The Intended Flow

Gary V Carter ~~~ 905-601-2110 ~~~ [email protected] ~~~ www.SeeYouNextWeek.info

Gary V Carter

John 4:35

I tell you, open your eyes and look at

the fields! They are ripe for harvest.


The Big Idea – Jesus The

Statement The Mood

The

Authority The Power The Scope

The

Message

The

Activities

Mt. 28:18-20 they worshiped

him; but some

doubted

All authority in

heaven and on

earth

surely I am with

you always

all nations everything I

have

commanded

you

make disciples,

baptizing,

Teaching to

obey

Mk. 16:15 into all the world, to

all creation

the gospel Go, preach

Lk. 24:46-49 he opened their

minds so they

could

understand the

Scriptures.;

I am going to

send you what

my Father has

promised

power from on

high

to all nations,

beginning at

Jerusalem

repentance

for the

forgiveness

of sins

preached

Jn. 20:21 The disciples

were overjoyed

when they saw

the Lord.

As the Father

has sent me I am

sending you

Ac. 1:8 you will be my

witnesses

you will receive

power when the

Holy Spirit

comes on you

in Jerusalem and in

all Judea and

Samaria, and to the

ends of the earth

witnesses


John 4

4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria

called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat

down by the well. It was about noon.

7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will

you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan

woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with

Samaritans.)

10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks

you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you

living water.”

11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is

deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our

father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his

sons and his livestock?”


John 4

13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the

water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal

life.”

15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty

and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17 “I have no husband,” she replied.

Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The

fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your

husband. What you have just said is quite true.”

19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors

worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we

must worship is in Jerusalem.”


John 4

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will

worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You

Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know,

for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come

when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for

they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his

worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When

he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”


John 4

27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with

a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking

with her?”

28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to

the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could

this be the Messiah?” 30 They came out of the town and made their way

toward him.

31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him

food?”


John 4

34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish

his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I

tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for

eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus

the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what

you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have

reaped the benefits of their labor.”


John 4

39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the

woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” 40 So when the

Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed

two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers.

42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you

said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is

the Savior of the world.”


Situation Review

Jesus

Vs. 6 “tired as he was from the journey”

Vs. 6 “sat down by the well”

Thirsty Vs. 7 “Will you give me a drink?”


Situation Review

Jesus

Vs. 6 “tired as he was from the journey”

Vs. 6 “sat down by the well”

Thirsty Vs. 7 “Will you give me a drink?”

Perfect humanity but needy


Situation Review

12 Disciples

“His disciples had gone into the town to buy food”


Situation Review

A Woman

Samaritan

Vs. 9 “For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.”


Situation Review

A Man

Vs. 17-18 “I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus

said to her, “You are right when you say you have no

husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands,

and the man you now have is not your husband. What

you have just said is quite true.”


Situation Review

The People

Vs. 30 “They came out of the town and made their

way toward him.”


The Contrasts

She came for water

The 12 went for food

She didn’t have a clear identity

The 12 had a commission

She did the fishing

The 12 bought the fish


The Conversation

Longer than recorded


The Conversation


In depth – everything – “He told me everything I

ever did.”


The Conversation



ever did.”

Perfect humanity or supernatural knowledge?


The Conversation



ever did.”

Perfect humanity or supernatural knowledge?

Spiritual impact


The Network

Jesus

12

People

Woman Man


Preexisting Relationships

Jesus

12

People

Woman Man



Jesus

12

People

Woman Man



Jesus

12

People

Woman Man


New Relationships

Jesus

12

People

Woman Man


New Relationships

Jesus

12

People

Woman Man


New Relationships

Jesus

12

People

Woman Man


Intended Flow

Jesus

12

People

Woman Man


Intended Flow

Jesus

12

People

Woman Man


Intended Flow

Jesus

12

People

Woman Man


What Do People Do?

1. People cover the truth

2. People deflect the reasoning

3. People ask the wrong questions

4. People encourage the wrong activity

5. People don’t always get it


What Do Harvesters Do? 1. Harvesters take initiative

2. Harvesters cross barriers

3. Harvesters speak up

4. Harvesters speak to the issue

5. Harvesters talk to new friends

6. Harvesters set their pots aside

7. Harvesters care most about the eternal

8. Harvesters talk to old friends

9. Harvesters form a chain

10.Harvesters lead people to Jesus


John 4 Revisited

35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months

until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look

at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even

now the one who reaps draws a wage and

harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower

and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus

the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked

for. Others have done the hard work, and you

have reaped the benefits of their labor.”


