Vision night 2012 by Shane Stanford

Vision Night 2012Christ United Methodist Church

Some Good News…

Sunday School 80 new people have joined a Sunday

School Class. This means they request to be put on the Sunday School roll.

2 New Sunday School Classes created.

Membership 26 new people have joined the church

from July 10th - Oct. 9th.

Some Good News…

Children's Ministry From January - July 2011 we were

averaging around 175 children each Sunday.

From July - September we are averaging 206 children each Sunday.

Since implementing the new children's program in August we are averaging 233 children each Sunday.

Some Good News…

Connection 225 new people have been entered into

Shelby database system. This means they have either signed pew pads, connect cards or joined the church.

Worship Attendance Our average worship attendance is up

11.4% year-to-date.

Some Good News…

Giving Our giving deficit is now approx. $2,500

per week-- a decrease from a giving deficit of approx. $9,400 per week.

Five Smooth Stones…Questions that Transform the Way We Think About Church

1. If you want to reach people no one else is reaching, we have to do things that no one else is doing. What are those things for Christ Church in the Memphis metro area and beyond?


2. The Idea for the next generation's most innovative products and ministries will most probably not come from the previous generation. How are we ‘harvesting’ the ‘next generation’ concepts and ideas for implementation, celebration and evaluation?


3. What ideas do I believe are impossible to do in our area or ministry but if we could do them now, fully resourced, would fundamentally change our ministry effectiveness? What are those ideas for Christ Church? What keeps us from implementing them?


4. We are all emotionally ‘in love’ with at least one thing that we should have gotten rid of years ago or, at least, used more often but didn’t. What are those ideas, ministries, programs, personnel, traditions, habits, etc. for Christ Church? What keeps us from making those changes now?


5. When our memories exceed our dreams, the end is near. In what ways, areas, ministry initiatives, endeavors, objectives for Christ Church are we celebrating and referencing the past more than projecting and expecting the future? If you don’t name them specifically, you continue the pattern.

Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive

by Patrick Lencioni

Imagine a Church…

Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive

by Patrick Lencioni

A Cohesive Leadership Team…

…Create Organizational

Clarity.

Over-communicate Organizational

Clarity…

…Reinforce Organizational

Clarity.

Our Mission & Vision

To glorify God by making, maturing and mobilizing disciples as we love

Jesus and love like Jesus in the world.

Our Acts 2 Focus Areas

Worship Glorifying God in All ThingsCare Doing

Life TogetherShare Practicing GenerosityGrow

Making Disciples Who Make DisciplesServe Being

the Hands and Feet of Jesus.

Our Five Focus Areas.. Our Staff Structure

Worship Department of Worship ArtsCare Department of Congregational CareShare Department of

Operations/GenerosityGrow

Department of Community LifeServe Department of Serving & Outreach

The Race Before Us…

So then let’s also run the race that is laid out in front of us, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us. Let’s throw off any extra baggage, get rid of the sin that trips us up, 2 and fix our eyes on Jesus, faith’s pioneer and perfecter. He endured the cross, ignoring the shame, for the sake of the joy that was laid out in front of him… (Hebrews 12: 1-2a)

On Your Mark, Get set…

We have built a cohesive leadership team.

We have created a clear organizational structure.

We have communicated our mission and vision.

Now, Imagine…

Imagine a Church That…

So Take a Moment to

Worships TogetherGlorifying God in All Things

Worships TogetherGlorifying God in All Things

…by worshipping at multiple times, in multiple places, through multiple styles, for multiple demographics.

Disconnection, Explained…6 Common Perceptions of ChurchesFrom “You Lost Me” by David Kinnaman

Churches are…

1.Creativity Killers2.Boring3.Anti-Science4.Repressive5.Exclusive6.Doubtless

Disconnection, Explained…6 Commitments from Christ Church…

Build a Church That…

1.Cultivates New Ideas2.Engages Worshippers3.Provides a Thoughtful

Gospel4.Shares Possibilities5.Invites and Includes6.Is Honest and Real

Worships Together…Worship Arts @ Christ Church

Focus on Unchurched/Dischurched11am Sundays @ Christ Church.

Worships Together…Worship Arts @ Christ Church

“We will harvest ‘Next Generation Possibilities’ by investing in ‘Next Generation People and Ideas’…”

Christ Church 5 Smooth Stones, Rule No. 2.

Cares TogetherDoing Life Together

A Broken Community…What the broken pieces tell us.

-- 25% of our children need significant psychological intervention.-- 60% of all marriages end in divorce. -- 80% of addicts relapse without ongoing recovery connection.-- The rates of addiction and abuse are now higher among Christians than non-Christians.-- Over 700,000 Memphians do not attend church. However, 80% of respondents still reported seeking help first from the church when faced with relational or emotional crisis.

Cares Together…Congregational Care @ Christ Church

Lay Ministry Care Program—

“Every member in ministry, using their spiritual gifts to care for their brothers and sisters…”

Spiritual gifts. Spiritual journey.Equipped. Engaged.

Employed.


The Mosaic Ministry—Referral Consortium of Therapists,

Counselors, Psychologists and Social Workers

• Family counseling referral. • Support groups. • Recovery programs. • Educational assessment.


“We will reach for those no one else is reaching… sitting at the city gates and by the hot, dusty wells of our community… by doing the things no else is doing to reach them.” Christ Church 5 Smooth Rules, Rule No. 1

Shares TogetherPracticing Generosity

Shares Together…Generosity @ Christ Church

A Letter from Tessa…Full of heart ache and resent towards those in the church… I felt like an out cast for not living a pure and blameless life.

I sought to make sense of my struggles and pitfalls.

