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Worship

DiscipleshipMinistry

Mobilization

Leadership

Fellowship

MissionalEndeavor

TheActs 16:5Church

Generosity

The Power of Goal Setting and Planning

The role of leadership is to get you from the present to the future. Its about visioning and goal setting. John Holm TAG Consulting

The Power of Goal Setting and Planning

S.M.A.R.T. Goals

S – Specific

M – Measurable

A – Aim High

R – Realistic

T – Timeline (or deadline)

WORD

SHARE

PRAYER

Send to ministry and mission

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The Small Group Movement – groups of 2 or 3 up to 14

Two small group vids

Three Keys to a Missional Congregaton

The first key to missional engagement with the community isthe vitality of the disciple-growing congregation. People come to faith in vital churches

The second key to missional engagement with the community is Christian lifestyle: the deployment (sending) of God’s people in individual witness and service in their homes, workplaces, and communities

The third key to missional engagement with the community ismissional ministries (programs) and missional emphases within programs

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The Three-Fold Missional Mandate

Show up - Speak up - Stand up

‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.’

Luke 4:18-19

Missional Endeavor:Gathered - Scattered

REACH

GROW

SEND

THE MISSIONAL CYCLE

Leadership Matters

Levels of permission-giving1.We tell you what to do.

2. You ask us what to do.

3. You ask us for permission for what you want to do.

4.You act on your own but inform us immediately.

5. You act on your own and inform us routinely.

6.You Act on your own.

Technical Challenges

Adaptive Challenges

ACTION LEARNING

ALT Teams Do their Homework

ALT Teams Take Action

ALT Teams Communicate

• Do our plans fit the Vision?

• Learn• Reflect

• With Session

Possible Acts 16:5 Applications1. Word-Share-Prayer every committee/board2. A new expectation our Lord has a future for us3. Organization of a vision team with the pastor4. Clarify your congregation’s Defining Vision5. Begin to teach people the 3-D lifestyle of

witness, prayer, care, Word, with-me, send6. Become a church of small groups7. Begin to implement “Reach-Grow-Send”8. Launch an Action Learning Team (ALT) to

address and adaptive challenge

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