Starfish Movement 2

Introduction

Review of Doing Life Together

Read the summary

Notice what is not in this quote?

Programs, leadership structure, business meetings, hierarchy, centralized leadership, Sunday morning, Sunday evening, Wednesday evening

T or F: The traditional church “machine” has hindered the G.C. and multiplication (disciples who make disciples)

Begin - Beginning life together

The goal of life

Connecting with God’s family

Growing to be like Christ

Developing your SHAPE to serve others

Sharing your life mission every day

Surrendering your life for God’s pleasure

Grow - Growing to be like Christ

growing deeper in Christ

The power for living

Personal time with God

Entering God’s presence

A taste for God’s Word

The unlikely route to joy

Share - Sharing your life’s mission every day

God’s heart for people

Looking beneath the surface

Building bridges through relationships

Making the most of opportunities

Explaining the gospel

The parting words of Jesus

Surrender - Surrendering your life for God’s pleasure

Becoming a worshipper

How big is your God?

Surrendering your past

Surrendering your future

Surrendering your substitutes

The crown of life

Connect - Connecting with God’s family

Connecting with Jesus

Compelled by God’s love

Connecting in community

Strengthened by honesty

Iron sharpens iron

Remembering Christ in community

Develop - Developing your shape to serve others

You are God’s masterpiece

A servant’s heart

Discovering your gifts

Your unique personality

Serving from experience

Serving with your whole heart

How it connects to the Starfish movement

Question: How does this relate to discipleship and fulfilling our God-given mission of making disciples (G.C.)

Grow

T or F: We cannot grow in our faith when we run church programs and learn Biblical truth but do not step out of our comfort zone and live that truth

Does the traditional church movement started in the industrial age lend itself to church growth and multiplication? (there were no “volunteers” prior to this)

Share

We are all to be on mission to introduce our neighbors, friends, family and acquaintances to Christ and then help them grow in their faith

We are not to merely bring them to church and have them volunteer in our church’s programs

Surrender

Means we seek God’s will for everything in life

What does God care about most?

How do you think God wants to use us to accomplish what He cares about?

Connect

How can this help fulfill our mission of multiplication through disciple-making?

How could it hinder it?

Develop

Why did Jesus serve?

To set an example

To show people who He was

To gain an opportunity to explain who He was and His mission

What is our purpose for serving?

How are we to serve?

What we will learn over the next several weeks

What type of leader launches a starfish movement

How we make an impact (how we multiply disciples)

The misguided Pawn and the distracted King

The way the American church is today

Why change (detox) is necessary

The type of culture that launches a starfish movement

The Art of spiritual conversations (how to have them)

How to identify a person(house) of peace (Jesus sending out his disciples 2x2 and stay at a house whose peace is upon them)

How to reach those who accept us (oikos or house)