Session 13 · Guide and forms
Bridge Worksheet
WhyzMen · Session 13 · The Bridge
From Mission to First Mile
Every plank comes from something you already wrote. Nothing new to invent.
When. Session 13, Monday, March 8, Move 5, in the room. About four minutes for your mission and planks 1 to 4, from your Opportunity Map, your T-shirt card and last week’s conversation or door. Then the first mile, with your triad. |
My mission the near bank · Charter §2.1, draft r2 |
I do _____________________ for ______________________ so that __________________
My T-shirt: ______________ · ______________ · ______________
1 | For whom? your “for” blank · Opportunity Map rows |
Circle the one row closest to the people your mission names.
A Children and teens | E Refugees and newcomers |
B Young men and young adults | F Neighbors and neighborhoods |
C Older adults, the sick and the dying | G Organizations that need what you know |
D Men carrying heavy loads | H Men like us, in the church and next door |
Now say it narrower: e.g. “widowers in our church,” “boys 12–15 in the Hill District”
2 | My verbs your T-shirt · the Session 11 verb bank |
Circle the family (or two) where your T-shirt verbs live. That is your column on the Map.
MAKE build · create · repair · restore | GATHER connect · host · convene · welcome | TEND teach · mentor · listen · comfort | CARRY serve · steward · accompany · deliver |
3 | What the door said last week’s conversation or door · a closed door counts too |
Door or conversation | What they need | Energy: more or less? |
My conversation or door: |
| more · less |
Another door, if you knocked: |
| more · less |
A T-shirt reaction that surprised me: |
| more · less |
4 | The square the Opportunity Map · where your row meets your column |
Copy two or three candidates from your square, or one your door suggested. Keep only three yeses.
Candidate | Serves my “for whom”? | Uses my verbs? | Energy rose? |
1 | yes · no | yes · no | yes · no |
2 | yes · no | yes · no | yes · no |
3 | yes · no | yes · no | yes · no |
“If it isn’t a clear yes, then it’s a clear no.” Greg McKeown
The first mile the far bank · in the room · copy to Side B of your First Steps Card |
My experiment one piece of your Tuesday in 2031, pointed at your square
What I’ll try:
It serves _______________________ by letting me _______________________ (one of my verbs)
How I’ll know it’s working:
Starts on:
Our triad project one outing, about three hours · lay your three sentences side by side
Brother | For whom (row) | Verb family (column) |
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PATH 1 · WE OVERLAP Serve where our rows or columns meet. Pick a ◆ from that square, or a dated slot on the spring menu. | PATH 2 · THE BARN RAISING No overlap? Each man keeps his own mission. Together we raise one brother’s barn first. Whose: ________ |
What: ____________________ For whom: ______________
Date: ____________ Convener (sends the first text): ______________
TWO TESTS BEFORE IT GOES ON THE CARD The Tuesday test. Would your triad know what to ask you about next Tuesday? The mission test. Read your mission sentence, then your project. Does the second sound like the first, at walking speed? |