Who Are We?

… as a church

… as a small group

ministry

Make

Mature

Multiply

First Free - Mission

Small Group - Mission

Relationship

Spiritual Growth

Blessing the Community

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•Honors God

•Proclaims Life-transforming Truth

•Loves Well

•Serves Sacrificially

•Makes Christ Known

First Free - Core Values

Small Group – Core Values

•We funciton under the authority of Elders

•We empower leaders

•We multiply leaders by replacing ourselves

•We work as a team

•We are a learning ministry

•We measure outcomes

•We recognize conflict as a tool for clarity, understanding, valuing differences and creating unity

•We value the acquisition of wisdom, not just the mastering of skills and knowledge

Engaging the Lost

Following after Christ

Relating to Each Other

Equipping all Believers

Engaged in Ministry

First Free - Vision

Small Group - Vision

A Place to

Discovering Life-changing Truth

Investing in the Family

Stepping Up and Stepping Out

Distinctives of our Local Community

First Free - Distinctives

Boot Camp Certified

Curriculum Guided

Geographically Centered

Mission Focused = Blessing the Community

Process and Data Managed

Timeline Guided – Yearly Liturgy

Small Group - Distinctives

A place to belong Knowing and caring about each other

A place to discoverLiving and learning God’s ways

A place to join in Showing and telling God’s message

First Free - Strategy

KnowledgePossessing a desire, familiarity and understanding of

Scripture through experience and study

SkillBring forward a mindset to learn new skills or sharpen

current abilities through training, feedback and practice

WisdomGrow in the submission to the Holy Spirit by making

sensible decisions, judgments, and advice offerings that reflect knowledge of the LORD and experience as His child

Small Group - Strategy

2008 – 2011 Foundation Laid

Ministry PlanBoot Camp

Online AccessOpen House

Leadership TeamTracking SystemsLiturgy in Place

Foundation Laying

Restructuring Relationships

Taking the Blessing Out to Others

Our Story

2007 The Joshua Project

2011 – 2013 Restructuring of Relationships

Leadership track further developed for training mentors and community pastors

Strengthen relationship between Small Churches and Small Groups

Develop consistent discipleship relationship for small group leaders

Equip and develop Leadership Team to be action directed

Turn over Boot Camp to Leadership Team

Invest more effectively with other ministries and leadership development

Set-up Neighborhood communities

2014 and Beyond Taking the Blessing to Others

Send our leaders to support other churches around the world in ways of

creating community

Community Created: 600 adults engaged in geographically identified small groups representing 14 area high schools

Decisions for baptism

Decisions for church membership

Prayer for neighborhoods happening from the neighborhoods

Service to others not a focus, but becoming a norm

Pastoring is happening to more people with better intentionality and follow through

Steady growth of small groups

Integration of Blessing the Community with missions

Fruit Produced

Reduce the equation of too many wanting to be placed and not enough leaders

Community pastors placed

Teaching materials and resources readily available

Weakness to Strengthen

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Small Group Setting Up to Start

Small Group Dissolved

Total Groups per Year

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Growth

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Boot Camped

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Adding Leaders

Neighborhoods