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Table of Contents
Session Title Page
Program Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1 Orientation/Building the Case for Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 Getting Beyond Our Church Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3 Leadership Development: The Foundation for Growth. . . . . . . . 55
4 Empowering Laity Beyond Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5 Casting Vision for Missional Clarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
6 Developing Vision Statements & Goal Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Books The Healthy Small Church by Dennis Bickers Ultimately Responsible by Sue Nilson Kibbey Evangelism in the Small Church by Royal Speidel
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Overview
Program Overview
This program is broken down into six sessions that are four hours in length. These sessions will occur every other month over the course of a full year. Church pastors and lay leaders are required to attend each of the sessions in order to complete the SCI program.
Core Purpose The core purpose of this program is to develop the leadership skills of small
church pastors and lay leaders in order to enable them to better lead themselves, their churches and others. There are two other main purposes of this program:
1. Develop core competencies of pastors and lay leaders.
2. Prepare pastors, lay leaders, and their churches for a possible consultation process at their church.
We will take a look at each of these shortly.
Objectives Throughout the total SCI program participants will learn to:
Develop a strong understanding of how our culture has changed and
how the church can change to be “mission-driven” and reach out to others for Christ.
Use practical ways to develop the leadership skills of themselves and others at their churches.
Use new tools for doing ministry that is both “faithful” and “fruitful.” Develop strong collegiality with other pastors and lay leaders as “life-
long learners.”
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Core Competencies
Pastors throughout the church have spent years in spiritual education and development. Our goal with this program is to enhance that foundation with leadership development and practical information they will be able to apply in their lives and the lives of their churches. Throughout these sessions we will interweave a focus on the development of certain core skills/competencies which are key to leading growing, vibrant, spirit-filled churches. While most of these competencies may not be called out specifically during a session, they are there in the background. It is important for facilitators to understand this and to be aware of this focus on skill development. Here is listing of some core competencies we are focusing on throughout this program:
Change Leadership – flexibility, adaptability, patience in and with ambiguous situations, responding positively to new demands and challenges, addressing resistance through clear communication, leading change through careful attention to the impact on people, understanding the difference between technical and adaptive changes
Communication – encourages an active and open exchange of ideas, opening shares information, creates an inclusive environment, maintains high visibility, listens actively
Outreach – focusing attention and resources beyond the church, understands the needs of the community, active locally
Evangelism – reaching out to non-Christians, de-Christians, and others in a positive way, praying for those outside the church
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Church Consultation
The Small Church Initiative includes two main components:
1. The SCI group training sessions for pastors and lay leaders. These six sessions are held every other month over the course of one year.
2. Full-day church consultation on-site with a trained consultant provided by the conference.
Not all pastors/churches who take the group training will continue on to have a consultation experience. However, that is an underlying focus for these sessions.
We know from past experiences that the issues/opportunities that are identified most during these consultations are:
Passionate worship – effective service
Focusing outward – involvement in the community, reaching out and serving others
Vision – clear picture of where the church is going
Evangelism – reaching new people for Christ
Connecting – clear process for development, growth, helping new people belong
Mission Statement – calling by God to make disciples for Christ
Structure – how we are structured in our church in order to achieve our mission
Our goal is to address each of these throughout these sessions so that pastors are aware of them and able to proactively focus on them before they participate in a consultation.
Your goal as a facilitator is to point them out as they come up during a session and to continuously point out the connection between what is being taught/discussed and the consultation. This is most effective when it is done subtly and not overtly.
For example, “Those are some great examples of how your church is helping in the community, which is a key part of the consultation process.”
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Basics
Handouts Each participant receives a workbook to be used throughout the entire SCI process. (Our goal is not to have any handouts during these sessions.)
Using this Guide
This facilitator guide is fully scripted and is intended as a model. Facilitators are encouraged to use their own words, personal stories, and examples. Use this guide in conjunction with the participant materials and PowerPoint slides, which are referred to throughout the document. We suggest reading through the facilitator guide several times (at least) for preparation. To start each session we suggest that the facilitator:
Arrive at least 45 minutes prior to the start time. Review materials checklists, test equipment, and ensure room setup
is correct. Play upbeat background music, if available. Greet each participant as they arrive and make them feel at ease.