Its About the Harvest

1. Harvest is short

2. Harvest is teamwork

3. Harvest is happy

4. Harvest is ripe

5. Harvest is now

•35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open

your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the one

who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower

and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another

reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have

done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”


Harvest and Me 1. My wages are in the reaping

2. My wages are the eternal crop

3. My job is to reap what others sowed

4. My reaping is easier than my sowing

5. My gladness is in sowing and reaping

6. I am called to sow and reap •35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open

your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the one

who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower

and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another

reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have

done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”


My Service Hours

1. Worship

2. Instruction

3. Fellowship

4. Outreach

Official Unofficial


Pause and Reflect

02B_Process.pptx


Gary V Carter

If all were just like me,

where would this church be?


The Myths

It can’t be done, at least not by me!

You have to have a pre-existing relationship

before you start.

Nobody is interested.


The Realities

To sow is to win

To reap is to win

You control activities not results

Four STOPS

The God STOP (Acts 16:6-10)

The Satan STOP (1 Thessalonians 2:17-18)

The People STOP (Matthew 23:37)

The I STOP (Titus 1:16)


Which Comes First?

See You Next Week

Church welcoming system

Official

Unofficial

Drop By Sometime

Old friends … FRANs

Two Steps

Step #1: Nine Words

Step #2: Three Words


Which Comes First?

Have You Heard It Yet?

New Friends

Intense effort (500 to 800 hours)

Personal (1 household at a time)

Effective (50-100 attendance increase)

Cost Effective


• What is the single most important thing you can do to grow your church?

The Big Question


Take proper care of the newcomers who walk through your

door for the first time!


The Big Idea


The Big Idea


4 Sources IN

Biological – birth rate

Conversion – non-believer >>> believer

Reclamation – drop out >>> re-believer

Transfer – Other place/church >>> Your church


4 Sources OUT

Biological – death rate

Denial – believer >>> non-believer

Drop Out – believer >>> backslider

Transfer – Your church >>> Other place/church


Grow!


Pause and Reflect

02C_Retention.pptx


Gary V Carter

When I work at my church job He fills up my cup.

When I slack on my church job I stand Jesus up.


• What is the single most important thing you can do to grow your church?

The Big Question


Take proper care of the newcomers who walk through your

door for the first time!


Why?

I come to the meeting with the right attitude.

I help create a positive warm family atmosphere.

I get practice talking to new friends.

I enjoy knowing I am doing important work.

I have more courage to invite my FRANs

knowing others will befriend them


The Big Idea


What Are They Looking For?

Friendliness and warmth of the church

Electric atmosphere

Most important time is the 10 minutes after.

Second most important time is the 10 minutes before.

Official greeting gets points.

Unofficial greeting gets double points!

General nature of the meeting

Attention to children

Church meeting place


What Are They Looking For?

Public anonymity

Never put a spotlight on a newcomer!

Always learn and use their name.

Never tell your regulars publicly to greet new people.

Always encourage insiders to welcome outsiders at

other times.

“Real” People

A Place to Belong


What They Ask Themselves

Do I fit in this church?

Can I make friends in this church?

Does this church really want me?

(Is there love in the house?)

A few months later they ask ...

Are my new friends as good as my old ones?

Is the benefit of being involved worth the cost?

Is my contribution important?


What Are They Not Looking For?

People don’t want to be “processed” in church They appreciate “official greeters” to a degree

They appreciate warm people much more

They appreciate friendly follow up over the phone or in person

At best half won’t like what you do or who you are no matter what

They don’t want to be bored.

Questions they would rather not answer.


Do They Stay?

Newcomers over

6 week period Non-growing Churches Growing Churches

1st Visit

2nd Visit

3rd Visit

9% 21%

17%

36%

38%

57%

Source: Charles Arn Research


Do They Stay?

Friends in the church.

An appropriate role or task.

Involved in a small group.

Closeness 3 - 8

Task Achievement 9 - 15

Fellowship 16 - 25

Regular in worship attendance.

They don’t ask themselves, “Will I or won’t I?”

Give financially to the church.


Pause and Reflect

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