Mission, Vision, Core Values for your local church

Mission,Vision,CoreValues

foryourlocalchurch

June9,2018

AsJesuswalk edbesidetheSeaof

Galilee,hesawSimonandhis

brotherAndrew,castinganetin

thelake,fortheywerefishermen.

“Come,followme,”Jesussaid,

“andIwillsendyououttofishfor

people.”Atoncetheylefttheir

netsandfollowedhim.Whenhe



hadgonealittlefarther,hesaw

James,sonofZebedeeandhis

brotherJohninaboat,preparing

theirnets.Withoutdelayhecalled

them,andtheylefttheirfather

Zebedeeintheboatwiththehired

menandfollowedhim.

Mark1:16‐20

6/9/2018BetseyHeavner;betseyheavner@gmail.com

Howareyoudoingwith

"Fo llowMe?"

6/9/2018BetseyHeavner;betseyheavner@gmail.com

HowAr eWeDoing?

Pairupwithapersonyou

don’tknowwell

Askyourquestion

3minutesofactivelistening

switch

newquestion

3minutesofactivelistening

6/9/2018BetseyHeavner;betseyheavner@gmail.com

GO ALSforthisworkshop

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Practicaltools

• TolearnGod’swill

• Toleadyourcongreg a tion

• Tobuildpartnerships

withtheannualconference

andyourneighborhood

Jerusalem:GoodFridayprocession

TakingHomeyourIdeas:

WhatspeakstoyouforYOURcongregation

• Makeitusefulforyou…

• Oneplacetocollectideas,

dreampossibilitiesforyou

andyoursetting,and

developspecifictimelines

andgoals

6/9/2018BetseyHeavner;betseyheavner@gmail.com

SetUpYourWorkPlan

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UpdateIndex

Experiment,Evaluate,

Practice‘followme’

• Anotherpage“sermonideas”?

• Anotherpage“agendaitems”?

• Addyourcalendaritems

• List“todo’s”

• Crossoff,scratchout,addnew

pages,sketches,lists

6/9/2018BetseyHeavner;betseyheavner@gmail.com

TOOLS

• AskGOODquestionswithgenuinecuriosity

(RESOURCE:churchleadership.com)

• Listendeeply;makenoteslater(RESOURCE:

YouTube‐ ImproveYourListeningSkillswith

ActiveListening)

• PlansandExperimentsyouactuallyDO!

(RESOURCE:bulletjournal– google)

6/9/2018BetseyHeavner;betseyheavner@gmail.com

Areweallgoinginthesamedirection?

NYAC

• Mission

• Creatingsafeplaces

• Connectionneeds

• Transformingtheworld

• Vision

• Congregationseagerlymaking

disciples,activelynurturingdisciples,

passionatelyadvocatingforall

• CoreValues

• LoveGod

• Loveallpeople

• Collaborate withpartners

• Hopethatbringsunity,joy,peace

Yourcongregation

• Mission

• Whydoyouexist?

• Vision

• WhatdoesGod’skingdomon

earthlooklikeinyourplace?

• CoreValues

• WhatmotivatesyoutoBEchurch?

6/9/2018BetseyHeavner;betseyheavner@gmail.com

FleshOutYourWorkPlan

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Mission:Wh ydoyouexist?

• “StartwithWhy”bySimonSinek

• TEDtalk:“HowGreatLeaders

InspireAction”(Sinek)

• YouTube:MichaelJr“KnowYour

Why”

• ⬅ Booklet,pages1‐22

6/9/2018BetseyHeavner;betseyheavner@gmail.com

Justlikeachildrepeatingthe

question“why?”itofte ntak es

disciplesofChristmultipleattemptstofind

theirreasonfordisciple‐making.

Vision:WhatdoesGod’skingdomonearthlook

like inyourplace?

• BiblestudyBookofActsorlifeofJesusin

hisconte xt

• Gatherinformationaboutpeopleinyour

area;meetneeds

• ⬅ Book“ChoosingtheFaithfulPath”

• Examples fromotherchurches;e.g.videos

atumc.org orYouTube;book“CanyouGet

ThemThrough UntilChristmas?2small

ruralchurches”

6/9/2018BetseyHeavner;betseyheavner@gmail.com

drivethroughprayer churchempowerspoor afterhours

Cor eValues:Whatmotiv atesyoutoBEchur ch?

• “Come,followme,”Jesussaid.

Whatdoesthatlooklike?

• Sharefaithstorieswitheach

other

• Ask:whatmakesus different

thancivicorservicegroups?

6/9/2018BetseyHeavner;betseyheavner@gmail.com

PresentdaypathfromNazarethtoSeaofGalilee →

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Contemplative,ActiveLeadershipisadelicateBalance

Contemplation:DeliberatelyseekingGod

Action:Decisivecommitmenttowardinvolvementandengagementinthesocialorder

Spring2018Mendicant(newsletteroftheCenterforActionandContemplation)

TOOLS

• AskGOODquestionswithgenuinecuriosity

(LeadingIdeasnewsletter:

https://www.churchleadership.com/

• Listendeeply;makenoteslater(RESOURCE:

YouTube‐ ImproveYourListeningSkillswithActive

Listening)

• PlansandExperimentsyouactuallyDO!

(RESOURCE:bulletjournal– google)

• SeeAllthePeopleresources:

https://www.seeallthepeople.org/

• ChoosingtheFaithfulPath:ABiblicalStudyfor

discerninga faithful

• Videos

• Annualconferencestaffhttps://www.nyac.com/

6/9/2018BetseyHeavner;betseyheavner@gmail.com

SeeALLthe people…

Anna

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Pra yerfortheJourney

towar dyour

congreg ation’svision

"F ollowme"Jesussaid

6/9/2018BetseyHeavner;betseyheavner@gmail.com

Mission,Vision,CoreValuesforyourlocalchurch

Thankyou!

BetseyHeavner

betseyhea[email protected]

June9,2018