RIC Survey and Q & A on RIC Discernment

Thanks again to the team for their contribution to the discussion together with the questions and answers on RIC discernment.

When asked about the moments in the discernment process that touched people deeply Bishop Dave's Bible study was brought up as one of the powerful moments. Another was the RIC team truly being involved in congregational discernment rather than trying to take the congregation through a process where RIC designation was inevitable.

This was the first congregational group where we talked about wanting 80% approval from the congregation for Creator to become RIC. There was worry about the high bar the RIC team will be recommending and a concern about what would happen if Creator fails to become an RIC congregation. The RIC team may want to talk about what will need to happen to make sure the congregation will not feel acrimony between members after the results are known.

Another question that came up was where the RIC statement would be published or displayed. There is a concern about how visible it should be.

We went over the upcoming themes for the months until the January vote. For the most part the participants felt comfortable with future plans. There was a suggestion to play the tape Mary made of Pastor Christian's amazing talk, that kicked off our discernment, for an upcoming RIC Sunday. Pastor Christian's comfort with playing that tape would have to be considered. Another potential topic for our Thursday meeting.

We may want to talk about a need for RIC logo pins. Two members expressed a desire to show support by wearing them.

We received our first completed paper surveys after the activity and many more were distributed, so our invitation to fill out a survey made a difference.

We will have more to discuss at our next meeting. If anyone who was there has additional feedback on what happened at our gathering, feel free to comment on this post.