[Oe List ...] Bug model

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I loved the bug model.  It was the main reason I joined the Order.
Cynthia Vance



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I looked it up!
http://www.wedgeblade.net/gold_path/data/ldrt/100676.htm


While I liked the 2.0 version of the Bug Model, the external witnessing/justicing dimension makes no sense except as it is grounded concretely in  the context of a 'LOCAL PARISH', which means gridding etc. your version of 5th City just for a start. Otherwise it's vague (which is probably the way the historical church would like to have it). So for me the key concepts are: 1) the church is Mission, period. and 2) Radical Discipline is only for the sake of Mission (why else would anybody join a religious order--just because it's such great fun? not the way I recall it). So the heart of the Bug is simply about envisioning/creating what we need to sustain ourselves for the corporate Mission.


Talk about contextual drift! When did we start watering this down?


Marshall


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The Bug Model was a teaching image from the PMC/PLC as I somewhat vaguely recall. Which means it was from RSIIIA?? There were multiple lectures/sessions based on the Bug, so there's a lot of depth somewhere on each of the 'legs' and on the 'body'.
Comments? Insights?
Marshall


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If I remember, the circle was very important representing the discipline of the covenant

John C. Montgomery
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For those interested in the Bug Model, I have a detailed model that I used in my doctoral project that uses the references from the United Methodist Book of Discipline. 
    The Bug Model has three foci: 
    The left side represents what I've call the Locker Room (also called "In-Reach") in which the two practices are Loving Worship and Loving Study;
    The right side represents what I've call the Playing Field (also called "Out-Reach") in which the two practices are Loving Justice and Loving Witness. 
     The center circle represents what I call the Church's Glue that holds both sides together. This contains 4 dimensions of Fellowship (Inclusiveness, home visitation, etc), Polity (ordination, marriages, etc.), Stewardship (Offering, gifts, etc.) and Responsibility (funerals, counseling, connectional relationships.). 
    If anyone wants a copy, I can scan it in order to send it. 
    Inner Peace,        
    Bill Salmon

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I thought the Bug Model had an arrow-shaped head called Mission.
Jann


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