5. Koinonia Connection PAST Here is something about my past that would help you know me better DEFINING A difficult life experience which MOMENT helped me grow as a person was.. VALUES Here’s what I stand for… X Information + Feelings Information Only X
9. Ephesians 2: 1-10 What are the Cool Things that God has Prepared for You to do Today? (TPR paraphrase)
10. State of the Church Discussion, Diagnosing the Current Situation The 4 Question Diagnostic Work through this by yourself, then discuss with the group.
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15. 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.
16. Church Leadership Vision Circle those key words or phrases that suggest that significant change needs to take place for this to occur
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Editor's Notes
The Hand of the Lord time is a time where guys can share what the Lord has been doing, how has the lord “shown up” in your life and ministry? It is also a time where you can share where you need to feel the Lord’s touch in the near future about specific issues. Encourage the guys to track these prayer requests and to be proactive in praying for the guys in the roundtable
This is the second level of Koinonia Connection. In this experience, keep the same groups, 2, 3 or 4. Have them share something from their past, a defining moment or a value that they stand for. Have them do this in 45 seconds or less and then to be quiet. The idea is for the others they are matched up with are then to ask questions, with the idea of “peeling the onion.” Empathic listening is the idea here with a view of getting to know more about their group.
Have flip chart paper attached to the walls of the meeting room. Make sure that there are markers for all. Have the participants go around the room and recount different positive events that have happened in the life of the church. “Unpack” those events after you have finished recording them on the flipchart paper. The idea is to look back and smile at the things that the Lord has accomplished.
A good passage to use, particularly 2:10, the above is my paraphrase.
Have the participants work through this by themselves, then build a list of the things that were raised.
List those items that are identified on a flip chart. Rank order them in order of importance.
Address each of the items identified using the SPECIFICS process.
There is a one page and a 2 page version of this form. Use the 2 page; it allows more space for writing.
List the issues and the plan for solution and identify timeline for completion of the solution
This is done on an individual basis.
This is done on an individual basis.
There is the right now, then the longer term solutions to accomplishing the vision. Develop a strategy for casting the vision w/ the congregation.
Do the hard work of developing the above. Use web searches to see what some of the other churches have done. Make sure they are short enough to remember easily, but comprehensive enough to represent what they need to represent.
The Acronym “Specifics” is a useful tool to assist in the remembering of the process of diagnosing and then generating solutions to problems that “draw our mind” to them. This is unpacked further in discussion around the KANI worksheet, next
