Building Community Through Hospitality

Author : Jessica A. Udall
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666782578

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Building Community through Hospitality by Jessica A. Udall Pdf

Loneliness plagues the West, and members of American Protestant churches are not immune. This book examines potential causes for the loneliness epidemic and considers biblical teaching and insights from a non-Western context—specifically Ethiopia—in search of antidotes and an alternative way of living that can lead to a greater sense of community and belonging for the generations to come. Ethiopia is a country known for its hospitality and has been deeply influenced by both Judaism and Christianity for many centuries, making it a fascinating example of what the ancient biblical practice of hospitality can look like in the present day. Based on a presupposition of the interconnected interdependence of all of life, the Ethiopian way of building community through hospitality goes beyond inviting friends to dinner on a weekend. It is a lifestyle of valuing connection with God and with others as his image bearers. Learning from this perspective has great potential to help American Christians cultivate connectedness and belonging in their congregations and wider communities.

Author : Alexander Strauch
Publisher : Lewis & Roth Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0936083093

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The Hospitality Commands by Alexander Strauch Pdf

Hospitality plays crucial roles in encouraging unity, evangelism, and many spiritual gifts in the local church. Strauch shows the Scripture's teaching along with practical hints that he and his wife have learned over the years.

Author : Peter Block
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781605095363

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Community by Peter Block Pdf

Most of our communities are fragmented and at odds within themselves. Businesses, social services, education, and health care each live within their own worlds. The same is true of individual citizens, who long for connection but end up marginalized, their gifts overlooked, their potential contributions lost. What keeps this from changing is that we are trapped in an old and tired conversation about who we are. If this narrative does not shift, we will never truly create a common future and work toward it together. What Peter Block provides in this inspiring new book is an exploration of the exact way community can emerge from fragmentation. How is community built? How does the transformation occur? What fundamental shifts are involved? What can individuals and formal leaders do to create a place they want to inhabit? We know what healthy communities look like—there are many success stories out there. The challenge is how to create one in our own place. Block helps us see how we can change the existing context of community from one of deficiencies, interests, and entitlement to one of possibility, generosity, and gifts. Questions are more important than answers in this effort, which means leadership is not a matter of style or vision but is about getting the right people together in the right way: convening is a more critical skill than commanding. As he explores the nature of community and the dynamics of transformation, Block outlines six kinds of conversation that will create communal accountability and commitment and describes how we can design physical spaces and structures that will themselves foster a sense of belonging. In Community, Peter Block explores a way of thinking about our places that creates an opening for authentic communities to exist and details what each of us can do to make that happen.

Author : G. Moscardo
Publisher : CABI
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845934484

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Building Community Capacity for Tourism Development by G. Moscardo Pdf

A lack of entrepreneurial capacity, limited understanding of tourism markets and a lack of community understanding of tourism and its impacts have been identified as barriers to effective tourism development in peripheral regions. This book provides an analysis of this issue within tourism development practice.

Author : Jessica A. Udall
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666782554

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Building Community through Hospitality by Jessica A. Udall Pdf

Loneliness plagues the West, and members of American Protestant churches are not immune. This book examines potential causes for the loneliness epidemic and considers biblical teaching and insights from a non-Western context—specifically Ethiopia—in search of antidotes and an alternative way of living that can lead to a greater sense of community and belonging for the generations to come. Ethiopia is a country known for its hospitality and has been deeply influenced by both Judaism and Christianity for many centuries, making it a fascinating example of what the ancient biblical practice of hospitality can look like in the present day. Based on a presupposition of the interconnected interdependence of all of life, the Ethiopian way of building community through hospitality goes beyond inviting friends to dinner on a weekend. It is a lifestyle of valuing connection with God and with others as his image bearers. Learning from this perspective has great potential to help American Christians cultivate connectedness and belonging in their congregations and wider communities.

Author : Danny Meyer
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780061868245

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Setting the Table by Danny Meyer Pdf

The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he was 27, with a good idea and hopeful investors. He is now the co-owner of a restaurant empire. How did he do it? How did he beat the odds in one of the toughest trades around? In this landmark book, Danny shares the lessons he learned developing the dynamic philosophy he calls Enlightened Hospitality. The tenets of that philosophy, which emphasize strong in-house relationships as well as customer satisfaction, are applicable to anyone who works in any business. Whether you are a manager, an executive, or a waiter, Danny’s story and philosophy will help you become more effective and productive, while deepening your understanding and appreciation of a job well done. Setting the Table is landmark a motivational work from one of our era’s most gifted and insightful business leaders.

