transformation vision chip sweney [email protected]
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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