Perimeter and Unite Story

Transformation VisionChip Sweneychips@perimeter.org

Head and Heart – 1st 25 yrs

Adding “The Hand”

Perimeter Vision: To Make and Deploy Mature and Equipped Followers of Christ for the sake of Family, Community, and Global Transformation.

Vision: Churches partnering to see the next generation reach their God given potential

Strategies: Prayer and Collaboration in 3 Impact Areas

www.UniteUs.org

Big Vision

Compassion in Action Weekend

Unite!, Hands On Atlanta & Gwinnett Great Days of Service

 500 Service Projects 30,000 Volunteers Unite! Serving Statistics  63 Participating Churches 250 Service Projects 6,000 Volunteers Project Highlights 5 Katrina Homes Framed 7 Home Repair Projects 11 Public School Projects 20 Apartment Block Parties 30 “Welcome Baskets” made & given to refugee families 65 Neighborhood Food Drives200 “Basic Needs” gift bags for homeless children750 “Encourage-a-Teacher” Gift Bags1,000 Bibles given away 25,000 Lbs of food collected

 

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5 Key Questions forMobilization & Collaboration

1. WHY Why should churches collaborate? It’s biblical!

• John 17: 20-23• I Corinthians 12• The Vision

5 Key Questions forMobilization & Collaboration

2. WHAT What is our vision or dream for our Community?

Unite! : Next Generation of Atlanta reach their God given potential.

5 Key Questions forMobilization & Collaboration

3. WHO Collaboration: Who should partner?

• Unite!•Diverse & multi-denominational

• Multi-Sector• Lausanne Covenant

5 Key Questions forMobilization & Collaboration

44. WHERE Where is the geography that

we want to impact? • Neighborhood, school district,

town, region?• Unite! = Regions

5 Key Questions forMobilization & Collaboration

5. HOW

How are we going to collaborate?• Relationships• Prayer and Action• Unite! = 3 Impact Areas

• Education• Justice• Family/Foster Care

- Getting Started – Churches Working Together

Connect with ONE other pastor/church and build a relationship; pray and dream together about your community/city

• Meetings with missions pastors • Perimeter/Hopewell Lunch

Invite several other pastors/churches to join you

• Unite! = Information Lunches and One on One

Research and Understand Your Community/City

• Duluth Research Project

Decide on a project/initiative/eventTo work on together

• Unite! = Compassion in Action Weekend

- Getting Started – Churches Working Together

Form a leadership or core team• Build relationship, pray together, and

develops plans and strategies to work together ongoing

Pray and determine specific ways to work together to bring shalom to your city

• Unite 3 Impact Areas: Education, Family, and Justice

- Getting Started – Churches Working Together

Collaboration Learnings It all starts with Prayer Think Big, Start Small, Go Deep It is all about Relationships! Go with the willing! Learn together - We must understand our community. Localized Leadership & Partnering - Regions Multi-Sector Collaboration and Channels of Cultural

Influence Collaboration is hard work! Long Term mindset Focus on initiatives, not events – Outcome goals