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What we’ve covered? Background Connect Membership Children Worship Bible Study Groups Service

“If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less.” -former Chief of Staff, U. S. Army, General Eric Shinseki

“It doesn't work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps.” - Unknown

Adult Small Group (Sunday School) Organization Sunday Morning – Meeting Options CrestView Launching Point Senior Adults Median Adults Large Group discipleship Deaf SS

Adult Small Group (Sunday School) Organization Sunday/Wednesday Evening– Meeting Options Young Adults Median Adults Ministry Groups Global Mission Groups Community Ministry Teams

Bible Study Calendar Organization Fall SemesterSpring Semester Summer Semester August - November January - MayJune – July December Break for Sunday Morning Small Group Times Spring Break for Sunday’s before and after Last Sunday of July – Leadership Training

Bible Study Options Semester Study Options Doctrine – Study of basic beliefs. Relational Discipleship – Leadership, marriage, parenting, etc. Christian Disciplines – Prayer, Bible Study, Service, etc. Evangelism – Personal, lifestyle, at work, etc. Biblical – Book of the Bible or specific Biblical topic

Bible Study Group Break Options Mission Trips – short term. Group Retreat – Small group get away for fellowship and specific study. Servant Ministry in the Community Service day – pick a ministry to help

Bible Study Group Year Round Servefest – All community groups participate in an annual community outreach event. Service projects – One-time short term projects in the community. Service causes – ongoing projects/causes throughout the year Mission trip – long term (1 week or more)

Sunday Morning First Time Guest Flow Chart

Guest Parking Lot Greeter Directs Guest to the door. Door Greeter Directs/Escorts to Welcome Desk

Sunday Morning First Time Guest Flow Chart Door Greeter Directs/Escorts to Welcome Desk Welcome Desk Informs about and helps guest find small group, worship, children’s, Pre-school, CrestView, etc. Crestview Worship Small Group Bible Study

Implementation Team Oversee the implementation of the “vision” Work with the staff toward continuous improvement. Build a commitment to excellence into our church culture - expect the best, regularly check the results, change if it’s not working. This “vision” is a beginning, not an end.

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” – Edmund Burke

A Commitment to Serve Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others. 1 Peter 4:10

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What Does Jesus Say? For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve. Matthew 20:28

What Does God Say? So in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. Romans 12:5-6 He has provided everyone –Talents –Gifts –Abilities –Experiences

What Does God Say? Faith without deeds is dead. …faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. James 2:17

The church of the twenty-first century must shift its focus from an institutional orientation to a community orientation if it is to survive and thrive – Jack Dennison As a people who pride themselves in their loyalty to Scripture, how can we ignore the call to good works in the community that the Bible so emphatically exhorts us to? – Robert Lewis Are We Externally Focused?

What is an Externally Focused Church Convinced that good deeds and good news can’t and shouldn’t be separated Sees itself as vital to the health and well- being of its community Believe in ministering and serving are the normal expressions of Christian living Evangelistically effective

As an externally focused church our community will see, touch, feel and recognize the love of Jesus in all that we do. Create a cultural environment that instills in every member an attitude of service and ministry within Ridgecrest, our community and our world. What is Our Calling?

Global Missions The Global Mission Team will continue to exist and function as currently does.

Serving the Body of Christ The focus on Sunday mornings will be our children/youth ministries and the worship experience. These ministries will be carried out with excellence, which will require many volunteers.

Serving the Body of Christ Greeters Ushers Audio/Sound/Lighting Choir Instrumentalists Preschool Teachers Children Teachers & Greeters Youth Leaders Adult Bible Study Leaders We need over 500 volunteers to serve on Sunday mornings.

Serving Our Community Madison Community Impact Team –Intentionally identify ministry needs within the community –Engage Ridgecrest in meeting those needs

Serving Our Community Ministry teams formed around common ministry interests/passions. Team members make one year commitment. Deacon assigned to ministry teams MCIT will assist with coordination and implementation

Serving Our Community We will hold a community service ministry fair at least once per year to promote involvement in community service ministries.

Serving Our Community Community Service Teams –New ministries –Existing external community ministries –Existing Ridgecrest sponsored ministries

Existing Ridgecrest Ministries Christmas Village Helping Hands Cookies for Cancer Prison Ministry Life Choice Police Ministry

Surprises in our lives when we are aware that God is actively involved – blessing, empowering, supernaturally advancing even our best efforts beyond our highest dreams. Do you desire Holy Unexpecteds? Holy Unexpecteds

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The goal of the Christian life must be expanded beyond self-interests to the greater concerns of the world, not just for the sake of duty, but for the sake of life – the abundant life. The boredom and restlessness seen everywhere in the church…is due primarily to the smallness of our purpose. It’s rarely bigger than the scope of our own personal needs. – Robert Lewis