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4. Individual Roles Within the Group
A Role for Each Participant
Every participant should have a part to play in the life or mission of
the group -- responsibility for some part of the life of the group. Every
group needs participants who will take several basic roles. These roles may
have different names, or be combined in different ways, but each group
needs a moderator, someone for spiritual accountability, and someone to
uphold the vision of the group.
- Moderator / Abbot
- The person who structures the group life, develops the agenda, makes
sure everyone has a chance to share, saves time for the essentials and
helps keep the balance of work, play and worship.
- Spiritual Guide / Director
- The person to whom others in the group are accountable for the
faithfulness and richness of their spiritual lives; the one who receives,
prays over and provides comments on weekly reports from group
members.
- Vision Keeper / Prophet
- The person who takes the longer view of the life of the group; the
one who keeps the group in touch with its call; the one who challenges
when things get too comfortable.
Other roles that may be combined with those described above, or with
each other include a worship leader, someone to stay in touch with the
larger community, and (if the group has a corporate mission) leaders for
the mission work of the group.
- Worship Leader
- The one who leads the worship life of the group.
- Ecumenist
- The person who keeps the group in touch with the rest of the church:
other groups, the larger Seekers community, the other C. of S.
descendants, and the wider church.
- Activist
- The one who leads the group into action. This may be directed toward
the corporate mission of the group, or toward the growth and development
of the group itself.
- Celebrant
- The person who calls the group to play, and encourages full
expression of our joy.
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