Structuring for Discipleship
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This document discusses structuring Christ Lutheran Vail church to better facilitate discipleship. It begins by celebrating the church's successes and generous people. It then examines the current structure, which includes soul care done by the pastor and assistants, the legal entity (CLV Inc.) that handles operations, and the church ministry area where most discipleship takes place. To improve discipleship, the document proposes creating teams focused on invitation, connection, apprenticeship, and sending others, aligning all ministries to these areas. It addresses potential obstacles and the pastor's role in invitation until more people are involved. The congregation is then asked to discuss ways to implement this new structure.
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Structuring for Discipleship
- 2. CELEBRATE THAT GOD HAS RICHLY BLESSED CHRIST LUTHERAN VAIL! ï Phenomenal People! ï Have been a âLife-Changing Connection to Christ in our Worldâ ï Very generous congregation ï Never operated in the Red ï Blessed with many ministry resources
- 3. HOW TO STRUCTURE FOR BETTER DISCIPLESHIP?
- 4. LETâS LOOK AT CURRENT STRUCTURE
- 5. Soul Care
- 6. SOUL CARE ï John 21:15-17 ï Preaching, Teaching ï Word and Sacrament ï Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals ï Confirmation, New Memberâs Classes, Bible Studies ï Pastoral counseling, care, hospital visits, crises
- 7. ï Question: ï Who should do the Soul Care in a Congregation? SOUL CARE
- 8. SOUL CARE ï Impossible to give proper soul care to more than about 70 to 100 people. ï Therefore our congregation has commissioned additional resources to expand our care reach. ï Deacons (Acts 6) ï Stephen Ministers (Stephen the first Deacon)
- 9. CLV Inc.
- 10. CHRIST LUTHERAN VAIL, INC. ï Mark 12:13-17 ï Legal entity called, âChrist Lutheran Vail Churchâ ï Once you organize as a church, call Pastor, build buildings, operate as church, must follow Government Regulations! ï Banking, Payroll, Taxes, Insurance, Legal Protections, Employment Agreements, accounting, donations ï Building: Leases, scheduling, maintenance
- 11. CHRIST LUTHERAN VAIL, INC. ï Worship! ï Acts 2:41, âAbout 3,000 were added to their number that dayâ
- 12. CHRIST LUTHERAN VAIL, INC. ï Early Childhood Center, Creation School ï 7-9 teachers and 1 director ï Incredible part of CLV
- 13. CHRIST LUTHERAN VAIL, INC. ï Good thing there are phenomenal people, because this is phenomenal work. ï Mission Congregation ï World becoming increasingly complicated ï Fewer and fewer resources available and costs keep rising. ï Potential to kill a church if managed incorrectly
- 14. Ministry
- 15. CHURCH ï Acts 2:42-27 ï All the ministries of Christ Lutheran Vail ï Volunteer ï Keywords of CLV Inc are: Efficiency, Time-sensitive, fewer levels in org-chart ï Keywords of Church are: Relational, inefficient, multiple redundancies
- 16. ï Question: ï In which area does Discipleship mostly take place?
- 17. Soul Care
- 18. CLV Inc.
- 19. Church
- 20. Soul Care
- 21. CLV Inc.
- 22. Church
- 23. CHURCH ï Believe all ministries need to consider these four areas of emphasis: ï Invitation ï Connection ï Apprenticeship ï Sending
- 24. AN IMPROVED STRUCTURE ï Continue to raise up and train Deacons/Deaconesses ï Teams to assist CLV Inc. ï Reception Team ï Communications Team ï Data Team ï Stewardship Team ï Facilities Team
- 25. AN IMPROVED STRUCTURE ï John 15:1-8 ï Align ministries with Invite, Connect, Apprentice, Send
- 26. Aligned With Mission Not Aligned With Mission + V - V
- 27. CREATE FOUR NEW TEAMS ï Create four new teams: Invite, Connect, Apprentice, Send ï Implement discipleship culture into church ï Not every team will do all four, but all teams will cover all four ï Every team is critical and every person is critical ï Everyone can fulfill a role at some level
- 28. OBSTACLES ï Hoarding ministry â not bringing someone along ï Lack of Training â Will place more resources here ï Not keeping the vision at the center ï Not raising up and empowering new leadership
- 29. PASTOR ROLE ï If we want to create a discipling culture, then the Pastor needs to model invitation. Will need to be heavily involved in this area until we grow to about 400 people
- 30. TABLE DISCUSSION ï Is there a team you are willing to help champion? ï Who at needs to be contacted? Who should we ask to be on Invite, Connect, Apprentice, Send?
- 31. CLV Inc.Soul Care Church
Notas do Editor
- Many, many people behind the scenes. âYour church is so loving for the Vail Communityâ, Stephen Ministry at Gracepoing Sahuarita,
- Deacons is 180 hours of training, Meet every Thursday for prayer. 40 hours for Stephen Ministers, Synodical position, PSD Position, Walther letter, no one can do soul care besides pastor? Denver friends when John was born.
- Pastors are not trained for this. Some small mid-western pastors would say that it is wrong for a pastor to even get involved in this. That is why Synod has PLI. Years past, structured differently. But at todayâs fast-paced and legal world, staff is needed 24/7 to manage CLV Inc. Times in CLVâs history when this has been a full-time job. Like saving money â must always be increasing, not decreasing. I am a scrooge. Because of my previous career, I have lost more sleep about CLV Inc than is probably healthy.
- 40 or so ministries
- 40 or so ministries
- Preaching, teaching, sacraments.
- Safe space. Hire lots and lots of staff. Reveal Study, Willow Creek
- One on One, relational
- Early Church no Professional Pastor Class. Just the church.
- Early Church â all house churches.
- Number one place where true discipleship occurs is in ministries. Groups of people who gather together to do work in Godâs Kingdom. Church is the safe space to do this. Soul Care is important. But Church is where growth happens.
- 40 or so ministries
- We take pride and ownership of ministries, want them done well. But the key word here is relationship. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, bring someone along.
- May mean that I am not as accessible in some areas. May need to allow for more mistakes in CLV Inc.