Multiply Vineyard Church Planter Residency

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1 Multiply Vineyard Planter Residency Quarter Theme Month Monthly Focus Bi-Weekly Focus Book Readings Additional Activities Month 1 Spiritual Life 1-Spiritual Formation Identity in Christ, Loved, Consolation/Desolation 2-Spiritual Disciplines Introduction & Specific Practices A Long Obedience in the Same Direction (Peterson) Sacred Rhythms (Barton) Start Here (Williams) Membership Attending a Small Group Spiritual Gifts Assessment (CPCA First Formation of the Inner Life Month 2 Emotional Maturity 3-Self-Awareness Disc, Meyers Briggs, Family History, Genogram 4-Discover Intensive Preventing Ministry Failure (Wilson and Hoffman) Price of Leadership (Sermon, Nathan) Participating in an outreach Gospel of Wholeness Month 3 Marriage & Singleness 5-Healthy Singleness, Marriage, Family & Ministry Balance Radical Together (Platt) Journey to Openness (PDF by Hitchcock) Leading a Small Group Identify and begin to disciple 3 people 6-A Philosophy of Pastoral Care Month 4 Sense of Call 7-Health Intensive Making of a Leader (Clinton) Breakthrough (Morphew) Serving with Children s Ministry Retreat 8-How to not quit and the reasons you ll want to Second Discovering Vision & Values Month 5 Vineyard Values & Methods 9-Vineyard Distinctives & Values Explained 10-Vineyard Distinctives & Values Explained Empowered Evangelicals (Nathan) Both And (Nathan) Quest for the Radical Middle (Jackson) All About Worship (Vineyard Music) Month 6 Vision & Philosophy of Ministry 11-Vision Intensive 12-Launching Leaders IRTDMN Visioineering (Stanley) The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Lencioni) Purpose-Driven (Warren) Planning and Implementing an outreach Month 7 Evangelism, Outreach, Missional Living 13-The Gospel Euengelion, Proclamation & Demonstration 14-Being a witness Sharing your story, Invitation to Surrender/Commitment Master Plan of Evangelism (Coleman) Power Evangelism (Wimber) Multiplying a Small Group Third Reaching, Connecting & Building People Month 8 People Gathering 15-Great Commission & Great Commandment 16-The Activity Pyramid Developing a plan for ministry The Art of Neighborhing (Pathak) Becoming Missionaries to our Cities (Sermon, Nathan) Speaking of Jesus (Medearis) Silent Retreat Month 9 Discipleship, Small Groups 17-Inviting others into the kingdom The components of a disciple 18-Small Groups: Life on life & face to face Developing a System/plan of discipleship The Divine Conspiracy (Willard) or Living in Christ s Presence The Gospel of the Kingdom (Ladd) Move (Willow Creek) Month 10 Preaching, Communication Skills, Branding 19-How to put together a great sermon Practice Preaching 20-Practice Preaching The ABC s of Branding/Communication/Marketing Preaching and Preachers (Lloyd-Jones) Communicating for a Change (Stanley) TEDx Speaker Guide Retreat Fourth Doing Month 11 Giving, Finances, Business 21-Giving, Budgets, Income, Expense 22-Teaching the church about money & giving; and living above reproach Money Matters in (Malphurs) Maximize: How to Develop Extravagant Givers in Your (Searcy) From The Ground Up (VineyardUSA) Month 12 Planning, Leading the Entire 23-Reviewing 2/3 year plans, hiring, staffing 24-Children/Youth Ministry Customer Service/Service Values Strategic Planning (Malphers) The New Gold Standard (Ritz-Carlton)

