How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going: Leading in a Liminal Season

by Susan Beaumont

six appreciative-based questions:[17] Reflecting on your entire experience at our church, remember a time when you felt the most engaged, alive, and motivated. Who was involved? What did you do? How did it feel? What happened as a result? What are the most important contributions the church has made to your life? Tell me when this happened. Who made a difference? How did it affect you? Don’t be humble; this is important information: Tell me about a time when you made an important contribution to our church—through your personality, your perspectives, your skills, your activities, your character? What was happening? Who else was involved? How did you make a difference? Tell me about an important spiritual experience, growth in belief, or step of faith that has occurred for you in this congregation. Describe what, when, how, and where this happened. What are the essential, central characteristics or ways of life that make our church unique? Make three wishes for the future of our congregation? Describe what the church would look like as these wishes come true.