Church Planter Boot Camp
WHAT IS IT?:
The Church Planter Boot Camp is an exciting and interactive 8 days of training designed to give the new or existing church planter and team the help and direction they need to build a healthy, growing, disciple-making church. This isn’t your ordinary conference where we talk at you – you’ll learn primarily though small group formats that will challenge and stretch you.
WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?
The church in America and is failing. Somewhere along the line we bought into the idea that success equated to a great Sunday show and the number of people in seats. That’s certainly not God’s idea of success for His church. We believe that church planters today see the failings of the old church model and want to build God’s church where people are coming to know the Lord, disciples are being made, and entire communities are being transformed. The Church Planter Boot Camp is an important first step in that direction.
WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE?:
(Note: Schedule subject to change)
Day One (Thursday) – Day Two (Friday):
The first two days will be spent going through the Immersion l experience with other church planters and church leaders (and their teams) from across the United States and other parts of the world. Those two days are focused on four key areas: Intentional leadership, alignment, relational environments (small groups), and an intentional discipleship process.
Here are a few of the take-aways:
• Intentional Leadership:
o Lead effective teams
o Be a leader people will want to follow
o Build healthy teams
o Model intentional relationship
o Becoming a coach vs star player
• Alignment:
o Unity in your core beliefs
o Moving your entire church towards a common purpose
o Equipping your church body for the win
o Developing intentional relationship within your church body
o Alignment of the time, money and energy of your church with the win
• Relational Environments: (Small Groups)
o Become a church of small groups
o Understanding of biblical story telling
o Development of relational environments for discipleship
o Effective small group facilitation
• Discipleship Process:
o Understanding the discipleship process
o Communicating an intentional discipleship process
o Becoming a disciple-making church
Day Three (Saturday):
This is a free day to spend however you choose.
• See the Travel & Community Information page of our website for ideas of things to do and places to see: http://reallifeministries.com/association_travel
Day Four (Sunday):
This is a day of practical experience and assessment.
• Attend a worship service – 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am (Note: You’ll be assessing the weekend service to determine if each aspect of the service is aligned
with our vision and mission.)
• Attend the second half of our 101 Joining the Team class (membership class) – 2:00 – 5:00 pm (childcare is available at no cost)
Day Five (Monday), Day Six (Tuesday), Day Seven (Wednesday):
The last three days will be spent going through the Immersion ll experience. You’ll be working with your team to design and develop a variety of key areas which will transform your church into a healthy, growing, dynamic, disciple making church.
• Intentional Leadership:
o Critical analysis of your own leadership style and ability
o Personal leadership growth plan
o Leadership development plan for your church leaders
o Creating healthy environments in your church
o Develop leadership model and ministry structure
o Dispute resolution process
o Systems for leadership assessment and growth
• Alignment:
o Create/modify doctrinal statement (core beliefs, essentials, non-essentials)
o Create/modify vision statement (establishing the win)
o Create/modify mission statement (how to accomplish the win)
o Develop a common definition for disciple, components of discipleship and definition for relational environment
o Systems for assessing and communicating vision and mission
o Develop a ministry filter to ensure ministries are accomplishing the win
o Assessment of church organization and structure compared to the win
o Alignment strategy for church structure and organization
o Vision and mission alignment – weekend services
o Development of a sermon club (sermon prep team and process)
o Global alignment philosophy, processes and assessment
• Relational Environments: (Small Groups)
o Define purpose of small groups
o Develop general small group structure and organization
o Determine small group curriculum
o Develop small group branching philosophy
o Develop small group leader standards and expectations
o Develop small group leader recruitment and development
o Develop small group connection process and procedures
o Develop small group growth model and plan
o Systems for accountability, assessment and tracking
o Understanding of biblical story telling
o Development of relational environments for discipleship
