tansitions

Being a triathlete, I know all about transitions. Whether from swim to bike or bike to run, they can lose me time or gain me time, but they are crucial. Yesterday, we hammered out our transitions in our Connect - Grow - Serve, discipleship process. Here is where we are on our "working draft." At a C3 service (CONNECT) they are invited to a NEW COMERS LUNCHEON, where we discuss vision, what we believe and intro's of the team. They are then invited to a GROUP LINK, which is where we plug them into Community Groups (GROW). While in the Community Groups, they will go through video's and discussion that we will put together (Nooma ish) to create a foundation. As well as they go through a gifts assessment test and are then plugged into serving opportunities at our once a month leaders/training meeting. Then if they are truly wanting to join arms with C3 with a real commitment, they move to PARTNERSHIP. Partnership is inclusive, membership is exclusive....at least in our head. Anyone wanting to serve in a leadership position has to go through Partnership. You can though, serve coffee, greet, usher, work in the nursery and work community events without being a Partner. Those are our entry level serving opportunities.
So, CONNECT (Sunday services) - New Comers Lunch - Group Link - GROW (Community Groups) - Gifts assessment, Monthly leadership training meeting - SERVE - Partnership