Purpose and Principles

Develop and Resource a Spiritual Journey for those who have partnered with Calvary.

This Journey will enable each participant to be more effectively formed to the image of Christ.

Outcome Vision

• Calvary’s people adopt the mission of Christ as their life mission: relying on the Holy Spirit, relieving suffering, redeeming sin 
• Calvary’s people exhibit the fruit of the spirit on a daily basis 
• Calvary’s people regularly reproduce themselves as disciples of Christ 
  • those within the church are discipled by others within the church 
  • everyone has a mentor and a mentee 
  • those outside the church are brought in to be disciples 
• west michigan is significantly impacted by multiple communities from Calvary 
• needs of calvary’s people are compassionately met by addressing root causes rather than symptoms

Focus on Five

• Explore Calvary as an experience of the Christian Faith 
• Connect to Calvary as a commitment to the Christian Faith 
• Partner with a Community for growth in the Christian Faith 
• Serve those around you as a demonstration of the Christian Faith 
• Multiply yourself to bring others to the Christian Faith

Brainstorming

• formative caring and missional groups 
• 3 separate task forces (formative, caring, missional) 
• mentoring program 
• teaching directed toward fruit 
• session on “spiritual dashboard” 
• what does someone need to know to make this happen 
• emphasize spiritual disciplines 
• quarterly sessions on mentoring 
• can this all be done through groups? 
• direct LGs to accomplish these goals 
• LG assesments designed to test f,c,m 
• encourage mentoring groups within LGs 
• a better word for mentoring 
• renovare material for smaller mentoring groups 
• emphasize evangelism 
• series on sharing faith 
• 3-4 designated topics for sermon series each year 
• calendar also includes 3-4 book studies 
• all campaigns 4-6 weeks 
• UC accounts for 2 campaigns 
• book studies follow “x”year calendar

Organizing

Refine vision statements to be more memorable 

Create Three Task Forces

• Formative task force—works with LG and UC, emphasizes connecting 
• Missional Task Force—works with LG and missionaries, emphasizes reproducing(CTF and Restructured MTF) 
• Caring Task Force—works with LG and deacons, emphasizes ministry gifts 
• each task force oversees one all-church series per year 
• Missional Task Force also oversees “global missions conference”

LIFEGroups

• emphasize being formative, caring, and missional 
• developing mentoring (need better name) within LGs, possibly use renovare materials 
• constantly keep vision in front of drivers 
• assesment which reflects f,c,m and vision

Celebration Gatherings

• Develop an overarching calendar for spiritual formation, identifies special series as well as time slots for book studies which become “elective” times for LGs 
• Topical Series (4-6 weeks)potential ideas include focusing on fruit, developing a spiritual dashboard, and evangelism 
• book studies following a “comprehensive” pattern; alternate genres of books; differing time frames

1. University of Calvary

2. Annual Series

3. Connecting People to LIFEGroups

4. LINK-Up

5. Evaluation and Collection of Resources

6. Coordination of Discipleship Communities

2. Create and maintain list of needed ministers

3. Coordinate volunteers for projects/ministries

4. Lead one annual campaign each year