o Effective small group facilitation
• Discipleship Process:
o Develop an intentional discipleship process
o System for assessing and communicating the discipleship process
• Implementation:
o Develop healthy plan for change
o Create workgroups to complete tasks and implement change
o Develop timeline and strategy for implementing change
Day Eight (Thursday):
On your final day you’ll be taking everything you learned and developed over the past seven days and making a plan of action to implement these things back home. You’ll be presenting your plan to a panel of experienced church planters who will critique your plan of action and will give you real time feedback to help you improve and implement your plan. The following are a few key areas to be discussed and evaluated:
• Leadership
• Vision & Mission
• Theological Alignment
• Ministry Alignment
• Discipleship Process
• Relational Environment
• Building a Launch Team
• Pre-launch Strategies
• Initial Ministry Development
• Meeting the Needs of Your Community
• Launch Strategies
• Post-Launch Plan
• Personal & Family Mental, Physical and Spiritual Health, Balance
WHAT OTHER RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE?:
Each team will receive a Productivity Pack: (included in registration fee)
• Small group story set - CDs
• How to do biblical story telling – DVD
• Small group pastor – job description
• Small group coach – job description
• Small group leader – job description
• 101 Joining the Team class guide – teacher and student editions
• 201 Discipleship Process class guide
• 301 Annual Leader Training guide
• Ministry filter
• How to Witness - CDs
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?:
You’re welcome to come alone, but you’ll accomplish more if you bring your core team members with you. We recommend teams bring at least 3 to 10 participants. Teams generally consist of the following:
• Senior pastor
• Key staff members
• Elders
• Deacons
• Board members
• Key influencers, lay ministers and volunteer leaders
• Spouses are strongly encouraged to attend
WHAT’S THE COST?:
• $1,200 per team – up to four participants, $395 each additional participant
• Need based scholarships are available – call for details
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE PRICE?:
• All materials
• Productivity Pack (see resources above)
• Light breakfast, lunch, and snacks/drinks all day (Except Saturday & Sunday)
Note: If you have special dietary needs, please let us know these when you register.
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO BEFORE ATTENDING?:
All attendees must have read the book: Church Is a Team Sport, by Pastor Jim Putman. You can find the book at most Christian supply stores or online book retailers.
WHAT SHOULD I BRING?:
Come with a good attitude, an open mind, and be ready to work hard. We’ll provide everything else.
WHAT SHOULD I WEAR?:
Wear casual, comfortable clothes. By casual, we really mean casual: Jeans, shorts, t-shirts, etc. If you wear a suit and tie you’ll probably wish you hadn’t. (We reserve the right to cut off all ties.)
North Idaho has a variety of weather conditions in every season. Check the local weather forecast a few days before you travel. Sometimes the rooms can be chilly – bringing a light jacket or sweatshirt is always a good idea.
HOW DO I GET THERE AND WHERE DO I STAY?:
We have a whole page of travel, hotel and community information. Click here
LOCATION:
The training will take place at two different locations during the 8 day schedule:
• Real Life Ministries – Church Campus: 1866 Cecil Road, Post Falls, ID
• Real Life Association – Training Center: 710 W. Mullan, Suite A, Post Falls, ID. (The training center is only about a 7 minute drive from the RLM Church campus.)
For driving directions, go to http://www.mapquest.com
WHAT’S THE DAILY SCHEDULE?:
• Day One: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Day Two: 8:00 am – 4:45 pm (Friday evening worship service 5:30 & 7:00 pm)
• Day Three: Free Day
• Day Four: Sunday services 8:30 am, 10:00 am, or 11:30 am, 101 Class 2:00-5:00pm
• Day Five: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
• Day Six: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Day Seven: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Day Eight: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
IS CHILDCARE AVAILABLE?:
We do not provide or arrange childcare. Please do not bring your children with you to the actual event as it is a distraction for both you and the other participants.
WHAT ARE THE DATES?:
2010 Boot Camp Schedule:
July 15th - 22nd
HOW DO I REGISTER?:
You can register by calling Ann Cone, Association Coordinator at 208-777-7325, ext 148. At the time of registration, Ann will need all participant's personal information.
Note: We do need each participant’s personal information. This will help us to personalize their Immersion experience. Thank you for your cooperation.