The Vine's core leadership is praying and reflecting on how we can effectively use our time on Sunday mornings. One of our values is to guard against pulling our people into too many planning meetings. This means, the more we can accomplish on Sundays, the more time we'll have for family and mission!. So here's our first stab . . .
8:00/8:30 - set-up and prayer
9:30 - "grassroots" worship - think participation! have an instrument? bring it. made a worship video? show it. write a poem? read it. We'll use The City to collaborate on the worship theme and bring the best ideas to share during this time. Families with children will worship together.
9:55 - fellowship and kid check-in time - we'll take a break, grab some coffee and conversation and check our kids into children's worship.
10:05 - teaching - time to hear the Word and apply the Word, we'll use media - video, drama, prezi, etc. to learn
10:25 - communion - every Sunday! we promise
10:35 - community-building breakouts - a time for discipleship and team building as we learn how to "bear fruit" as The Vine. We'll spend time discovering our personal mission, affinities, spiritual gifts, how we fit together as a team, training on the tools we'll be using, planning events, etc.
no later than 11:00 - pack up
we recognize this a major shift from starting at 11:00. Remember, our mission. remember your call. We are moving places and times to love our community into a relationship with Jesus Christ. Starting between 9 and 10 is optimal for our culture as is ending by 11:00. Share your comments.
3 comments:
Stan - you and this new faith community are in my prayers as we you strive to reach people for Jesus in a new and exciting way. I will be following your progress my friend.
I love this. Praying for you.
It is good to see Grapevine's doings as an example to those of us who want to see "church" done in a new way. Perhaps I can find time to visit. Thanks Stan
Post a Comment