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Leadership and Adult. IECS Update July 2009 Denver. Adult Ministry Strategy. Core Ministry Solutions. Small Groups. Discipleship. Sunday School. Magazines. Devotionals. Redesign. Making the learner guide relevant and essential for Parents in Bible study. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Leadership and Adult
IECS UpdateJuly 2009Denver
Redesign
• Making the learner guide relevant and essential for Parents in Bible study.
• Emphasize a visual appeal combined with transformational content.
• Offer features that will help parents interact with their children.
• Provide in-depth Bible study appropriate for today’s busy parents.
Small Groups by LifeWay
Serendipity by LifeWay
Small Group Life
Other New and Existing Small
Group ResourcesOngoing work FY09 Focus Work
Current & Future work
What is Family Ministry?
• Family Ministry is the church at work to establish, encourage, & equip spiritually healthy families.
• Churches are struggling to define a cohesive, effective Family Ministry strategy.
How Does LifeWay Help?
• Develop Solutions from Biblical foundations
– Gen 2:18-25– Deut 6:4-9 & 2 Tim 1:5– Joshua 24:15– Gen 12:1-3
What are the indicators of a Spiritually Healthy Family? How does a church support them?
* Extraordinary Marriage Rodney and Selma Wilson* The Five Love Languages Gary Chapman* The 5 Sex Needs of Men & Women Gary & Barb Rosberg* The Love Dare Bible Study Michael Catt & Stephen & Alex Kendrick* Experiencing God as a Couple Henry & Marilyn Blackaby* Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Life Spaghetti Bill and Pam Farrell
* The Complete Resource Kit for Marriage Mentoring Les & Leslie Parrott
• Provide DVD-based Enrichment Studies
Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott
Marriage Mentoring
Ron L. DealStepfamilies
Distributing HomeLife
extends the church’s marriage ministry into homes 24/7.
The Love Dare Bible Study
• Strong start
• FALL emphasis
• “Point of Sale” booklet is already popular
• Church “event” strategy – “event in a box”
Growing Disciples Series
• Basic Discipleship series
• Began with The Call to Follow Christ
• 6 additional titles based on the Disciple’s Cross from MasterLife
• Series will be complete by June-- Live in the Word
Fresh Encounter Revised
More emphasis on personal revival.
Familiar product grouping (Leader kit w/ DVD, Learner guide)
Release: Oct ‘09
Toward the Future
• How-to Sunday School Manual – Available Now• More to Life: Discovery – December 2009• More to Life: Training – March 2010• Boomer Ministry Handbook – December 2009• Simple Life (Rainers) – January 2010• Trading Places (Parrotts) – January 2010• Transformational Church (Rainer, Stetzer) -- 2010
Other potential future resources: Erwin McManus, Max Lucado, Joe Gibbs, others