Kirkjan \u00e1 \u00cdslandi vir\u00f0ist um \u00feessar mundir vera \u00ed mikilli varnarbar\u00e1ttu. Ef mark er takandi \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed sem \u00e9g heyri fr\u00e1 vinum og kunningjum \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, innan og utan kirkju, \u00fe\u00e1 eru margir s\u00f6fnu\u00f0ir \u00ed mikilli kr\u00edsu vegna \u00ferengri fj\u00e1rhags enn \u00e1\u00f0ur. Ein birtingarmynd \u00feessarar kr\u00edsu var aukakirkju\u00feing \u00ed \u00e1g\u00fast, \u00fear sem hugmyndum var varpa\u00f0 fram um lausnir. Hins vegar m\u00e1 \u00f6llum vera lj\u00f3st a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r lausnir sem voru vi\u00f0ra\u00f0ar voru ekki hugsa\u00f0ar til framt\u00ed\u00f0ar. \u00deessi kr\u00edsa ver\u00f0ur ekki leyst me\u00f0 t\u00edmabundinni l\u00e1nt\u00f6ku, fl\u00f6tum ni\u00f0urskur\u00f0i \u00e1 Biskupstofu, me\u00f0 f\u00e6kkun n\u00e1msleyfa e\u00f0a me\u00f0 s\u00f6lu fasteigna. Enda er ekki h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 v\u00e6nta \u00feess a\u00f0 hagur kirkjunnar batni \u00e1 n\u00fd ef haldi\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur \u00e1fram me\u00f0 n\u00faverandi tekjum\u00f3del.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er \u00fev\u00ed mikilv\u00e6gt a\u00f0 hj\u00e1lpa s\u00f6fnu\u00f0um a\u00f0 endursko\u00f0a starfsemi s\u00edna og stefnu sem allra fyrst til a\u00f0 takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0 n\u00fdtt \u00e1stand. Sl\u00edk endursko\u00f0un \u00e1 starfsemi og stefnu einstakra safna\u00f0a getur ekki eing\u00f6ngu fari\u00f0 fram mi\u00f0l\u00e6gt \u00e1 Biskupstofu, heldur \u00fearf a\u00f0 eiga s\u00e9r sta\u00f0 \u00e1 vettvangi s\u00f3knanna og taka tillit til \u00feeirra a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0na sem r\u00edkja \u00e1 hverjum sta\u00f0.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g hef velt fyrir m\u00e9r hvort \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9u forsendur til \u00feess a\u00f0 bj\u00f3\u00f0a s\u00f3knarnefndum\/s\u00f6fnu\u00f0um r\u00e1\u00f0gj\u00f6f og samtal um vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0 og framt\u00ed\u00f0ars\u00fdn, einhvers konar “betur sj\u00e1 augu en auga” samstarf, \u00fear sem fari\u00f0 er \u00e1 faglegan h\u00e1tt yfir st\u00f6\u00f0una, velt upp spurningum um framt\u00ed\u00f0ina og lagt \u00e1 r\u00e1\u00f0in um n\u00e6stu skref.<\/p>\n
\u00cd a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0um \u00fear sem kv\u00ed\u00f0i og \u00f3vissa r\u00edkir getur veri\u00f0 v\u00e6nlegt a\u00f0 f\u00e1 utana\u00f0komandi r\u00e1\u00f0gj\u00f6f, sem er ekki innviklu\u00f0 \u00ed fyrri \u00e1kvar\u00f0anir og getur horft gagnr\u00fdnum augum \u00e1 safna\u00f0arstarfi\u00f0 og gildi einstakra \u00fe\u00e1tta \u00feess. Au\u00f0vita\u00f0 er \u00e6skilegt a\u00f0 sl\u00edk r\u00e1\u00f0gj\u00f6f s\u00e9 veitt af einstaklingum sem hafa b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00feekkingu \u00e1 safna\u00f0arstarfi, skilning \u00e1 fort\u00ed\u00f0inni og ekki s\u00edst gu\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0ilegan skilning \u00e1 margbreytilegu e\u00f0li og hlutverki kirkjunnar, jafnt \u00ed tr\u00faar- og menningarlegum efnum.