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3 Month Faithful Planning Process
One-Day Planning Retreat

Sunday Outline

 

Sections of the retreat

Time for each item

Start times

1. Opening devotion on vision/calling, purpose of the retreat, prayer  

5 minutes

9:00 am

2.  Introduce the retreat leader

Overview of our day together  

5 minutes

9:05 am

3.  Timeline - events of the church's past - chapters of our journey with God and one another  

30 minutes

9:15 am

4.  Discussion of the character/personality of our church - What adjectives would you use to describe the personality of your church?  

30 minutes

9:45 am

5. Worship - sermon/theme - What is God calling us to do?  

60+ minutes

10:30 am

6. After worship - Give the survey to all in attendance  

20 minutes

11:40 am

7. Lunch! (the Team scores the survey during lunch)  

60+ minutes

12 noon

8. Share survey results - what are our strengths? What are our growing edges? 

Share demographic information  

60 minutes

1:00 pm

9. What is God calling us to do?  Individual thought/prayer/writing, small group visioning, sharing with whole group  

60 minutes

2:00 pm

10.  What's next? Meeting to prioritize 
         Remember - God is in the midst of them

11. Closing prayer

5 minutes

3:00 pm

 

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