• Optional: Memorabilia related to the story

• With your co-facilitator(s), identify a core story of your congregation. The story should reflect something significant about your congregation. It could be a founding story, a story of coming through a crisis, or a story of tackling an issue in the community. Select someone in your congregation who can tell the story well and invite them to participate in this workshop.
• Gather memorabilia related to the story, if available, to share with participants.

Introduce the storyteller and provide any appropriate background about the congregation's story. Invite the storyteller to tell the story.

Share any memorabilia that relates to the story. Provide examples of how the story has shaped and informed the congregation's identity. Ask participants if they have seen ways the story is reflected in the congregation's practices today. Invite questions and discussion.