Start on time, and provide a brisk and organized pace that stays on schedule without participants feeling rushed.
Room Set-up Round tables or smaller table groupings is suggested
Ideal class size is 10 to 20 people (if fewer than 10 participants, suggest using a U-shaped setup)
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Materials
Each of the sessions is designed and laid out basically the same. There is a Facilitator Guide, Participant Workbook, and PowerPoint presentation for each session. Let’s take a closer look at each of these components:
Facilitator Guide
We use the term “facilitator” throughout these materials. This is very intentional. These sessions are designed to be two-way conversations and not one-way lectures. Our job as facilitators is to take the participants on a journey of discovery. Here is the basic layout of the guide and a short comment about each area:
About This Course – gives you a quick “snap-shot” of the session Preparation Checklist – covers what you will need for the session
(while most of this is the same from session to session it is important to check each time + there are a few changes along the way)
Course Outline – a general outline of the session with topics and times (actual start times may vary)
Opening – a short welcome, opening prayer, spiritual formation, along with the core purpose, objectives and ground rules for the day
Action Plan Review – each session will end with everyone writing out a short action plan of what they are going to do with what they learned, we begin each session with a short review of those plans.
Leadership Teaching – this is the heart of the session. Most of your time will be spent here. Some sessions will review the key points from a book. There is an activity of some type written into each session. Typically, there will be a lot of ground to cover. The facilitator must keep the group moving AND still maintain a high level of interaction.
Key Learnings /Action Plan – this is an open discussion time focused on what each person learned, their takeaways, and some best practices that will compliment that session’s topic. The action plans will also be completed during this time.
Wrap-Up & Closing – cover homework, answer questions, complete evaluations, end in prayer
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About This Session
Overview This session is designed to help introduce the participants to each other, prepare them for the overall program, and to build the case for hope in themselves and their churches.
Core Purpose The core purpose of this session is to create a strong partnership between
the pastors, lay leaders and facilitator while establishing expectations and responsibilities for the overall process.
Objectives In this session the participants will learn to:
Define the steps in the Small Church Initiative process Understand the current state of the Methodist Church in Missouri Review problems that can lead to a church becoming unhealthy Identify the lifecycle of a church Focus on maximizing strengths
Room Set-up Round tables or smaller table grouping is suggested where possible.
This will help build relationships by putting people in smaller groups and will allow the facilitator to move around the room between groups.
Ideal class size is 10 to 20 people. If fewer than 10 participants, suggest using a U-shaped setup for the
room.
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Preparation Checklist
Workbooks (1 per participant)
Flipchart with easel and markers – tape or other tools to post around the room
PowerPoint presentation
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Pens or other writing instruments
Name tents or name tags
Bible
The Healthy Small Church, by Dennis Bickers (This month’s book)
o Copies for everyone if applicable
Optional Materials:
Bottled water
Music to play in the background before the session and during breaks
Candy for each table
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Session Outline
Time* Name Length
9:00 – 10:15
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1 hour 15 minutes
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1 hour 30 minutes
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12:45 – 1:00 Wrap-Up & Closing 15 minutes
TOTAL 4 hours * Start time is just an example – adjust as needed
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Instead of us introducing ourselves, we are going to pair up and introduce each other. Have each person in the room pair up with someone they do not already know. It may be necessary for you to partner with a participant if there are an odd number of people in the group. You will now have 2 or 3 minutes to gather the information on each other before we come back and do the introductions. Go around the room and ensure everyone has a chance to introduce themselves. It may be necessary to move the introductions along in order to stay on track. Keep an eye on the time. Be sure that anyone else in the room (conference staff, other facilitators, etc…) takes part in the introductions. That was great. We certainly have a very diverse group and that will help us as we learn to develop our leadership skills. Now let’s take a look at our core purpose and objectives for today.
