Materials are available here for downloading. Documents that are intended to be adapted for parish use are in MS Word format as templates.

General Information:

An Overview Document
Use this to lay out the process, and responsibilities for the full Covenanting Process with particulars of the parish review. (PDF)

Appreciative Inquiry and the Church
A presentation of the generative theory that underlines the whole process. (PDF)

Doing an Appreciative Inquiry
A step by step guide to the application of Appreciative Inquiry to the Get fit / Keep fit program. (PDF)

Here you will find the basic and advance tools which may assist in crafting the Get fit / Keep fit program in your parish:

• Parish Review Agreement template.
• Parishioner Questionnaire template
• Clergy Questionnaire template
• Covenant in Ministry template
• Leadership Reviews
• An Assessment Tool for committees and teams
• Parish Steering Committee Report template.
• Parish Vision/Mission Primer
• Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Interview Guide for Congregations (basic questions)
• Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Interview Guide for Congregations (expanded questions)

Additional resources for parishes wishing to explore deeper into particular processes and contents regarding congregational development and ministry development.

Acrobat (pdf) Files

• What in God's Name: Reflections on Ministry
• What in God's Name: Process Appendix
• Mutual Invitation Bible Study
• Mutual Invitation Bible Study (Short Form)
• Respectful Communications Guidelines
• Parameter exercise
• Baptismal Covenant exercise
• Personal Boundaries (Safety Zone Exercise)
• Setting Goals (SMART)
• Organic Growth Précis
• Action Plan and Time Line exercise
• Evaluation exercise
• AI Model Church.

Word (doc) Files

• Mutual Invitation Bible Study
• Mutual Invitation Bible Study (Short Form)
• Respectful Communications Guidelines
• Baptismal Covenant exercise
• Personal Boundaries (Safety Zone Exercise)
• Setting Goals (SMART)
• Organic Growth Précis
• Action Plan and Time Line exercise
• Evaluation exercise