2 Season Theme Month Monthly Focus Discussion Topoics My notes Homework August Spiritual Life Training and Spiritual Health, Leadership, Prayer, Fasting, Bible Study and Memorization, Discipleship Week 1 Prayer ACTS Prayer Praying in tongues Fasting Weekly (lunch to lunch) Monthly (3 days) Yearly (1 week; 2x each year) Week 2 Discuss chapters 1-8 of A Long Obedience!Week 3 Week 1: Read chapters 1-8 in A Long Obedience in the Same Direction Put the ACTS prayer into action daily Develop a schedule for fasting Week 3 Read the rest of A Long Obedience in the Same Direction Listen to Cause, Community, Corporation mp3 Discipleship What is a disciple? Connected to Jesus Connected to community Connected to the scriptures Picture of discipleship Holiness Disciplined Evangelistic Compassionate Jesus integrated life (finances, family, etc) Holy Spirit empowered Character Qualities Sacrifice Submission Faithfulness Commitment Service Humility Abiding Teachable Cause, Community, Corporation!Week 4 Talk about how fasting is going Talk about how implementing the ACTS prayer is going Discuss speaking in tongues Discuss the last chapters of A Long Obedience 3 key factors that lead to good small groups/ churches Community Cause Corporation First Formation of the Inner Life September Emotional Maturity Personal Faith Formation, Silent Retreats, Discipline, Healing, Prayer Week 5 No school!week 6 Prayer The Leader And Prayer Why leaders/pastors don t pray Wrong models of leadership Lack of faith or expectation Self reliance Spiritual dullness Failure to make time Why leaders/pastors should pray To seek the face of God To receive revelation from God Creating in prayer!week 7 Share about how each student is doing personally Galatians 5:25 - Staying in step with the Spirit What it looks like when the Holy Spirit moves slow Discuss chapters 1-5 of Start Here!Week 8 Why some churches don t grow beyond 60 people growth costs a lot personally Growth is hard work It s unbiblical if it does not grow Pastors get comfortable and don t want to move from that Rich Nathan s VLI talk on Growth Discuss the article Becoming A Critic of Your Thinking Week 5: Order Start Here by Don Williams!Week 6: Familiarize yourself with the text in Start Here, read chapters 1-5!Week 7: Complete CPCA online Read the next 5 chapters in Start Here, be prepared to discuss how you will disciple someone through this Turn off the TV, radio, internee so that you can connect with Jesus more often Week 9 Discuss Planter Candidate Assessment results What did you learn about yourself? What areas do you need to grow in? Family History How does this play into who we are?!week 10 Discuss family Genograms What did you learn about your family? What did you learn about yourself?!week 11 Week 9: Complete a family Genogram The purpose of this: The purpose of the Genogram is to give you insight pertaining to your family background and history. The information will help you understand generational patterns. Once an area has been identified, you and your peer counselor will target specific issues and generational patterns to be prayed over. This assignment is meant to highlight both encouraging things about your family as well as some negative things from which you can gain healing and freedom. October Marriage & Singleness Self Awareness, Family History, Personal Outlook and Gifting (Meyers-Briggs, DISC and Enneagram, by Richard Rohr) Spiritual Formation Spiritual formation happens because God wants it to happen Spiritual formation happens as life happens and affects our entire being Spiritual formation happens over a lifetime!week 12 Why church plants stall at people! Being comfortable! Spiritual life: Not pressing in for healing or spending time with Jesus! Organization! Low standard! Not investing and inviting people! Focus changes from outreach to inward! Having to look after people! It is hard work to disciple new people!!the strength of a small church is community, but the weakness is that we focus to much on that. Week 13 Three Facets of God s Calling Ability Desire Opportunity Calling develops these into focus God brings these three facets together The Call of a Pastor Preaching: Small groups, vision, teaching workshops/services Counseling: One on one, teaching others to lead, bringing people to Christ Organization: Communications, facility, finances Week 13: Bring 3 people through the book, Start Here, by Don Williams Teach them to do the same thing later Week 15: Read Chapters 1-3 of The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard Week 16: Read Chapters 4-6 of The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard November Sense of Call Spiritual Formation, Discipline, Balance, Avoiding Codependency, Leadership, Vision, Pastoral Care Second Discovering Vision & Values!Week 14 Discussion based largely on Trotman s Born to Reproduce, but not on reading list MP3 Build slow to go fast, Wimber God has called us to raise disciples and send them out Healthy things naturally reproduce, so we must be healthy How do we assist others in becoming healthy? The Discipleship Circle There are a multitude of potential disciples, don't get stuck trying to disciple one who is struggling Master Plan of Evangelism, Coleman The Hand Discipleship Model You do the ministry You do the ministry, while they watch Do the ministry together They do it while you watch/supervise They do the ministry themselves Choosing Disciples Selection: Teachability is the key Association: We invite people into discipleship Consecration: Obedience, sow your seed where the ground is fertile, people who are rearranging their lives Impartation: Giving live; God does this and He gives it away. As a leader we need to keep giving away our lives Demonstration: Showing them how it s done. Sending them out: Matthew 10!Week 15 Discipleship How do we measure growth in discipleship? What is a disciple? What do I need to learn? 3 Foundations of Discipleship Connected to Jesus Connected to community Connected to the scriptures 6 Results of these Foundations Empowered Holy Evangelism Compassion Integrated life Disciplined Imparting Discipleship Be an example Teaching Creating a culture!week 16 Discuss chapters 1-3 of The Divine Conspiracy The Jesus Kingdom Not The Religious Type 4 Stages 1. Criminal = This is what I want. 2. Religious = I want to make my parents happy 3. Rebellion = Do it ourselves 4. Mystery = Life transformation Week 17: Read Chapters 7-9 of The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard Week 18: Read Chapters of The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard Week 20: Ready George Elden Ladd s The Gospel of the Kingdome December Vineyard Values & Methods Personal Healing, Mission, Vision and Methods, Spiritual Discernment, Vineyard Distinctives Week 17 Discuss chapters 4-6 in The Divine Conspiracy Western World vs African nations Spiritual realm Empowerment page 94 page 127!Week 18 Discuss chapters 7-9 in The Divine Conspiracy!Week 19 Discuss chapters in The Divine Conspiracy The DNA of your church plant Evangelism Preaching Leadership!Week 20 Staying Focused Managing interruptions Constant communication Engagement in the morning Be 100% engaged with what you are doing Don t make excuses Write all the stuff that needs to be done, give the list to Jesus Staying Engaged Luke 19: 1-10 Matt 14:13, 21, 22, 34, 15:21, 29 Surrender Colossians 2:6 Leadership Development IRTDMN Process Everyone gets to play What to look for in new leaders: Integrity Honesty Discipline Compassion Humility What makes a leader: Initiative Ownership Communication Vision Team player Teachable Reproduce January Vision & Philosophy of Ministry Vision Casting, Leadership, Personal Development and Growth, Contextualizing the Gospel February Discipleship What does it mean to be a disciple? - Paradigms of Discipleship (May include The discipleship Wheel, Bob Logan s Tree of discipleship, the Move book), Providing Pastoral Care to Leaders and Volunteers Third Reaching, Connecting & Building People March People Gathering Recruiting, The Art of Conversation, Active Listening, Engaging and Equipping Others Week 12? April Communication Skills/Preaching Preaching Methods, Sources and Resources, Developing Others for Your Preaching Team, Communication Theory, Creating a Preaching Calendar May Evangelism VIsion and Philosophy of Evangelism, Overcoming the Stigma of Evangelism, Exegesis of the Culture Fourth Doing June Finances Financial Procedures, Facility Needs, Crisis Plans, Insurance, Denominational Involvement July Planning Two Year Pans, Vision Retreats, Strategic Planning, Long Range Plans

