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Sharing God’s story. Mobilising people to go. Zebras, giraffes and wildebeest roamed free at the roadside as some 80 SIM workers arrived from Nairobi airport to Lukenya Getaway, Kenya, for the Many People One Voice Consultation (12-17 October 2015). Many of these people were communications and mobilisation specialists or strategic leaders. During the week we built on SIM’s recently rewritten Purpose and Mission Statement and our Vision Statement, looking at strategic questions, new technologies and practical ideas for collaborating across SIM. And we worshipped God in song, in prayer and in his Word, including a great evening with a multi-ethnic/ multi-lingual worship team from the Good Shepherd Church, Nairobi. The first three days involved plenary sessions and table discussions about why the ‘WHY’ question is so critical to our mobilisation and communications efforts, setting out a fresh focus on mobilising prayer, people and resources for ministry rather than just recruiting people for jobs, and finding funds for projects. We explored focused mobilisation and communication for priority ministries, with an emphasis on teams and tough places. “...setting out a fresh focus on mobilising prayer, people and resources for ministry rather than just recruiting people for jobs...” 12
As SIM International Director, Dr Joshua Bogunjoko said, “we are not trying to list all our ministries in our mission statement, we are trying to clarify our calling.” The next two and a half days communications and mobilisation matters were explored separately, including topics like videography training, discussions on story vs. security on the communicator side, and internships and church mobilisation on the mobiliser side. As we gathered <strong>together</strong> again on the afternoon of the last day, we heard from many people but went away with a sense of one common voice. We agreed on ways to really inculcate our new mission and vision statements, on plans for 125th year celebrations in 2018, on new structures to collaborate more to write great stories of what God is doing and regular teleconferences to develop mobilisation to and from new areas. Starting new teams for new initiatives will be a priority, including looking for key team leaders from amongst our experienced mission partners. “teams are a priority” This was great talk, now comes the work. Isaiah 52:7 says, “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’” As we put feet on these recommendations, we are glad to have met in person those beautiful people with whom we work in an emerging global work culture, permeated by the sense of belonging to a great, shared story and the collaboration of many people with one voice. NB. No giraffes were hurt in the writing of this story, but one was followed on a quad-bike. J — Nigel Webb 13
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