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Come and SeeNew BeginningsDavid Schoen
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Welcome!
Through New Beginnings Assessment Service, the Presbyterian Church USA, the United Church of Christ and HOPE Partnership (DOC) work together to ensure that all our congregations and leaders are well-equipped to make BOLD decisions for ministry in this new era of mission.
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Poll
Our church has more dreams than memories.
Our church has more memories
than dreams.
Our worship service is reverent.
Our worship service is
innovative.
People under 50 outnumber people over 50.
People over 50 outnumber
people under 50.
We mostly know the neighbors around our church.
Neighbors around our church are
strangers to us.
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Christianity in North America is experiencing a major shift!
“Every 500 years, the Church of God undergoes a rummage sale.”
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Congregations are experiencing this shift in different ways
• Declining attendance & membership
• New people who may not want to participate in ways we’re used to
• Changing demographics in the community
• Empty or under-used rooms in our church buildings
• “Tried-and-true” ministries don’t work as well
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More and more churches are becoming unsustainable
• Using money from investments, endowments or property sale to support the budget.
• Renting space to various groups. Mission of the church becomes that of “landlord.”
• Annual budget cuts.
• Reducing pastoral staff from full-time to part-time.
• Concern about survival or “keeping the doors open.”
• Same people do the same jobs every year.
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A Simple Congregational Lifecycle
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A church develops different elements at different points
Administration
Programs
Intimacy
Energy
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A church also loses elements in fairly predictable pattern
Administration
Programs
Intimacy
Energy
Energy/Vision Loss
? ? ? ?
Program Loss
Intimacy Loss
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Dividing the lifecycle into quadrants
Incl
ine
Decline
Recline
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Are we still sustainable?
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2
4
3
Sustainable
Not Sustainable
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Without an intervention, the avg. congregation lives 60-80 yrs
Closure
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When a church declines, anxiety goes up & we focus on survival
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But a completely new thing is required!
New Beginnings helpsyou see the new thing
that is emerging
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But a completely new thing is required!
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But a completely new thing is required!
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New Beginnings Assessment Service
A tool to help congregations find new life and reinvent themselves for God’s mission
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Where is New Beginnings best suited?
Income is not covering expenses
Empty spaces in the building and/or too many empty pews
Neighborhood around the church has changed
Members are growing tired and slowing down
Church needs a “jumpstart”
Church is in transition or interim
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What does New Beginnings observe and measure?
• Your facility’s visitor attractiveness
• Powerful up-to-date demographic and psychographic info about your community
• Gaps between the church and community
• Trends in attendance, giving & expenses
• Online presence
• Strengths of the congregation
• Needs in the community
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An example of people groups near the church - MissionInsite
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What does New Beginnings do?
• Provides a clear process to follow
• Brings everyone on the same page about what’s really happening in the church and community
• Helps the church understand the people of the community and their ministry needs
• Helps your congregation make a BOLD decision for the future
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What are people saying?
• “We were fortunate to get some truly invested facilitators and we were all very impressed with the training weekend. The trainers were great, the pace was lively, the material dealt with real issues, and the process was well thought out. The added incentive was the promise of an assessment of our church done by outsiders,” Rev. Ruby Easton, Andover MA.
• "What this process does that is different is that it doesn’t leave any stone unturned. You have to ask yourself some very difficult questions. It’s not some dandy new mission statement for the back page of the bulletin. It’s changing the attitude and understanding of how we do church. The big change [for us] is a willingness to experiment with outreach, to connect with the community and bringing the church into the community in ways we’ve never done before." Rev. Jill Graham, First Congregational Church of Sheffield, MA
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What kind of BOLD decision?
• To stay in the neighborhood and more effectively reach the people of the community
• OR, to move to a more financially-sustainable facility
• OR, to launch a new ministry that reaches people in new ways
• OR, . . .
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What kind of BOLD decision?
Examples:
•1- Redefine mission inside out - Andover
•2- Reach new population -- Sheffield
•3- Relocate -- Naples, Akron (DOC)
•4 - Sell and restart - West Medford
•5- Start a new congregation - New Orleans
•6- Create new community space - Westwood
•7- Leave a legacy -- Springfield MA
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Elements ofNew Beginnings
1. Assessment Visit (one day)
2. Leader Training (Friday & Saturday)
3. House Meetings (six weeks)
4. Bold Decision Made
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The Assessment Visit
• One hour property tour to view the building, inside & out
• One hour “windshield tour” to observe your ministry habitat
• 45 min. meeting with financial officer(s)
• Discussion about church calendar
• “No host” dinner with pastor, 1-2 lay leaders and Regional Minister
• Appreciative Inquiry session with congregation
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The Leaders’ Retreat
• Weekend retreat with other New Beginnings congregations in the area
• For 8-12 of your lay leaders
• Review of the Assessment Report
• Training for small group meetings
• Network with other church leaders
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The House Meetings
• Involves 50% of the congregation in discernment and decision-making
• Led by lay people (who attend the Leader Retreat)
• Six week process
• Leads your church to make a bold decision
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New Beginnings Timeline
• Complete Application by 10/31
• Assessment Visit (Dec 1-12)
• Leader Training (Jan 30-31, 2015)
• House Meetings (six weeks, led by trained church leaders -Lent/Spring)
• Bold Decision in 2015
Whole process takes 4-6 months
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New Beginnings Cost
• Includes all assessment travel, reports, manuals
• Cost reduced by working in a “cluster”
For UCC congregations:
• Cost is $2,800 per church
• Invoiced in 2015
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New Beginnings Application
Send by Oct. 31 to:Rev. Dr. Raymond Hargrove6761 Calistoga CirclePort Orange, FL 32128 Office: 386-761-3092 [email protected]
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Questions?
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For More Information Contact
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Thank You!
Thank you for your Leadership to make the bold decision for a New Beginning in your congregation!
Thank you! Your financial support isChanging Lives: That’s Our Churches’ Wider Mission