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Leadership and Adult. IECS Update July 2009 Denver. Adult Ministry Strategy. Core Ministry Solutions. Small Groups. Discipleship. Sunday School. Magazines. Devotionals. Redesign. Making the learner guide relevant and essential for Parents in Bible study.
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Leadership and Adult • IECS Update • July 2009 • Denver
Core Ministry Solutions Small Groups Discipleship Sunday School Magazines Devotionals
Redesign • Making the learner guide relevant and essential for Parents in Bible study. • Emphasize a visual appeal combined with transformational content. • Offer features that will help parents interact with their children. • Provide in-depth Bible study appropriate for today’s busy parents.
Ongoing Redesign Work Life Values (1 of 3 Prototypes) Following LifeTruths Redesign methodology
Small Groups by LifeWay Small Groups by LifeWay Other New and Existing Small Group Resources Serendipity by LifeWay Small Group Life Ongoing work FY09 Focus Work Current & Future work
Marriage & Family Ministry Strategy May 6, 2009
What is Family Ministry? • Family Ministry is the church at work to establish, encourage, & equip spiritually healthy families. • Churches are struggling to define a cohesive, effective Family Ministry strategy.
How Does LifeWay Help? • Develop Solutions from Biblical foundations • Gen 2:18-25 • Deut 6:4-9 & 2 Tim 1:5 • Joshua 24:15 • Gen 12:1-3 What are the indicators of a Spiritually Healthy Family? How does a church support them?
Indicator 1: Strong Marriages Family…what a great idea!
• Provide DVD-based Enrichment Studies * Extraordinary Marriage Rodney and Selma Wilson * The Five Love Languages GaryChapman * The 5 Sex Needs of Men & Women Gary & BarbRosberg * The Love Dare Bible Study Michael Catt & Stephen & Alex Kendrick * Experiencing God as a Couple Henry & Marilyn Blackaby * Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Life Spaghetti Bill and Pam Farrell * The Complete Resource Kit for Marriage Mentoring Les & Leslie Parrott
Ron L. Deal Stepfamilies Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott Marriage Mentoring Dr. Gary ChapmanCore Marriage Distributing HomeLife extends the church’s marriage ministry into homes 24/7.
The Love Dare Bible Study • Strong start • FALL emphasis • “Point of Sale” booklet is already popular • Church “event” strategy – “event in a box”
Growing Disciples Series • Basic Discipleship series • Began with The Call to Follow Christ • 6 additional titles based on the Disciple’s Cross from MasterLife • Series will be complete by June-- Live in the Word
The Family God Uses Promotes the Family Ministry message of “Missional Family” Available July ‘09
Fresh Encounter Revised More emphasis on personal revival. Familiar product grouping (Leader kit w/ DVD, Learner guide) Release: Oct ‘09
Toward the Future • How-to Sunday School Manual – Available Now • More to Life: Discovery – December 2009 • More to Life: Training – March 2010 • Boomer Ministry Handbook – December 2009 • Simple Life (Rainers) – January 2010 • Trading Places (Parrotts) – January 2010 • Transformational Church (Rainer, Stetzer) -- 2010 Other potential future resources: Erwin McManus, Max Lucado, Joe Gibbs, others