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SEED TO OAKS 08 Step Eight: Putting it Together Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. -1 Peter 3:8 38
COMMUNITY STUDIES MANUAL All your work pays off with an exciting booklet designed for every church member! Compiling the Report Congratulations! You have now completed the most challenging part of your community study. You have collected community demographics and surveys, researched the history of the community, made observations, conducted in-depth interviews, and much more. Yet, the journey is not quite over. In the next step instructs you will pull all of the information together and compile it so that it is digestible, succinct, and accessible to both church leaders and members. Your <strong>Community</strong>’s Story The most beneficial studies tell the story of your community. The goal is to write a report that is story-formed, so that the readers will be able to not only picture the people in the community, but also become emotionally connected to them. Characters - A good story describes characters or individuals for whom the story pertains. There should be ample description to allows the reader to visualize the people living in your community. Setting - The setting of a story is a description of the environment or surroundings of the characters in such detail that the reader feels that he or she can picture the scene. The descriptions of the environment should help people envision the feel and atmosphere of the neighborhood. Plot - The plot of a story exposes what is happening both to the characters and their surroundings. Conflict - When evaluating information in light of our discoveries, we must also remember there is always conflict to solve or community tensions that are experienced by the people living in it. Resolution - Finally, there is resolution or how the community hopes to solve their most pressing challenges. Considering the Audience The audience for your study can and should extend beyond your church members and pastor. Giving your community study to your councilman/woman or local school principal can be a powerful way to deepen a relationship. Take care to write your study in an objective way, so that both Christians and non-Christians are able to glean insight from your hard work. We never recommend watering down the gospel intention behind a good community study, but we desire the final study to be helpful to leaders and residents who do not ascribe to our faith. 39
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