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Scenario

How faith communities process institutional mortality

Our small congregation is facing the reality that we might have to close and merge with a larger church and some people see it as failure while others see it as faithful evolution but we're all grieving something and can't seem to talk about it directly. Sunday mornings feel heavy with unspoken sorrow and fear about what we're losing and what we might become.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A beloved community confronts its own ending while struggling to name and honor both the grief of conclusion and the possibility of resurrection in new form.

Your guide for this
Rumi
Rumi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined faith — living deliberately within a tradition?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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