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A month in your Church Alliance
Before the meeting: the brief
One short read before each meeting: what's changing in AI, what other churches are trying, and what your people said.
Meeting brief for Sunday 11 October 2026
What's changing in AI that matters to your people
- A new McKinsey Global Institute report projects that AI and automation will cut demand for about 36 million U.S. jobs by 2035 while growth elsewhere creates about 41 million… Fortune
What other churches are trying
- Grace Episcopal Church's vestry adopted its own AI Usage Policy to clarify how the congregation will and won't use large language models and generative AI.
- Country Club Christian Church launched a “Faith and Culture” series featuring an unrecorded panel where members and friends in AI-affected industries speak candidly with their pastor.
What your congregation said
The leader approves a summary of your congregation's answers before the team sees it.
Question: What’s one way AI has changed your work or family life this year, for better or worse?
23 answers in total. 1 answer was for the leader only and is not included in this summary.
Concerns that may need care
- One family is seeking guidance on how to handle AI use in children's schoolwork and would welcome church support on this topic.
Paraphrased examples
- One member expressed gratitude that an AI translation tool helped a parent understand complex medical documents in their native language.
Alliance Messages
Below are messages posted on your Alliance Communication Hub. Only your members can see them, which is more confidential than email or text. Each week the AI summarizes the messages, and the leader reviews the summary before the team sees it.
📌 Notice
Dana Ellis
AI and our jobs evening for members: Saturday 14 November, 7:00 pm, in the fellowship hall. Please mention it in your groups this week.
Marcus Reed
The hall is free that evening. Shall we make it a monthly conversation if people come?
Dana Ellis
Yes, let’s see who comes first, then decide.
After: the weekly summary the leader approves
Each week's messages, summarized. A draft only the Alliance leader sees until they approve it.
Decisions
- The AI and our jobs evening goes ahead on 14 November; we decide afterwards whether to make it monthly.
Open questions
- Whether to invite a local employer to speak in December.
Who’s doing what
- Marcus is booking the fellowship hall.
Anytime: ask questions
Ask questions of everything your team has learned, and test your ideas.
You asked: What are members most worried about?
Based on the 28 September listening session (23 answers):
- Job security — 9 answers; office, admin and customer-service workers seeing tasks shift to AI, three expect their role to shrink within a year.
- Scams targeting older parents — 5 answers, including two fake ‘grandchild’ voice calls.
Job security and scams are slated for the October meeting.