1. Making the Case for Change4

2. GUT
CHECK!

3. C = D x V x F > R The Change Formula OR
Pain of not changing > pain of changing + Hopeful vision of future

4. The FORMULA for CHANGE:
D = Dissatisfaction with how things are now
V = Vision of what is possible
F = First, concrete steps that can be
taken towards the vision;
If the product of these three factors is greater than
R = Resistance

6. What does pain look like?

7. Making the case Statistics Snapshots Stories What is God doing?
What does this mean for us?
What does it mean for our neighbor?

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10. Is it too late to change?
Pentecost – a Geriatric movement?

11. Where do we begin? Where’s the pain? How can we make it more visible?
What’s stopping us?
What will happen if we don’t change?
What is our hopeful vision?
What are our snapshots, stories and statistics? How/to whom can we begin communicating them?

12. We don’t own the church.
Sorry,
it’s not ours.

13. The Church belongs to the God of forever and ever…Amen