3
Month Faithful Planning Process
One-Day
Planning Retreat
Sunday
Outline
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| Sections
of the retreat
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Time
for each item
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Start
times
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1.
Opening devotion on vision/calling, purpose of the retreat, prayer
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5
minutes
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9:00
am
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2.
Introduce
the retreat leader
Overview
of our day together
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5
minutes
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9:05
am
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3.
Timeline - events of the church's past - chapters of our journey
with God and one another
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30
minutes
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9:15
am
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4.
Discussion of the character/personality of our church - What
adjectives would you use to describe the personality of your church?
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30
minutes
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9:45
am
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5.
Worship - sermon/theme - What is God calling us to do?
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60+
minutes
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10:30
am
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6.
After worship - Give the survey to all in attendance
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20
minutes
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11:40
am
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7.
Lunch! (the Team scores the survey during lunch)
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60+
minutes
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12
noon
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8.
Share survey results - what are our strengths? What are our growing
edges?
Share
demographic information
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60
minutes
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1:00
pm
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9.
What is God calling us to do?
Individual thought/prayer/writing, small group visioning, sharing
with whole group
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60
minutes
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2:00
pm
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10.
What's
next? Meeting to prioritize
Remember - God is in the midst of them
11.
Closing
prayer
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5
minutes
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3:00
pm
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