Tulsa Mission Movement  Oct 2-3, 2015  Asbury UMC Church Venue 68

Overview Overview  Why are we doing this?  Who all is involved  What exactly is a Forum?  Break  Promoting the Forum in your church  Parable of the talents

Why A Forum? Why A Forum?  Go and make disciples of all nations  Matt 28:19  Pray the Lord of the harvest will send workers  Matt 9:38  Parable of the talents  Matt 25:14-30

Forum Goals  Enable churches to mobilize their people to learn God’s next step for them in service …….Make disciples  Provide a concrete path for people that want to serve God locally or internationally ……Workers for the harvest

Who should attend a Forum?  A weekend seminar for individuals desiring to invest their lives well for God’s Kingdom ………The parable of the Talents

What is Missions Exactly?

This is Missions Today

There is a Place for Everyone in Missions  Sender  Enabler  Goer

Pop Quiz Famous People You Don’t Know Sean Foley Tenzing Norgay Steve Balmer Nada Bakos

Who is MissionNext? …. We Help People Discover How To Invest Their Talents For God.

How we do that in practice We match people’s interests and life experiences with ministry opportunities on MissionNext.org ……..like eHarmony The Journey Deepens – Weekend retreats Forums – Weekend Events

Forum Content Plenary God’s Heart For the World Workshops Practical Issues Networking Peers Ministry Reps

Plenary Sessions Claude Hickman—Keynote speaker

Seminars  Twenty-five different seminars to discuss practical issues with those that have been there

Networking  Interact with Mission Agency reps to talk about opportunities to invest your talents

Forum Schedule  Friday 7:00 pm  Welcome/opening sessions  Networking with ministry organizations  Saturday  7:30 Continental breakfast available  8:00 Opening session and ministry networking  10:00 Breakout seminars  Noon lunch – Plenary session around lunch tables  1:00 Breakout seminars  2:30 Breakout seminars  3:30 Ministry networking  4:00 Closing session  5:00 Adjourn

Registration Registration is online at click on: Registration cost is $89 ($109 after Sep 22) Students $69 ($89 after Sep 22) Admission to all Plenary sessions, Breakouts and Networking sessions Continental breakfast Lunch Conference notebook

About the Money  MissionNext staff raise their own support  3 part-time paid office people  Mission agencies pay a booth fee  Sponsoring churches help cover expenses  Registration fee covers travel expenses for guest speakers, seminar leaders, lunch and notebooks  Excess funds, if any, go to pay for MissionNext website mnx, design and office staff

Registration Fees  Everyone pays to attend  There are two free scholarships for every 20 people your church signs up  Some churches underwrite cost for their people to attend

Opportunities To Serve  Prayer Warriors  Church Publicity Coordinators  Still photographer  High quality video footage with sound  Overall church publicity coordinator

Break Time

Forum Promotion & Protection  Prayer Coordinators  Church Coordinators Role  Promotional Tools  Promotional Channels  What really works

Prayer Coordinators  Prayer Coordinators  Focused on the Forum  James 5:16 effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.  Received weekly requests from City Prayer Coordinator  Share those with serious prayer warriors

Church Coordinators Role  Primary point of contact for promotion in their church  Ensure church-wide awareness of the Forum  Provide a compelling presentation about the Forum  Frequently & Consistently  Use all your church‘s communication channels

Church Coordinators Role  Coordinate with pastor/church staff  Church leadership support is key—Keep them updated.  Recruit team: Prayer / Presenters / Information table  Implement “Countdown Schedule”  Goal: minimum of 20 registrants

Promotional Tools Ten-week countdown schedule Color flyers & posters (available today) MissionNext logos Church Bulletin text/paragraph 2-minute video These PowerPoint Slides MissionNext website

Promotional Channels  Church website w/link to MissionNext website  Sunday Bulletin / Newsletter   Facebook  Twitter  Digital Signage  Bulletin Boards

What Really Works  Social Media is growing by leaps and bounds  It certainly has its place BUT …… Personal invitations are critical !!!  Like church attendance, people respond best to one- on-one interaction.

Promotional Locations  Face-to-Face: Personal Invitation to all !!!  Most effective places to communicate  Pulpit  Sunday School  Bible Studies  Home Groups  Choir  Prayer Groups  Staffed Information Table—Great for computer challenged!

Countdown Highlights  Church leadership on board  Ask about scholarships  Build promotional calendar  Work with church media person to access best tools  Multiple contacts with adults  Congregation  Adult classes & Home groups  Bible studies …… Personal invitations are critical……

Who You Gonna Call? Barry Ewy—Tulsa Forum Director John McVay—Tulsa Forum Administrator Dave Estill—MN National Forum Director

Summary  You are a guide to those in your church to “Investing their talents well”  Meet often with your prayer partner  Make sure you are on Forum prayer chain  Talk to church leadership immediately  Build your promotion schedule by Jul 25 using the Ten-week Countdown checklist