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g velti fyrir m\u00e9r hvernig best er a\u00f0 bj\u00f3\u00f0a sl\u00edka r\u00e1\u00f0g\u00f6f \u00e1 \u00cdslandi. \u00c9g f\u00e9kk dj\u00e1knav\u00edgslu til starfa hj\u00e1 \u00c6skul\u00fd\u00f0ssambandi kirkjunnar \u00ed Reykjav\u00edkurpr\u00f3fastsd\u00e6mum 1997. \u00c9g var framkv\u00e6mdastj\u00f3ri Grens\u00e1skirkju \u00e1 \u00e1runum 2003 til 2005 og t\u00f3k \u00fear virkan \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed a\u00f0 endursko\u00f0a safna\u00f0arstarfi\u00f0 og kom kr\u00f6ftulega a\u00f0 endurskipulagningu fj\u00e1rm\u00e1la s\u00f3knarinnar.\u00a0Undanfarin fj\u00f6gur \u00e1r hef \u00e9g veri\u00f0 vi\u00f0 framhaldsn\u00e1m \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum. \u00c9g lauk meistarapr\u00f3fi \u00ed leikmannafr\u00e6\u00f0um (Master of Lay Ministry) fr\u00e1 Trinity Lutheran Seminary \u00e1ri\u00f0 2008 me\u00f0 \u00e1herslu \u00e1 lei\u00f0togakenningar og safna\u00f0arstarf og n\u00fa \u00ed ma\u00ed lauk \u00e9g framhaldsgr\u00e1\u00f0u, STM (Master of Sacred Theology), \u00fear sem \u00e9g rannsaka\u00f0i a\u00f0fer\u00f0ir til a\u00f0 meta g\u00e6\u00f0i\/\u00e1rangur \u00ed safna\u00f0arstarfi. \u00deess utan hef \u00e9g, s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g flutti til BNA, loki\u00f0 \u00fej\u00e1lfun sem r\u00e1\u00f0gjafi hj\u00e1 Healthy Congregations, Inc.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g hef fr\u00e6\u00f0ilegar forsendur til a\u00f0 vera s\u00f3knum innan handar \u00ed stefnum\u00f3tunarvinnu. \u00c9g hef d\u00fdrm\u00e6ta reynslu af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 ganga \u00ed gegnum breytingar me\u00f0 s\u00f6fnu\u00f0i \u00ed kr\u00edsu. \u00c9g hef \u00feekkingu \u00e1 starfi kirkjunnar \u00ed tveimur heims\u00e1lfum. En \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir a\u00f0 hafa starfa\u00f0 um hr\u00ed\u00f0 \u00e1 augl\u00fdsingastofu vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 sannf\u00e6ra f\u00f3lk um a\u00f0 gera eitt en ekki anna\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 hef \u00e9g takmarka\u00f0ar hugmyndir um hvernig h\u00e6gt er a\u00f0 sannf\u00e6ra s\u00f3knarnefndir um a\u00f0 takm\u00f6rku\u00f0um fj\u00e1rmunum \u00feeirra s\u00e9 vel vari\u00f0 \u00ed a\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0a (t\u00edmabundi\u00f0) til starfa auka augu. \u00der\u00e1tt fyrir a\u00f0 \u00e9g s\u00e9 \u00feess fullviss og hafi reynslu af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 v\u00f6ndu\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0gj\u00f6f geti skila\u00f0 til baka \u00e1 mj\u00f6g sk\u00f6mmum t\u00edma b\u00e6\u00f0i fj\u00e1rhagslegum hagna\u00f0i og auknum g\u00e6\u00f0um safna\u00f0arstarfs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kirkjan \u00e1 \u00cdslandi vir\u00f0ist um \u00feessar mundir vera \u00ed mikilli varnarbar\u00e1ttu. Ef mark er takandi \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed sem \u00e9g heyri fr\u00e1 vinum og kunningjum \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, innan og utan kirkju, \u00fe\u00e1 eru margir s\u00f6fnu\u00f0ir \u00ed mikilli kr\u00edsu vegna \u00ferengri fj\u00e1rhags enn \u00e1\u00f0ur. Ein birtingarmynd \u00feessarar kr\u00edsu var aukakirkju\u00feing \u00ed \u00e1g\u00fast, \u00fear sem hugmyndum var varpa\u00f0 … Continue reading Samr\u00e6\u00f0a um s\u00f3knir og safna\u00f0arstarf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,37,70,76,87,97,113,145],"class_list":["post-2302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islenska","tag-business","tag-counseling","tag-gods-plan","tag-growth","tag-iceland","tag-leadership","tag-parish","tag-state-church"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}