In our last transitional transparency meeting our congregation concluded that sharing during morning worship should continue, with some direction from pastor/worship leader. The ground rules will be:

Sharing will be encouraged to take place in Sunday school and small groups.

Pastor/worship leader will express concerns after the sermon.

Then persons will be invited to share briefly in one of three specific ways:

Concerns about themselves, their family, or others known to everyone.
How they have seen God at work recently.
Response to sermon.

Guidelines are as follows:

No advocacy for any congregational, theological or political issue.
Pastor/worship leader will limit or extend sharing on length and appropriateness.

This sharing time will be concluded with a closing prayer.

After this issue was decided we went on to discuss in small groups our next issue, namely the perceived disconnect between leadership and the person in the pew.
Each group reported back their points of discussion.

The two hours were up, so results of this issue will be addressed at our next meeting in a month's time.

Overall we would say that these meetings are a good thing. Many people who had doubts about this process are reporting a change of heart as to its merit. We see this whole experience as a good thing, and we would recommend it to others.