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About This Session
Overview This session is designed to move the participants to action by helping them to see the dangers of being too inward focused and why it is so important for our churches to be seen as vital in our communities.
Core Purpose The core purpose of this session is to understand the importance of moving
our churches from being inward focused to being outward focused by reaching out to our communities.
Objectives In this session the participants will learn to:
Understand the connections between the Great Commission,
the Mission of the UMC, and our role in the local church. Review the current state of our church in the community
Discover ways to build bridges from our church into the community
Focus on being on mission and not just supporting missions
Room Set-up Round tables or smaller table grouping is suggested where possible.
This will help build relationships by putting people in smaller groups and will allow the facilitator to move around the room between groups.
Ideal class size is 10 to 20 people. If fewer than 10 participants, suggest using a U-shaped setup for the
room. o Based on geography, district size, and the number of
participants from each church…the class size may go up to 30-40 people.
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Preparation Checklist
Workbooks (1 per participant)
Flipchart with easel and markers – tape or other tools to post around the room
PowerPoint presentation
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o Laptop with presentation loaded on desktop
o Screen or white wall space
Pens or other writing instruments
Name tents or name tags
Bible
The Healthy Small Church, by Dennis Bickers (This month’s book)
Optional Materials:
Bottled water
Music to play in the background before the session and during breaks
Candy for each table
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Session Outline
Time* Name Length
9:00 – 9:15
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10:15 – 10:30 BREAK 10 minutes
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Why focus outward? Activity – Inward or Outward? Building Bridges in the Community Fellowship vs. Hospitality Becoming Mission-Minded
1 hour 30 minutes
12:00 – 12:45 Key Learnings & Action Plans 45 minutes
12:45 – 1:00 Wrap-Up & Closing 15 minutes
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About This Session
Overview This session is designed to emphasize the need and importance of leadership development in our churches. While this session cannot cover all areas of leadership development, our goal is to cover some key points and to be a catalyst for pastors and lay leaders to continue the process in their churches.
Core Purpose The core purpose of this session is for the group to discover how to apply
key principles of leadership development in their churches.
Objectives In this session the participants will learn to:
Identify leaders and position them for success in ministry. Work with limited resources and deal with conflict. Develop spiritual leaders around you. Understand a new simplified church structure.
Room Set-up Round tables or smaller table grouping is suggested where possible.
This will help build relationships by putting people in smaller groups and will allow the facilitator to move around the room between groups.
Ideal class size is 10 to 20 people. If fewer than 10 participants, suggest using a U-shaped setup for the
room. o Based on geography, district size, and the number of
participants from each church…the class size may go up to 30-40 people.
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Preparation Checklist
Workbooks (1 per participant)
Flipchart with easel and markers – tape or other tools to post around the room
PowerPoint presentation
o Projector
o Laptop with presentation loaded on desktop
o Screen or white wall space
Pens or other writing instruments
Name tents or name tags
Bible
Ultimately Responsible, by Sue Nilson Kibbey (This month’s book)
Download a drum solo from YouTube or Google Video (Here are two examples: “Four Solos for Snare Drum Movement 3; Pretty bad drum solo)
Optional Materials:
Bottled water
Music to play in the background before the session and during breaks
Candy for each table
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Session Outline
Time* Name Length
9:00 – 9:15
Opening
Welcome Prayer Core Purpose, Objectives & Ground Rules Spiritual Formation
15 minutes
9:15 – 10:15 Action Plan / Homework Review 1 hour
10:15 – 10:30 BREAK 10 minutes
10:30 – 12:00
Leadership Teaching
Identifying & Positioning Leaders Leadership Styles/Credibility Markers Working with Limited Resources What Great Leaders Practice: Credibility Developing Spiritual Leaders Simplified Structure Building a Team
1 hour 30 minutes
12:00 – 12:45 Key Learnings & Action Plans 45 minutes
12:45 – 1:00 Wrap-Up & Closing 15 minutes
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About This Session
Overview This session is designed to emphasize the need and importance of empowering the laity in our churches in order to achieve our mission and vision. Too many pastors and church leaders are trying to do too much themselves instead of equipping others.
