EDGE
EDGE began in 2011 as a three-year project focused on developing new and renewing ministries across the United Church of Canada. In 2014, it was integrated into the periphery of the United Church of Canada's Church in Mission unit of the General Council Offices. Now, it is a living web of new and renewing ministries and leaders in the power of the Spirit, following Christ, and embracing God's mission in the world.
We work with congregations, presbyteries, conferences, regional councils, and ministries across Canada in new and renewing ministry, property, and innovation.
For more information about EDGE, visit our website.
Theory of Change (Summer 2022)
Are you planning to change, grow or add a ministry? A Theory of Change is your ministry’s story of how you believe change will unfold.
Are you planning to change, grow or add a ministry?
What impact are you having? How do you know? What difference is your ministry or program making? Learn what your mission is and understand the roles in achieving it.
The cornerstone of effective evaluation is a thorough understanding of the program you are trying to evaluate. This workshop will help you break your program or ministry down into its component parts, differentiating between things like “what you do” and “what you achieve.” Upon completion of the workshop you’ll have a completed Theory of Change and logic model.
A Theory of Change will provide a roadmap that outlines the steps by which you will achieve your mission. A Theory of Change can aid in aligning your stakeholders to your larger mission and help them understand their role in achieving it.
We’ll illustrate your Theory of Change with a logic model to show your stakeholders the intended relationship between investments and results.
Sustainability Cohort
The Sustainability Cohort is designed to help communities of faith learn skills, through the use of readings, videos, discussion forums and reflective questions, that:
- Encourage them to think differently and critically about how they are working in relationship to their neighbourhoods.
- Address a deep yearning in communities of faith across the network to be relevant in their communities and a backbone organization in their neighbourhoods as they become increasingly vibrant.
- Support the fundamental tools that communities of faith need to start along this path.
The Sustainability Cohort is #6 of EDGE's "Signposts", but can be taken at any point in the series or as a stand-alone course.
Class Structure:
Asynchronous Content: 10 hours