Village Missions Pilot

Agenda

9:00 Self Introduction, “Koinonia Connection” and “Hand of the Lord Time

10:00 Ministry Vision Development Discussion

12:00 Working lunch12:30 Discussion of KANI2:30 Dismiss

Hand of the Lord

Koinonia ConnectionKoinonia Connection

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Information + Information + FeelingsFeelings

Information OnlyInformation OnlyXX

PASTPAST Here is something about Here is something about mymy past that would help you past that would help you

know me betterknow me better

DEFINING DEFINING A difficult life experience A difficult life experience which which MOMENTMOMENT helped me grow as helped me grow as a persona person was..was..

VALUESVALUES Here’s what I stand for…Here’s what I stand for…

Building an Accountable Ministry Team

Developing a common visionSomething you may use with

your Church Leadership

8:30 Devotional and Prayer (we are dependent on hearing from God)

9:00 Ebenezers9:45 Break10:00 State of the Church Discussion11:00 Break11:10 Projecting into the Future, God

willing

Developing a Common Vision

You set the time frames for this. Likely, you’ll You set the time frames for this. Likely, you’ll need more time for each of the components. It need more time for each of the components. It makes for a great Leadership Retreat experience. makes for a great Leadership Retreat experience.

Developing Expectations & Celebrating the “Ebenezers”

• What are memories of significant “Happenings” that have occurred at you church? What are some of the things that God has done in your midst?

List these on the flip chart paper on the walls by time frame (decades, years, etc.)

Ephesians 2: 1-10

What are the Cool Things that God has

Prepared for You to do Today?

(GW paraphrase)

State of the Church Discussion, Diagnosing the

Current SituationThe 4 Question

Diagnostic

Work through this by yourselves,

then discuss with the group.

Rank Order the Issues

• List the issues • Rank order them in order of

importance as you see them• Gather the rankings for each issue, the

one w/ the lowest total is first, etc. • We’ll then address them in order

using…The SPECIFICS process

State of the Church Discussion,

Diagnosing the Current Situation• S…ituation

• P…roblem• E…vidence – is it measureable?

What is the cost $$, image, reputation.??

• C…onsequences over time • I…mplications• F…uture Fix• I…mplications• C…onstraints

What are the Issues?

What’s next?

• Right Now– What are the current issues that need to

be addressed?

Church Leadership Vision

5 Minute Free Writing Exercise;

Describe in vivid detail, what you think the

church should look like in 5 years. Write a

paragraph with this description.

Church Leadership Vision

Circle those key word or phrases that suggest

that significant change needs to take place for

this to occur

• Using a flip chart, list all of the ideas that surfaced during the 5 minute writing exercise.

• Rework / combine them into simple (not compound) goal statements

• Rank order them in order of priority

Church Leadership Vision

What’s next?

• Right Now– What are the current issues that need to

be addressed?• For the Long Term

– What are the long term vision driven goals that need to be planned and achieved?

• What is the Vision Casting Strategy that needs to be developed?

What is the Vision Casting Strategy that needs to be

developed?• 70% of the congregation will be slow to

adopt the vision• 15% will adopt right away• 15% will highly resist any change• You have been living with the

development of the vision for sometime, the congregation has not, what sensitivities need to be accounted for?

Church Leadership Vision

• Purpose: why we exist as a church body• Vision: where we are going• Core Values: those things that distinguish us• Mission / Objective statements: directional• Strategies & Tactics: getting into the details• Ministry Plans: getting defined,

measureable, time sensitive• Individual Staff (paid and unpaid) Ministry

Plans for the current ministry year

Roundtable Covenant

This is our roundtable, as such, it will be essential that we establish a “behavior covenant.” What are some of the behavioral expectations that could be a part of this covenant?

Confidentiality, Reliability, Commitment, Trustworthiness, Excellence, Engagement, Encouraging…

Dealing with the KANI’s of Life and Ministry

• S…ituation• P…roblem• E…vidence• C…onsequences• I…mplications• F…uture Fix• I…mplications• C…onstraints

What are the Issues?

Debrief

• What did you learn today?• What are you going to do differently

as a result of the time spent today• How are you going to “carve” that

into your “doing?”

FeedbackCompares: expectations vs. actual

• You; what is your understanding of the expectations?

• Me: this is my understanding of the expectations

• It; what is the gap between expectations and actual

• Us; what are we going to do to get back on track?

Fierce Conversations

• General Issue• Specific examples• What’s at stake• How we may have contributed to the

issue• We’re here to resolve this issue• What is your thinking?