Author : John P. Hogan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Communities
ISBN : 1565182871

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Building Community in a Mobile-global Age by John P. Hogan Pdf

Author : Christine D. Pohl
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467431866

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Living into Community by Christine D. Pohl Pdf

Every church, every organization, has experienced them: betrayal, deception, grumbling, envy, exclusion. They make life together difficult and prevent congregations from developing the skills, virtues, and practices they need to nurture sturdy, life-giving communities. In Living into Community Christine Pohl explores four specific Christian practices -- gratitude, promise-keeping, truth-telling, and hospitality -- that can counteract those destructive forces and help churches and individuals build and sustain vibrant communities. Drawing on a wealth of personal and professional experience and interacting with the biblical, historical, and moral traditions, Pohl thoughtfully discusses each practice, including its possible complications and deformations, and points to how these essential practices can be better cultivated within communities and families.

Author : Chistine D. Pohl
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999-08-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802844316

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Making Room by Chistine D. Pohl Pdf

For most of church history, hospitality was central to Christian identity. Yet our generation knows little about this rich, life-giving practice.

Author : Joe Mancini,Stephanie Mancini
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781771121620

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Transition to Common Work by Joe Mancini,Stephanie Mancini Pdf

The Working Centre in the downtown core of Kitchener, Ontario, is a widely recognized and successful model for community development. Begun from scratch in 1982, it is now a vast network of practical supports for the unemployed, the underemployed, the temporarily employed, and the homeless, populations that collectively constitute up to 30 percent of the labour market both locally and across North America. Transition to Common Work is the essential text about The Working Centre—its beginnings thirty years ago, the lessons learned, and the myriad ways in which its strategies and innovations can be adapted by those who share its goals. The Working Centre focuses on creating access-to-tools projects rather than administrative layers of bureaucracy. This book highlights the core philosophy behind the centre’s decentralized but integrated structure, which has contributed to the creation of affordable services. Underlying this approach are common-sense innovations such as thinking about virtues rather than values, developing community tools with a social enterprise approach, and implementing a radically equal salary policy. For social workers, activists, bureaucrats, and engaged citizens in third-sector organizations (NGOs, charities, not-for-profits, co-operatives), this practical and inspiring book provides a method for moving beyond the doldrums of “poverty relief” into the exciting world of community building.

Author : John McKnight,Peter Block
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781605096278

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The Abundant Community by John McKnight,Peter Block Pdf

" We need our neighbors and community to stay healthy, produce jobs, raise our children, and care for those on the margin. Institutions and professional services have reached their limit of their ability to help us. The consumer society tells us that we are insufficient and that we must purchase what we need from specialists and systems outside the community. We have become consumers and clients, not citizens and neighbors. John McKnight and Peter Block show that we have the capacity to find real and sustainable satisfaction right in our neighborhood and community. This book reports on voluntary, self-organizing structures that focus on gifts and value hospitality, the welcoming of strangers. It shows how to reweave our social fabric, especially in our neighborhoods. In this way we collectively have enough to create a future that works for all. "

Author : Danny Franks
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310538684

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People Are the Mission by Danny Franks Pdf

If you’re a leader in a church or business, and you want to improve your culture of hospitality, then you’ll love Danny’s new book. It’s a must-read! -Dan T. Cathy, CEO, Chick-fil-A When it comes to interacting with guests, churches typically gravitate towards one of two camps: over-the-top, shock-and-awe, let-us-entertain-you or oh-man,-some-people-just-showed-up, underwhelming experience. Each extreme has drawbacks: on one end, people become the center of the universe. On the other, hospitality is effectively ignored in deference to the "serious business" of worship. People Are the Mission proposes a healthy middle, one where guests are esteemed but the gospel is the goal. Danny Franks, Connections Pastor at Summit Church, shows churches how to take a more balanced approach - a "third way" that is both guest-friendly and gospel-centric. He shows why honoring the stranger doesn't stand in opposition to honoring the Savior. People are the mission that Christ has called us to, and if we focus on people we can better assist people to focus on the gospel.

Author : Jeanne Gazel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Community and college
ISBN : MSU:31293021123298

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Building Community on Campus by Jeanne Gazel Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Christianity
ISBN : UCSD:31822030112684

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South-Pacific Journal of Mission Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Larry Richards
Publisher : Zondervan Publishing Company
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Religion
ISBN : 031043470X

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The Believer's Guidebook by Larry Richards Pdf