How do we do this ?How do we do this ?

Persuade peoplePersuade peopleto leave hometo leave home

‘‘For anything to change someone has to start acting For anything to change someone has to start acting very differently & from there to get peoplevery differently & from there to get people

behaving differently.’behaving differently.’Chip & Dan HeathChip & Dan Heath

Switch. How to change thingsSwitch. How to change things

‘ The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God has come near,

repent, and believe in the good news.’

Why people don’t want to change?Why people don’t want to change?

•a desire not to give up something of valuea desire not to give up something of value•misunderstanding of the change misunderstanding of the change

•belief that change does not make sensebelief that change does not make sense•a low tolerance for changea low tolerance for change

•exhaustionexhaustion

Help people to understand why ‘it’ ishappening

“People responsible for planning &implementing change forget that while the

first task of change management is tounderstand the destination and how to get

there. The first task of transition management

is to convince people to leave home.You’ll save yourself a lot of grief if you

remember that”.

William Bridges

•Saying goodbyeSaying goodbye

•Shifting into neutralShifting into neutral

•Moving forwardMoving forward

•The purposeThe purpose

•The pictureThe picture

•The planThe plan

•The partThe part

Transition communication

The relationshipThe relationshipbetween communitybetween community

and discipleship and discipleship

LoveLove RelateRelate CreateCreate

The The E E wordword

‘ ‘ As for you, always be sober,As for you, always be sober,endure suffering, endure suffering,

do the work of an evangelistdo the work of an evangelist,,carry out your ministry fully.carry out your ministry fully.

2 Timothy 4 v5.2 Timothy 4 v5.

•Encourage•Equip•Example

•EnvisionEnvision

‘Transformed leaders have a clear conviction that God can and will work through their congregation to change lives and that their congregation of people can be

used by God to help change the world.Such vision begins with the clear

vision of the evangelising communityand what that community might look

like in its particular setting and circumstances

Questions for discussion?

• What has struck you so farfrom this morning ?

What questions are you left with?

DiscipleshipDiscipleship

  Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted.

Then Jesus came to them and said, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

‘ ‘ It is Jesus we proclaim…..It is Jesus we proclaim…..so that we may present so that we may present

everyone mature in Christ.’everyone mature in Christ.’

Colossians 1 v28Colossians 1 v28

“ We are not inviting people to join an institution, nor to educate people in a

process of interior transformation. We are inviting people into a renewed

creation made possible by Christ through the Spirit.”

Ab of Canterbury

“ If not part of a mutuallyIf not part of a mutuallydiscipling community the discipling community the culture will disciple you.”culture will disciple you.”

Graham Cray

What kind of people are we called to be?

What kind of community is capable of raising people like that?

What isWhat is church ?church ?

1. A group that meets in the church hall at 3.30 pm on Monday afternoons for parents/carers and their children for

prayer, games and food..

2. People can log onto a cyber-church to receive teaching and pastoral advice, leave prayer requests and share in discussion.

3. An evangelist is starting a ‘walkers church’ – a monthly hike with

Christian meditations en route

4.A gathering in a pub organised by a church leader after playing football together

““what we need is the patience and nervewhat we need is the patience and nerveto start telling the story again and to start telling the story again and

let the God of Mission recreate his church.”let the God of Mission recreate his church.”

+Stephen Cottrell+Stephen Cottrell

Church as practicesChurch as practices

Church as marksChurch as marks

Holy

“UP”

Apostolic“OUT”Catholic “OF”

“IN”

One

Enduring Marks

Four linkedJourneys

Jesus focusJesus followers

Church is any expression of the

life of Jesus in communal form

OHCA

Church as relationshipsChurch as relationships

Coming home to GodComing home to GodTowards each otherTowards each otherForwards into Gods worldForwards into Gods worldWith the rest of the ChurchWith the rest of the Church

““ And so from the start , where Jesus is,And so from the start , where Jesus is,there is the church, the church is the there is the church, the church is the

assembly of those who are finding their assembly of those who are finding their relationships, their lives transformedrelationships, their lives transformed

by the presence of Jesus.”by the presence of Jesus.”

““every expression of the church is, in it’s every expression of the church is, in it’s own way, another worked example of whatown way, another worked example of what

the encounter with Christ looks the encounter with Christ looks like in the life of a particular community.”like in the life of a particular community.”

““how to manage the crossover from whathow to manage the crossover from whatwe do to what God does…..with the sacramentalwe do to what God does…..with the sacramental

life flowing through as a sign and channellife flowing through as a sign and channelof God’s action. of God’s action.

We might need to sit light to a lot of the externals,We might need to sit light to a lot of the externals,to break the mould and concentrate on what to break the mould and concentrate on what

sort of environment allows God the space to be sort of environment allows God the space to be God , actively and transformingly.”God , actively and transformingly.”

“ “ the theological doctrine of the church the theological doctrine of the church cannot be simply expressed in abstract termscannot be simply expressed in abstract terms

about the churches timeless nature. It willabout the churches timeless nature. It willhave to provide points of departure for have to provide points of departure for

reforming the church, for giving it a more reforming the church, for giving it a more authentic form. Faithfulness and the fresh authentic form. Faithfulness and the fresh

start are not antitheses in start are not antitheses in the history of the Spirit.”the history of the Spirit.”

Jurgen Moltmann, The Church in the Power of the SpiritJurgen Moltmann, The Church in the Power of the Spirit

The gift of not giving upThe gift of not giving up

Sigmoid curveSigmoid curve