The following is the systematic mission education plan for Lansing Woodview Church of the Nazarene. The systematic mission education plan will utilize existing discipleship structures, as well as, point congregants toward future missional practices formed around the missional sermon series. The initial education plan will be five weeks with ongoing practices to continue to shape the congregation’s practice and understanding of missional ministry. The education plan will be shaped around the congregation’s rather robust Sunday School program, small group times, and existing missional practices.
Prior to the systematic mission education plan there will be a time of training for both the Pastoral and lay leadership within the church. Before the …show more content…
Adult and youth Sunday School classes will discuss Revelation 21 and 22 in relationship to caring for creation as means of living into the reality of the coming Kingdom of God. Children will have a similar lesson based around practical ways to show God love by loving his creation. The goal of this week’s lesson is to encourage the congregation to consider God’s intentions for creation and how the church and participate in the redemption of all things through creation care. Midweek small groups will discuss the implications of creation and the call to creation care based around the sermon text Genesis …show more content…
Adult and youth Sunday School classes will examine and discuss John 4 and the story of the Samaritan woman. There will be some inclusion of the Marin and Shenk texts about the LGBTQ and Muslim “others” in our society and steps we can take to engage them. Children will also have a lesson on John 4. The goal of this week’s study is to think critically about who the “other” is in our society and how God is calling us to go out of our way to engage the “other.” Unlike previous weeks, the midweek groups will continue the discussion of the Sunday School classes more specifically diving into the Marin and Shenk perspective on engagement of LGBTQ and Muslim
Prior to the systematic mission education plan there will be a time of training for both the Pastoral and lay leadership within the church. Before the …show more content…
Adult and youth Sunday School classes will discuss Revelation 21 and 22 in relationship to caring for creation as means of living into the reality of the coming Kingdom of God. Children will have a similar lesson based around practical ways to show God love by loving his creation. The goal of this week’s lesson is to encourage the congregation to consider God’s intentions for creation and how the church and participate in the redemption of all things through creation care. Midweek small groups will discuss the implications of creation and the call to creation care based around the sermon text Genesis …show more content…
Adult and youth Sunday School classes will examine and discuss John 4 and the story of the Samaritan woman. There will be some inclusion of the Marin and Shenk texts about the LGBTQ and Muslim “others” in our society and steps we can take to engage them. Children will also have a lesson on John 4. The goal of this week’s study is to think critically about who the “other” is in our society and how God is calling us to go out of our way to engage the “other.” Unlike previous weeks, the midweek groups will continue the discussion of the Sunday School classes more specifically diving into the Marin and Shenk perspective on engagement of LGBTQ and Muslim