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Leadership and Adult

IECS UpdateJuly 2009Denver

Adult Ministry Strategy

Core Ministry Solutions

Sunday School

Small GroupsDiscipleship

DevotionalsMagazines

Redesign

• Making the learner guide relevant and essential for Parents in Bible study.

• Emphasize a visual appeal combined with transformational content.

• Offer features that will help parents interact with their children.

• Provide in-depth Bible study appropriate for today’s busy parents.

Ongoing Redesign Work

Life Values

(1 of 3 Prototypes)

Following LifeTruthsRedesign methodology

Just getting started . . .

It all started with an elevator conversation . . .

Small Groups by LifeWay

Serendipity by LifeWay

Small Group Life

Other New and Existing Small

Group ResourcesOngoing work FY09 Focus Work

Current & Future work

Marriage & Family Ministry Strategy

May 6, 2009

What is Family Ministry?

• Family Ministry is the church at work to establish, encourage, & equip spiritually healthy families.

• Churches are struggling to define a cohesive, effective Family Ministry strategy.

How Does LifeWay Help?

• Develop Solutions from Biblical foundations

– Gen 2:18-25– Deut 6:4-9 & 2 Tim 1:5– Joshua 24:15– Gen 12:1-3

What are the indicators of a Spiritually Healthy Family? How does a church support them?

Indicator 1: Strong Marriages

Family…what a great idea!

* Extraordinary Marriage Rodney and Selma Wilson* The Five Love Languages Gary Chapman* The 5 Sex Needs of Men & Women Gary & Barb Rosberg* The Love Dare Bible Study Michael Catt & Stephen & Alex Kendrick* Experiencing God as a Couple Henry & Marilyn Blackaby* Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Life Spaghetti Bill and Pam Farrell

* The Complete Resource Kit for Marriage Mentoring Les & Leslie Parrott

• Provide DVD-based Enrichment Studies

Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott

Marriage Mentoring

Ron L. DealStepfamilies

Distributing HomeLife

extends the church’s marriage ministry into homes 24/7.

Indicator 2: Equipped Parents

Indicator 3: Missional Families

Indicator 4: Personal Daily Devotion

The Love Dare Bible Study

• Strong start

• FALL emphasis

• “Point of Sale” booklet is already popular

• Church “event” strategy – “event in a box”

Growing Disciples Series

• Basic Discipleship series

• Began with The Call to Follow Christ

• 6 additional titles based on the Disciple’s Cross from MasterLife

• Series will be complete by June-- Live in the Word

The Family God Uses

Promotes the Family Ministry message of “Missional Family”

Available July ‘09

Fresh Encounter Revised

More emphasis on personal revival.

Familiar product grouping (Leader kit w/ DVD, Learner guide)

Release: Oct ‘09

New and Future Releases

Toward the Future

• How-to Sunday School Manual – Available Now• More to Life: Discovery – December 2009• More to Life: Training – March 2010• Boomer Ministry Handbook – December 2009• Simple Life (Rainers) – January 2010• Trading Places (Parrotts) – January 2010• Transformational Church (Rainer, Stetzer) -- 2010

Other potential future resources: Erwin McManus, Max Lucado, Joe Gibbs, others

Adult Ministry Strategy