Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Sharing some vision

What might take place at First Assembly in days, months, and years to come?
Great question. However, not an easy one to pinpoint or provide exact answers for.

The list below are some areas of focus we will be looking at, praying about and working toward in the future. By no means are these in any specific order. Just a list of God-thoughts I have from time to time when asking God to help me dream BIG for the church.

Get the Church’s mission into the DNA of the people. We exist to glorify Jesus and bring about spiritual transformation in people's lives. Put this in front of the church all the time.

Help everyone at First Assembly move along in their Journey. (Connect to God, People, and Serve) Label events, sermons, and opportunities in these areas to help people understand the journey process.

Care about those not attending any church.

Become a life-giving church.

Empower and equip teams of people to go do the ministry at First Assembly. (The pastor established and releases teams into ministry We need to build teams and release teams into ministry.

Dynamic Weekend Services. (attractive atmosphere, engaging music, dynamic preaching, high-end media, innovative staging, café relational area, friendly environment, life-giving experiences.)

Strong Life Groups and other relational/belonging gatherings.

Several Serving opportunities.

Big-Attendance opportunities four times a year.

Effective follow-up.

Effective new-believer discipleship.

Effective Assimilation.

Increase community reputation and buzz for being effective, relevant, and life-giving.

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