North Point Internship
James, John and I have spent the first four days together as strategic partners of North Point Community Church. . . . And we still haven’t been taught the secret handshake! However, John is going to try to distract the secretary so James and I can sneak into Andy’s office and take pictures of ourselves in his chair.
The campus expansion team has put together an intense internship schedule based upon the cumulative experience of their 14 other strategic partner churches. We will be visiting a different strategic partner each Sunday. This Sunday we will be visiting Cumberland Church in Chattanooga, TN. We will be learning the portable church set-up and tear down drill in four different strategic partners over five weeks. Afterwards we will meet with their lead team and debrief our experience.
Monday thru Friday are spent discussing various aspects of North Point philosophy and meeting with Campus Expansion team members. Over the next three weeks we will hit small group strategy, Sunday programming, finances & budgeting, big picture strategy and family ministry. If you are interested in pacing with some of the resources we are reading check out the books “7 Practices of Effective Ministry” and “Creating Community”. We are reading them this week and will discussing them next week.
Day 1: We heard the stories of the first 14 strategic partners. Here are some facts: the oldest strategic partner is 4 years old, (Wiregrass Church.) Nearly half of the strategic partner churches launched in 2007. We are one of two launching in 2008. We are the furthest West--the next furthest is Colorado Springs, CO.
Day 2: We had our first River Park Community Church staff meeting at North Point Ministries. They have set up an office for our use. I’ll have to take some pictures—it is quite a step up compared to my garage. Tuesday afternoon we watched a leader training DVD that sparked a 90 minute discussion--we are pretty confident we determined how to bring peace to the Middle East. Or at least, a few more things about small groups.
Days 3 & 4 were spent with Sanford Levings, the financial think tank on the Campus Expansion Team. Sandford represents 20+ years of experience as a CPA, venture capitalist and entrepreneur. Did I mention he has an MBA from Duke University, and knows the financial picture of a strategic partner? He will be walking the financial journey of River Park Community Church with us. What we have been learning is invaluable.
Today we will be debriefing what we have learned this week. We will be brainstorming ways to keep friends of River Park Community Church and launch team members abreast of the financial resources needed to impact our community in powerful ways.
We covet your prayers for how God will be guiding us in the coming weeks. I hope that you are each able to connect with each other this month. Our prayers are with you and your families
The campus expansion team has put together an intense internship schedule based upon the cumulative experience of their 14 other strategic partner churches. We will be visiting a different strategic partner each Sunday. This Sunday we will be visiting Cumberland Church in Chattanooga, TN. We will be learning the portable church set-up and tear down drill in four different strategic partners over five weeks. Afterwards we will meet with their lead team and debrief our experience.
Monday thru Friday are spent discussing various aspects of North Point philosophy and meeting with Campus Expansion team members. Over the next three weeks we will hit small group strategy, Sunday programming, finances & budgeting, big picture strategy and family ministry. If you are interested in pacing with some of the resources we are reading check out the books “7 Practices of Effective Ministry” and “Creating Community”. We are reading them this week and will discussing them next week.
Day 1: We heard the stories of the first 14 strategic partners. Here are some facts: the oldest strategic partner is 4 years old, (Wiregrass Church.) Nearly half of the strategic partner churches launched in 2007. We are one of two launching in 2008. We are the furthest West--the next furthest is Colorado Springs, CO.
Day 2: We had our first River Park Community Church staff meeting at North Point Ministries. They have set up an office for our use. I’ll have to take some pictures—it is quite a step up compared to my garage. Tuesday afternoon we watched a leader training DVD that sparked a 90 minute discussion--we are pretty confident we determined how to bring peace to the Middle East. Or at least, a few more things about small groups.
Days 3 & 4 were spent with Sanford Levings, the financial think tank on the Campus Expansion Team. Sandford represents 20+ years of experience as a CPA, venture capitalist and entrepreneur. Did I mention he has an MBA from Duke University, and knows the financial picture of a strategic partner? He will be walking the financial journey of River Park Community Church with us. What we have been learning is invaluable.
Today we will be debriefing what we have learned this week. We will be brainstorming ways to keep friends of River Park Community Church and launch team members abreast of the financial resources needed to impact our community in powerful ways.
We covet your prayers for how God will be guiding us in the coming weeks. I hope that you are each able to connect with each other this month. Our prayers are with you and your families
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