Core Purpose The core purpose of this session is to have the participants understand the
importance of empowering the laity in their churches and their role in accomplishing that.
Objectives In this session the participants will learn:
The importance of intentional faith development Awareness of the stages of spiritual development Principles of relationship evangelism skills
Room Set-up Round tables or smaller table grouping is suggested where possible.
This will help build relationships by putting people in smaller groups and will allow the facilitator to move around the room between groups.
Ideal class size is 10 to 20 people. If fewer than 10 participants, suggest using a U-shaped setup for the
room. o Based on geography, district size, and the number of
participants from each church…the class size may go up to 30-40 people.
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Preparation Checklist
Workbooks (1 per participant)
Flipchart with easel and markers – tape or other tools to post around the room
PowerPoint presentation
o Projector
o Laptop with presentation loaded on desktop
o Screen or white wall space
Pens or other writing instruments
Name tents or name tags
Bible
Books – we use all of these this month:
o Ultimately Responsible, by Sue Nilson Kibbey
o Evangelism in the Small Membership Church, by Royal Speidel
o Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, by Robert Schnase
Optional Materials:
Bottled water
Music to play in the background before the session and during breaks
Candy for each table
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Session Outline
Time* Name Length
9:00 – 9:25
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Welcome Prayer Core Purpose, Objectives & Ground Rules Spiritual Formation
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9:25 – 10:15 Action Plan / Homework Review 50 minutes
10:15 – 10:30 BREAK 15 minutes
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Activity – Define Faith Development Faith Development Examples Activity – Spiritual Development Stages Reaching Those at Each Level Relationship Evangelism Activity – My Fishing Pond
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12:00 – 12:45 Key Learnings & Action Plans 45 minutes
12:45 – 1:00 Wrap-Up & Closing 15 minutes
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About This Session
Overview This session is designed to teach pastors and lay leaders the fundamental areas of strategic planning in churches with a strong emphasis on vision. Too many churches are plateaued or in decline due to a lack of mission, vision, and plans to achieve them.
Core Purpose The core purpose of this session is for the participants to clearly understand
the importance of visioning with their churches and teams.
Objectives In this session the participants will learn to:
Differentiate between values, mission, vision, purpose, and objectives Define what vision is and how it fits into growing our churches Understand the Five Practices of a Healthy Church
Room Set-up Round tables or smaller table grouping is suggested where possible.
This will help build relationships by putting people in smaller groups and will allow the facilitator to move around the room between groups.
Ideal class size is 10 to 20 people. If fewer than 10 participants, suggest using a U-shaped setup for the
room. o Based on geography, district size, and the number of
participants from each church…the class size may go up to 30-40 people.
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Preparation Checklist
Workbooks (1 per participant)
Flipchart with easel and markers – tape or other tools to post around the room
PowerPoint presentation
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o Laptop with presentation loaded on desktop
o Screen or white wall space
Pens or other writing instruments
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Bible
Books
o Ultimately Responsible, by Sue Nilson Kibbey
o Evangelism in the Small Membership Church, by Royal Speidel
o Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, by Robert Schnase
o Advanced Strategic Planning, by Aubrey Malphurs – it would be helpful to have this book read and available for this session (or another book which covers mission, vision, goals, etc…) as a reference guide.
Optional Materials:
Bottled water
Music to play in the background before the session and during breaks
Candy for each table
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Session Outline
Time* Name Length
9:00 – 9:15
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10:15 – 10:30 BREAK 15 minutes
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Key Term Definitions Importance of Vision Developing a Vision Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations
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12:15 – 12:45 Key Learnings & Homework 30 minutes
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Provides Energy – Not much happens without an inspiring, compelling vision. Remember the story of Nehemiah? Not much was happening because the people had no vision. Visions are exciting and they energize people. They supply the fuel so that leaders can stop putting out fires and start setting a few.