More then once I found myself on my knees… seeking God for help and direction. Determined… I would be responsible for my own faith and growth in this faith.


A Letter from Tessa…And I am so thankful that I heard your segment on the radio… leading me to the church where I can learn and now tithe… I hope you and your wife found this letter encouraging, because your words that day, through God's will, touched my life and I found it encouraging.


Christ Church Global.Across the Street… Around

the world.

Online Campus.Live streaming. Archived.Worship anywhere @ anytime.


Christ Church Fund 4-2morrow

Ministry endowment.Capital development.

“Some of our best gifts haven’t happened yet…”


The Joshua CommitteeLong-range planning.

“Celebrating a faithful heritage by living faithful over the next horizon…”


“Our dreams will always exceed our memories…” Christ Church 5 Smooth Stones, Rule No. 5.

Grows TogetherMaking Disciples Who Make Disciples

Grows Together…Community Life @ Christ Church

Acts 2:42“The devoted themselves to the Apostle’s teachings, to Fellowship, sharing of the Lord’s Supper, and to prayer…”


Barna reported in 2009:71% of Americans, when asked, would like a deeper understanding of Scripture whereby its principles spoke wisdom to their everyday lives.

77% of those who regard themselves as ‘regular church attendees’, when asked, believed First Hezekiah was a book in the Old Testament.

People who pray and read their Bible on a regular basis have lower blood pressure.


Re-cast for ministries that provide for growth and personal spiritual formation:

Walk to Emmaus The Next Generation Disciple Bible

Study Christ Church Connection


LiFE Journey (Living in Faith Everyday)

A Family Ministry ContinuumFrom birth through lifeExcellence in ministries to all age levels

How does the church become relevant at every stage and age period?


We commit ourselves through our resources and our relationships to build successful ministries for all of our age-levels—

From children- where 75% of all people who will come to know the Lord will do so during this age range.

To senior adults- where the fastest growing segment of the church lives.

To individuals with special considerations– where the church must become the first line of defense

To our world’s most successful in worldly standards– where oftentimes success on earth is mistaken for significance in the spiritual realm.


Mid-Week Discipleship Refine and Re-Cast

Proximity Study SeriesTopical Grace GroupsChrist College

“As you go about life, make disciples. Include them. Teach them. Send them…” (Jesus- Matthew 28)


2012 FamilyMatters InitiativeMarriage Conference 2012

May 2nd-3rd: Dr. Ted Cunningham

Educational CounselingSpring 2012: Dr. Ronnie Kent


Foundry Leadership InitiativeLeaders After Jesus’ Own Heart.

Leadership Luncheon Series.CEO of a Fortune 500 Company-- AutoZoneLegendary ‘Game Changer’ for Global

Communication TheoryFormer Chair/CEO of Saks 5th Ave.Chief of Medicine, UT Medical Center


Beyond the Horizon Program.2011- Laurie Beth Jones

author of Jesus CEO and The Four Elements

Learning Modules w/ Asbury Seminary.

Willow Creek Leadership SummitThe Wilson Speakers Series

Making leadership development a ministry endeavor.


As long as a ministry reflects our values—

“No matter how much we love it, if it does not work, we will throw it out… And, No matter how much we hate it, if it works, we will try it…” Christ Church 5 Smooth Stones, Rule No. 3.

Serves TogetherBeing the Hands and Feet of Jesus


14,000 people per day die from inadequate food and water sources.

70% of the world lives below the USA standard for poverty.

30% of the world is starving. But, the USA threw away enough food last year to feed the entire world twice– and spent $30 billion on diet products.

AIDS is the leading cause of death for women, ages 18-30 in Memphis.

Crime is the leading cause of death for men, ages 18-30 in Memphis.


And, “The Cycle of Poverty”--- For instance, the number of times a child is read to in the first three years of life significantly impacts their reading proficiency by the 3rd grade. The number of proficient 3rd grade readers from one generation determines the formula for the number of prison cells we build in the next generation.

Want to impact our world-- imagine a church that reduces crime by making the work of young moms a holy and sacred act.


Re-commitment and support for our affiliated partnerships and missional focus areas such as:

BinghamptonSOSCornerstone SchoolMARRSCMDSChrist Community Medical and Mission

Reach 2020: To have 50% of our ministry plan committed to ministries that serve as the “hands and feet of Jesus” in our community and beyond.

Serves Together…Serving & Outreach @ Christ Church

Focus One:

The Serving Initiative52 weeks of ministry focusStrategic Action Plans

Local MissionsInternational Missions


Focus Two:

The Parish Model“We grow larger by growing

smaller…”

Missional Communities: The Hands and Feet @

Home– In the places where we live.


Parish– Who are they?A Parish is doing life together in the place where you live.They care for one another in times of transition.They might worship together every quarter.They may serve together in several projects every year.They study Financial Peace in the fall.They have Lenten dinners each Wednesday in the spring.They watch for new people in their community.They take care of the lonely and forgotten people around the corner.They cry together. Share together. Pray together. Serve Together.They are not a small group. They are not a mission team. They are not a task area or committee. They are all of the above... and more.


They are sons and daughters with aging parents.They are parents with troubled children.They are single and married making the most of family.They are teachers, lawyers, doctors– the have and have less.They are doubters, divinely inspired, broken, and well healed.They are the people you eat lunch with… the ones you take lunch to… the ones who make the lunch you enjoy… and the ones who clean up when the meal is over.They are you. They are we.They are our neighbors. They are our friends. They are our family. They are our church.

We are more than the sum of who we know.


“We will seek to serve as though resources are sufficient, servants are in full supply, and the Spirit is welcome and alive in our church family…” Christ Church 5 Smooth Stones, No. 4

Vision night 2012 by Shane Stanford

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