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Equipped to Engage Personal Strategies – Chris McGuffey

Equipped to Engage Personal Strategies – Chris McGuffey. “Equipping the Saints”. What is the purpose?. Split into four groups: Ephesians 4:11-12 Ephesians 4:15-16 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Hebrews 13:20-21. Identify: Audience What role does equipping play?

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Equipped to Engage Personal Strategies – Chris McGuffey

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  1. Equipped to EngagePersonal Strategies – Chris McGuffey

  2. “Equipping the Saints” What is the purpose? Split into four groups: • Ephesians 4:11-12 • Ephesians 4:15-16 • 2 Timothy 3:16-17 • Hebrews 13:20-21 Identify: • Audience • What role does equipping play? • What should be the outcome of equipping?

  3. Serve: • Childcare • Food/Snacks • Greeters • Leadership • Care: (Brad’s Session now) • Pre-Marital/Counseling • Hospital Visits • Meals (babies/funerals) • Mentoring • Reach: • Community/Global • Personal Strategies • Corporate Strategies • Community Strategies

  4. Engaging in Outreach What Mindset Should We Have? • The nature of the gospel message: • It is more than a presentation • It includes the involvement of our life • It is about initiating with a purpose • It is moving beyond a target to a relationship

  5. Engaging in Outreach What Mindset Should We Have? • Understanding physical thresholds: • How can we enter their territory? • How can we invite them into ours? • Learning how to break down barriers so that you can move from acquaintance to relationship

  6. Engaging in Outreach What Mindset Should We Have? • Relating from a Strengths Position • Offering something you are good at • Ways that you can help/serve them • Fix cars, mow lawn, small repairs, move furniture, etc. • Pay attention to what is happening! • Share what you have (dirt, cookies, grass)

  7. Engaging in Outreach What Mindset Should We Have? • Relating from a Needs Position • Most people are less comfortable with this • But non-believers like to help people too! • Invite them to speak into your circumstances • Borrow a tool, ask them for advice • Allow yourself to be served, they will let you serve them in return

  8. Engaging in Outreach What Mindset Should We Have? • Understand the Power of Food • “Communion” normalizes relationships • Share from your garden • Make extra BBQ, cookies, crawfish • Work at relationship to invite them to dinner/coffee • Test out your connection by using, “Hey someday…” • The dining table will allow spiritual conversations to form naturally, around topics they view as important

  9. Engaging in Outreach What Mindset Should We Have? • Find a shared passion • What do you like to do? (bike, boat, garden, fish, sports, woodworking…) • What do they like to do…get interested! • This is especially important for the guys – we relate over doing stuff • Invite them to help reach the community • Service Project (Like Habitat, or Food Pantry)

  10. Personal Strategies Where Should I Start? • Become Available/Visible • Play in the front yard • Walk in the evenings • Find ways to have casual conversation • Use “disclosimony” • Don’t be weird!

  11. Personal Strategies Where Should I Start? • Use Prayer • Certainly pray for your neighbors/co-workers • But also offer to pray for others • On the spot • At a later time • Almost everyone appreciates the care shown

  12. Personal Strategies Where Should I Start? • Map Out Your Target Audience James and Phyllis David and Kate Chris and wife Franco and Sondra Roy and Lydia Evan and Tara Guffs Keith and Joy Alex and Leanna

  13. Personal Strategies Where Should I Start? • Decide Which Strategy is Most Natural • Dinner Strategy • Block Party • Christmas/Easter Dessert • Game Day BBQ • Easter Parties/BYBC/Country Fair • Love and Respect, Griefshare, Celebrate Recovery

  14. Application Where Should I Start? • Which sphere of influence is most exciting as a ministry prospect? • Which personal strategy are you wanting to begin to pursue? • When will you begin? • What do you need to start?

  15. Application Where Should I Start? • Easy Place to Start: Adopt-An-Aggie (Int’l) • Reaching out to international students • Offer to students at Furniture Giveaway • 2 Students to dinner 1x/month • Get instructions on cultural norms/diet • adopt-an-aggie@grace-bible.org

  16. Application Where Should I Start? • Solidified Partnerships • These will be covered in the next two weeks: • 6/25 – Erin Christian and Jared Perry (corporate) • 7/2 – Ryan Poehl (community)

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