Creates Cause – The right vision creates meaning in people’s lives, providing them with a cause and giving them a sense of divine purpose. They are part of something bigger than themselves, something that God is accomplishing at this time in this church.
Fosters Risk Taking – A shared vision fosters a congregation’s willingness to take risks. Ministry for Christ becomes an exciting adventure into the world of the unknown. The risks are great, but so is the God we serve and the vision he has given us.
Legitimizes Leadership – Bill Hybels writes: “Vision is at the very core of leadership. Take vision away from a leader and you cut out his or her heart.” Like navigators who may carry around a picture of their port of call in their wallet, so leaders carry in their heart a picture of the church that could be.
Energizes Leadership – When people see the vision, they can feel it. “Vision is the fuel that leaders run on. It’s the energy that creates action. It’s the fire that ignites the passion of followers.” – Bill Hybels When a congregation has a leader who owns and inflames a vision and lives that vision in a Christlike passionate manner, they will follow that leader to the ends of the earth.
Sustains Ministry – Ministry can be very difficult, even painful. Discouragement and disappointment often lurk in the ministry hallways and boardrooms of the typical church. What has sustained Christians from the beginning of the church in the book of Acts up to today? One answer is a biblical, compelling vision.
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About This Session
Overview This session is designed to build on our last session by continuing to teach pastors and lay leaders the fundamental areas of strategic planning in churches. We are adding goal setting and ministry evaluation to what we covered last time.
Core Purpose The core purpose of this session is for the participants to begin to apply
what we have learned about mission and vision in order to develop goals and plans for our specific churches.
Objectives In this session the participants will learn to:
Set S.M.A.R.T. goals for our churches and ministries. Connect our mission and vision to our goals, objectives, and
activities. Audit our ministries for effectiveness in living out our mission and
vision.
Room Set-up Round tables or smaller table grouping is suggested where possible.
This will help build relationships by putting people in smaller groups and will allow the facilitator to move around the room between groups.
Ideal class size is 10 to 20 people. If fewer than 10 participants, suggest using a U-shaped setup for the
room. o Based on geography, district size, and the number of
participants from each church…the class size may go up to 30-40 people.
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Preparation Checklist
Workbooks (1 per participant)
Flipchart with easel and markers – tape or other tools to post around the room
PowerPoint presentation
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o Laptop with presentation loaded on desktop
o Screen or white wall space
Pens or other writing instruments
Name tents or name tags
Bible
Books
o Ultimately Responsible, by Sue Nilson Kibbey
o Evangelism in the Small Membership Church, by Royal Speidel
o Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, by Robert Schnase
o Advanced Strategic Planning, by Aubrey Malphurs – it would be helpful to have this book read and available for this session (or another book which covers mission, vision, goals, etc…) as a reference guide.
Optional Materials:
Bottled water
Music to play in the background before the session and during breaks
Candy for each table
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Session Outline
Time* Name Length
9:00 – 9:15
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12:15 – 12:45 Next Steps 30 minutes
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S.M.A.R.T. Goals, continued This is where you would ask “How” type questions. “How much”, “How fast”, “How often”, “How well”, How soon”, etc.. Remember, if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it! Display slide (Achievable) Achievable goals are ones that can be reached. The key here is to make the goal challenging enough to push you but not so big that it cannot be done. You can attain most any goal you set when you plan your steps wisely and establish a time frame that allows you to carry out those steps. Look for ways that you can get small “win” and build momentum. Remember, achievable does not mean EASY! Display slide (Relevant) A relevant goal is one that is within your span of control. In other words, you are not heavily dependent on the actions of others. For example, it would not be good for me to set a goal of teaching this class to 50 people next year if I do not have any control over how many people sign up or how often I get the opportunity to teach. Display slide (Time-based) A goal should be grounded within a time frame. Without a set time there is no sense of urgency and this is one of the main challenges with goals today. A goal with clear time frames will not only have an established deadline, it will also provide the opportunity for milestone dates along the way toward that deadline. You should be able to write your goal on a calendar.
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