| The oneness of the church is about how the church is the community of those who are led to the one place at the Father's heart where he can be known, where he can be seen. — Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
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In this YouTube video Katherine Jefferts Schori, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, answers the question, "If I didn't go
to church, what would you tell me to get me to visit an Episcopal
Church?" What the video and consider the questions below.
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Questions for reflection and conversation:
1. Recall the first time you came to the church where you attend. What made you want to return?
2. If you were asked the very same question, "Why be an Episcopalian?" How would you respond?
3. How does the church challenge you to grow? to serve your neighbor?
4. What are the joys of being a member of the Episcopal Church? How do you celebrate those joys?
5. What are the challenges of being a member of the Episcopal Church? How do you respond to those challenges?
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you to post your responses on the "Conversations" page.
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YFYL Chapter 6, Additional questions for reflection or discussion:
1. What are the budgetary priorities of your congregation? How do they reflect your congregation’s mission statement and God’s call to the Church?
2. What important pastoral, liturgical, missional, or theological issues has your church or diocese faced recently? How does your community engage with one another about these issues? How does your identity as Episcopalians shape that conversation?
3. How does your local church support the baptismal ministry of its members? (It may help to review the Baptismal promises on pages 304-5 in The Book of Common Prayer.)
4. Does your diocese have a companion relationship? If so, with whom? In what ways do the two dioceses walk together in faith and action?
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