1. WELCOME!
The Practice Discipleship Initiative
February 13, 2014

2. Introducing…
Dawn Trautman
LutheranLifeCoach.com

3. Practice Discipleship Initiative
Leadership Development for the sake of Faith Formation

4. “FRAME”
1. “Framing Life Biblically”
2. “Framing Youth”
3. “Framing Failure with Forgiveness”
4. “Framing Christian Community”
5. “Framing the Vision: Seeing Things New”
6. “Framing the Path: Practicing Things New”

5. Introducing…
Rev. Dr. Dave Ellingson
Trinity Lutheran College
tlc.edu
Framing Life Biblically:
Where is God? God is “with us!”

6. Where is God?
God is “with us”!

12.  Share a significant God “with us”/
Incarnational story from your life.

13.  List biblical stories of journeys/pilgrimages
where God was “with us”
 Examples: Noah in Ark, Jonah in Fish, Jesus
in Boat

14.  Biblical God “with-us” stories provide Frame-
works for viewing our lives and the world
inviting us into lives of faithful discipleship.
 Which of the following frame-works apply to
the biblical stories listed:
vocation, hospitality, forgiveness, community,
discernment, sacrifice, neighbor love, and
ministry?
 Example: Noah: forgiveness; Jonah: vocation.

15. Vocation • hospitality • forgiveness
Community • discernment • sacrifice
neighbor love • ministry

16. Vocation

18. Forgiveness

24.  Share a biblical story and frame-work that
exemplifies how God was “with us”/
incarnate for you.

31.  “Thank you God for being with me on my journey
by__________.”
 All Join together:
 Lord God, you have called your servants to ventures of
which we cannot see the endings, by paths
untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go
out with good courage, not knowing where we go, but
only that your hand is leading us and your love
supporting us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(LBW, Evening Prayer)

32. Thoughts…Questions…
Reflections…
Dave Ellingson
Dawn Trautman
Please type your questions or comments into the
question box on your screen. We’ll try to get to as
many of them as we can.

33. www.practicediscipleship
.org
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Free Curriculum and Videos
Local Practice Discipleship Events

34. The Mobile Network
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events
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• Local Network Finder
• Now the Entire Bible
• Discover Our
Mission, Vision, History, Leadership
Teams and More
• Ministries
• Contact Info

35. NEXT PRACTICE DISCIPLESHIP WEBINAR!
Guest:
Date:
Time:
Topic:
Jeremy Myers
March 10, 2014
1pm Central Time
“Framing Youth”

36. NEXT 3RDTUESDAY CONVERSATION
Guest: Rich Melheim
Date: February 18, 2014
Time: 1pm Central Time
Topic: Faith5

37. Thanks for joining us!