Tapestry guiding principles story objects in their final configuration

Chapter 1: No Group, Only Group Formation

Objective: Introduce the project and research site as a whole; the purpose and approach of this account; myself as researcher, storyteller, and faith leader; some relevant social framing and theory; and two of the story’s other central characters, Hannah and Sam.

Preliminary draft completed: January 31, 2021

Rough cut assembled: December 18, 2021

Table of Contents:

00:00 | Cold Open: A Church that Doesn’t Look Like Church | p. 5

08:52 | Act 1: Why We’re Here | p. 8

23:39 | Break 1: Elizabeth Drescher and Robert Putnam | p. 14

37:16 | Act 2: Godly Play, the Remix | p. 19

45:52 | Break 2: Bruno Latour | p. 23

50:22 | Coda: Tapestry Is the Weaving | p. 25