A Summary of Trends for 2011 :: New Hope Digital

I’ve finally had some time to explore trends for 2011. In case you don’t have time to peruse the many sites where trends are mentioned, here’s a summary of some of the trends we might encounter.

Fashion: sheer maxi dresses, punk fashion, crop tops, tail hems, wide leg pants
Hair: ultra volume, messy waves, super sleek and shiny, woven locks, extreme side parts, low knotted buns, low ponytail, headbands
Color: farm (cream, browns, greens), corals, red-cast blue, pale icy colors, honeysuckle, wine
Weddings: well placed ruffles, dapper fashion of the ‘20s, princess silhouettes with bold trains, ballerina styles, ivy league, exotic Indian, wedding man-caves, pre-wedding pj parties, haute desserts
Tech: reduced IT departments, cloud computing, mobile computing, transformed technology, security, knowledge management
Travel: multi-destination vacations, group tours, contemporary cultural travel, seeing and learning, train trips, family trips, specialty travel
Food: global recipes, mobile meal planning, healthy eating, local food specialty shops, pies, pre-made ingredients, men in the kitchen
Financial: taxes down, stocks up, interest rates up, commodities up
Digital: it’s everywhere!, brand websites, emerging power of status update, social shopping, mobile web activity
Spiritual: I found little information regarding our spirituality in 2011. We who are believers are looking back rather than forward. No doubt this past year is an indication of what will happen in 2011, such as:
- Growth of volunteer involvement in international relief.
- Growth of Christianity in closed countries.
- Growth in the church planting movement.
- Growth of adoption as a family and church ministry.
- Growth of church involvement in combating human exploitation.

On the other hand, we are also likely to agree that last year’s declines will continue:

Decline in church attendance.
Decline in faith among young Americans.
Decline in denominations.

Believers can set the trends they want their faith to show. Our growth or our decline is our choice. Now is a perfect time to decide what your trend line will be for 2011.

http://theinclusivechurch.wordpress.com/ AmyFentonLee

This is a really a really fascinating post – and I suspect I’ll refer to it several times over the next year.

As for trends in the “spiritual” category…I think (and hope) we’ll see a greater interest from the church community for how we can better weave the child/family affected by special needs into the broader community of faith.
http://www.ednaellison.com Edna Ellison

I’ve found a huge trend in the last few weeks. This trend started with the release of the film “Amazing Grace” and it is a volunteer resolve to end modern-day slavery. At that time I heard several preachers repeat that we have more slaves now than we did just before the Civil War. Our church has decided to end slavery in our area, and we are overwhelmed with the amount of information available. Dan Rather recently aired a human trafficking series, along with Larry King live just before he retired, and every major network–along with the minor ones–have highlighted this issue, along with national WMU of the Southern Baptist Convention, with Project Help: Human Exploitation. Made for tv movies, like “The Daughter I Sold” –not sure of the exact title–which I saw last night, are airing everywhere I click on the tv channels!
Missionaries and others have shown us ways to help. In my county there are several groups already prepared to shut down the houses of prostitution and human trafficking they discovered right at their doorsteps. New Hope Publishers has a new book called Not in My Neighborhood, and the only problem I have with it is that it doesn’t come out until May! My church has pre-ordered three copies. We need it NOW.
God bless all those who are fighting this blight on our nation and world.

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