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Building Our Future Together: A Church Development Workshop

Join us for a workshop focused on mapping our church's journey, assessing our health, and planning the next chapter. Participate in discussions, set goals, and prioritize actions for our future growth and impact. Let's work together to shape our community's story and strengthen our church family.

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Building Our Future Together: A Church Development Workshop

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  1. Name of Church: Date:

  2. Introduction • Facilitators • Facilitator 1 • Facilitator 2 • What is Future Focus?

  3. Ground Rules • Respect each other • Active listening • Only one person in a group speaks at any one time • Everybody has an opportunity to contribute   • Switch off mobile phones

  4. Programme • Opening Devotions • Introduction • Timeline • Mapping • Healthy Church Check • Key points from Preparatory Questionnaire • Writing the next chapter • Closing comments • Closing prayer

  5. Timeline Who are we?

  6. Timeline Example

  7. Mapping Where are we?

  8. Mapping Example

  9. Health Check How are we?

  10. Health Check: Individual Score Sheet

  11. Health Check: Example of Completed Individual Scores

  12. Health Check: Example of Completed Group Scores

  13. 1. Integrity • Jesus at the core • He is the beginning, middle and end of our story • We remember our Church’s experience covers thousands of years • What we say is consistent with what we do

  14. 2. Body and Soul • We strive for a lasting face to face encounter with God • We involve the whole person and the whole people of God • The quality of our worship and devotion are vital • The whole of life is our concern

  15. Open House • We welcome all with open doors and open arms • We go out to find the uninvited • We make our home among need • We listen and we speak

  16. 4. Growth • We are trainees learning skills • We are followers on the road • Seeds have to be nurtured before they will bear fruit • God adds to our number

  17. 5. Local • The global good news needs to be spoken in a local accent • We choose to be real rather than virtual • We value every locality

  18. 6. Love and Care • Our Community will only be satisfied with Christ-like relationships • We put our hands to work

  19. Health Check: Total Scores

  20. Writing the next chapter The story we want to be part of

  21. Writing the Next Chapter Our Story so far: Where are we now? • What has been our most significant development in the past two years? • In what way has this helped us to become a healthier church? • Imagine a newcomer to the congregation. What helps or hinders him/her from engaging with this aspect of the church’s life?

  22. Writing the Next Chapter The Story we want to be part of: •  By the end of 2014, building on our strengths in ………….., we would like to see … • By the end of 2014, we would like to be known as the church who … c) Agree on the top three most important dreams/hopes to be fulfilled by 2014 and rank them

  23. Writing the Next Chapter • Prioritise • Action Plan

  24. What happens next? • Facilitators sort, collate and compile findings. • Report delivered to the Session. • … and then it’s up to you….

  25. Name of Church: Date:

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