3 Local Training Attend Newcomer s Class Serve at a Communiity Outreach event Attend Leadership Class Attend Small Group Leader Training Attend Prayer Ministries Class Start a Small Group/Multiply Groups Attend Spiritual Warfare Equipping Class Attend Holy Spirit Training Workshop Attend Personal Healing Workshop Watch existing pastors deal with pastoral problems Plant Preprations Investigate the City Where You Want to Plant Demographic Studies & Prayer Walks Plan & Execute an Outreach Project (1-3 times) Take Online Planter Candidate Assessment Write Your 2/3 Year Planting Plan (1-3 Drafts, Final) Write Out Personal Financial Budget and Funding Plan Take Campion Barrows & Associates Psychological Assessment Attend Vineyard Area Meeting Attend Regional or National Conference Attend Residency Retreat Pastoral ministry trips

4 Example Retreat Schedule Friday Saturday Sunday 5:00pm-7:00pm 7:00pm-9:00pm 8:00am-9:00am 9:00am-10:00am 10:00am-12:30pm 12:30pm-1:30pm 1:30pm-5:30pm 5:30pm-7:00pm 5:30pm-8:00pm 8:00am-9:00am 9:00am-10:00am 10:00am-12:30pm 12:30pm-1:30pm Dinner as a group Evening Session (Worship/Teaching/Ministry Time) Breakfast as group Devotional (Led by Resident) Morning Session Lunch Afternoon Session (Suggested: Spiritual Formation Exercise) Dinner as a group Evening Session (Worship/Teaching/Ministry Time) Breakfast as a group Devotional (Led by Resident) Morning Session Lunch

5 Book Readings Author ISBN Making of a Leader Robert Clinton The Lord and His Prayer N. T. Wright Sacred Rhythms Ruth Haley Barton Journey to Openness PDF by Hitchcock Price of Leadership, Sermon Rich Nathan Radical Together David Platt The Gospel of the Kingdom George Eldon Ladd Empowered Evangelicals Rich Nathan and Ken Wilson Starting A New Ralph Moore Becoming Missionaries to our Cities, Sermon Rich Nathan Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Mark DeYmaz Quest for the Radical Middle Bill Jackson Just Walk Across the Room Bill Hybels The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni Power Evangelism John Wimber The Art of Neighborhing Jay Pathak Developing the Leaders Around You John C. Maxwell Visioineering Andy Stanley Leadership That Works Leith Anderson Purpose-Driven Doug Fields and Rick Warren Preaching and Preachers Lloyd Jones, Chapell and DeYoung Too Small To Ignore Wess Stafford Master Plan of Evangelism Robert E. Coleman, Billy Graham Good to Great Jim Collins Money Matters in Aubrey Malphurs All About Worship (Vineyard Music) Julie Bogart and Vineyard Music Group