Leading a Missions Event

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Leading a Missions Event
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Missions is about activating the body of Christ

• This presentation is designed to help you
  understand why missions is important in Christian
  education, and what are the basics.

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Why bother with Missions?

• See the Schools Policy statement
• The purpose of regularly providing missions
  opportunities for students, staff and parents
  within Australia and overseas is to encourage
  each community member to use whatever gift(s) God
  has given to him/her, in order to serve others
  faithfully, in Gods grace.

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Missions events are aimed at

• Encouragement
• Gifts / Discovery
• Service
• Grace

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Grace

• Firstly, be hungry to bring teaching from Gods
  Word at each moment of the event.
• Secondly, be open to the Holy Spirit in your
  teaching and speech.

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A Mission Event is a faith adventure costing
time, effort and money

• Risk
• Act of Worship
• Cost
• Still hanging in there?
• Lets move on

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Being a shepherd complete open hearted
commitment

• Know your team well to keep them safe
• Recognise and accept each one as created for
  Gods purpose
• Know their needs and be aware of what boundaries
  are required

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Quality team interaction

• Bible teaching and learning
• Prayer
• The team getting to know each other
• Laughter
• Program development
• Sacrifice
• A test run

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Team interaction during mission

• Morning devotions and evening review times
• Bible teaching and learning
• Prayer
• The team really getting to know each other
• Laughter
• Program implementation
• and review

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Important tip!

• Be a good steward of other peoples time, effort
  and money

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The real heart of a mission

• Your relationship with your team and how you
  pastor their relationships with each other
• Warning! If you get this wrong the result is
• Cynicism instead of transformation
• Regression instead of renewal
• Selfishness instead of commitment

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God awaits He always does

• Fall into His hands
• Guard your heart
• Renew your mind
• His world awaits your impact in Him.
• Matthew 633-34