diversity. And in all things, charity"
C111	Centrality of the Holy Eucharist, willingness to wrestle with tough issues
C112
C113	Values the faithfulness to scripture, the creeds, and the sacraments, if we compromise on the basics of our faith, it is a slippery slope that affects our identity in Christ and our sense of mission. Sense of mission must be love and concern for people's souls and not just social justice.
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