Vision 2010

  • Drew Goodmanson
  • Jan 10, 2010
  • Series: Topical

Kaleo Church Vision Sunday, 2010

January 10, 2010 

Discipleship

 

Looking into 2010, one of the areas we want to focus is in discipleship of the entire body. Early in Jesus’ ministry he told his disciples to ‘follow him’. He modeled this through his ministry and in the last verse of Matthew, after his resurrection from the dead, he commanded his disciples to:

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always to the end of the age. (Mat. 28:19-20)

A disciple is a follower of Christ who has committed his/her faith to Jesus. The perspective you get from Acts is to believe on Jesus draws a person into community that defines its expectations, responsibilities, and privileges in terms of discipleship. Being trained in the likeness of a greater Master. “Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ,” is how Dietrich Bonhoeffer stated it.

The idea of making disciples is a basis of commands, yet it is central to our ministry. We are a community of disciples. Discipleship ministry is the ministry of the church. As we look ahead, we believe this is not about a program but a call for all of Christian life (work, finances, relationships). Working through the missional communities, we seek to train, equip and call people into these discipling relationships.

 

Deaconate

We have been blessed this year with many opportunities to serve. We are in the middle of transitioning from having a set of "ministry programs" that are run by a few people and occasionally discussed on Sunday, to one where mercy is lived out in community. To that end, the vision for this upcoming year is as follows.

  1. We need two missional communities to adopt Mark Twain High School and the ministry opportunities here.

  2. We will work this year to have every missional community consistently live out mercy in their neighborhood, in the city, and internationally in a committed, long-term manner.

  3. If you need help, finances, food, shelter, etc, we will work very hard to meet your needs in community. Do not be shy or prideful but ask for help when needed. The missional communities will have opportunities to come alongside your brothers and sisters and help them sacrificially. Remember our Lord commands us to not build up purses on earth, but to give and lend to those in need that we may be blessed in heaven.

  4. To do this, we need deacons to lead in service, and we need the community to participate. We are training six men to be deacons, with the goal of having one deacon in every missional community. But the deacons can’t and shouldn't do this alone. We need the community to stand up and live out the life of mercy we learn about every Sunday.

Finances

Vision

  1. To have a working budget that demonstrates wise and gospel stewardship of the resources that God has provided.

  2. The budget should reflect Kaleo's vision to be a gospel formed church/people who are living in community and on mission.

Basics/Priorities

  1. Our first witness is to pay our bills (Rent, Utilities, Staff, etc...)

  2. Tithe (Funding church planting, mercy ministries & mission)

  3. Discretionary (Itemizing our budget to indicate what is discretionary, and if necessary, foregoing those items in order to fund the first two priorities.)

 

Family Ministry

Vision: To shepherd the hearts of our children to understand God's greatness, our condition, and God's redemptive plan for salvation.

Biblical Basics

Deut 6:1-9, Eph 6:1-4, Col 3:20-21, Prov 22:6

The primary role of shepherding our children is with the parents. As a body of believers, we want to come alongside the parents to reinforce their roles by demonstrating authority as God's agents, for His glory and not our own agendas or conveniences. Love and kindness are at the center of our roles, and we need to demonstrate our need for and the beauty of our Savior.

Curriculum

Story of God: Old and New Testament lessons revealing God's accounting of His creation, and His redemption of all things. Providing our children with God's worldview, His majestic character, and His redemptive power through Christ Jesus. Each Old Testament story asks, "Where is Jesus?" Each New Testament story asks, "Where is the gospel?" It is the same story each week for all ages, which allows parents to be more active in the teaching and shepherding of their children. There is a parent's curriculum, which allows parents to teach and shepherd their children at home, throughout the week. All lessons and parent materials are posted each week on Cobblestone.

Missional Community Involvement

We are calling the MC's to think about and plan for the inclusion of children in the weekly gatherings, and discover together what that looks like practically.

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