After the conference was over yesterday afternoon, Bill and I sat down outside of a Starbucks for a couple of hours to reflect on the conference and to dream about the future of Great Oaks. We put our heads together on some upcoming teaching series and special events and walked away with some God-sized plans for Great Oaks in 2008.
We'll share in more detail in the coming weeks/months, but I'll give you a sneak peek on some things...
Teaching Series
- In January, we're talking about who we are and the vision of the church.
- In February, we're talking about sex!
- In March, the whole church is going to spend "21 Days with God".
- In June, we're going to the movies.
- In July, the whole family is going to worship together.
- In September & October, we're spending 40 days together.
- In November, we're going to learn how to become generous with our time, energy, and resources.
- Three MarriedLife Live events!
- Local, national, and international efforts (i.e. community service projects, mission trips, etc)
- Cross Training for kids
- Student conferences and retreats
- Men's & Women's Retreats
- Quarterly gathering of leaders & key influencers for vision-casting, leadership training, and fun
- Willow Creek Leadership Summit
- Intentional focus and programming built around "Foyer...Living Room...Kitchen" strategy
- Redeveloped leadership structure
- Consistent language and branding
- Greater emphasis on teaching people how to feed themselves
1 comment:
In all of my years of going to church I've only had one church that preached directly about sex. And then they did a series. It was the best thing on sex I've really ever heard and that includes marriage seminars.
Make those old ladies blush!
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