The Hopeful Neighborhood Field Guide: Six Sessions on Pursuing the Common Good Right Where You Live
Overview
We all live somewhere. And we all want our neighborhoods to flourish. Many of us hope (and even pray) for our neighborhoods’ well-being. But how do we actually pursue that?
This field guide answers this question by walking you through a simple, powerful process for blessing your own neighborhood. Tony Cook and Don Everts offer six sessions for discovering the gifts of your community, imagining the possibilities, and pursuing the common good. Exercises and assessments provide practical tools for bringing your hopes into concrete reality. Join with others so that together you can increase the well-being of your local neighborhood.
Introduction: You and Your Neighborhood
Session One: Focus on Possibilities
Session Two: Share Individual Gifts
Session Three: Value Neighborhood Uniqueness
Session Four: Long for Neighborhood Well-Being
Session Five: Imagine Possibilities Collaboratively
Session Six: Create and Work a Plan
Conclusion: Giving and Receiving
Acknowledgments
Notes
- Title: The Hopeful Neighborhood Field Guide: Six Sessions on Pursuing the Common Good Right Where You Live
- Authors: Don Everts, Tony Cook
- Series: Lutheran Hour Ministries Resources
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 80
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780830847334, 9780830847327, 0830847324, 0830847332
- Resource ID: LLS:9780830847334
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T21:25:21Z
Don Everts is a writer for Lutheran Hour Ministries and has served as a pastor and a campus minister. His many books include The Reluctant Witness and The Spiritually Vibrant Home.
Tony Cook is the executive director of The Hopeful Neighborhood Project and has served as vice president of global ministries at Lutheran Hour Ministries. He has also served as associate professor of practical theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and has a PhD in curriculum and instruction from St. Louis University and an MDiv from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.