I6: A Six Lane Strategy Toward

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I-6 A Six Lane Strategy Toward An Inviting
Sunday School
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Welcome!

• Tear the paper into a shape of something youve
  seen while traveling on a highway.
• Use the marker pen to print your name on your
  name tag.

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What is your favorite (driving) vacation
destination? What are challenges you faced in
arriving at your destination?
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Our destination A more INVITING Sunday School
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Our destination A more INVITING Sunday School
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Teams of 3-4

• Select one passage as a team
• Work together to answer the first and second
  questions

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We are seeking to reach the same kinds of people
as Jesus did.
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"You may be dismayed to know how many churches,
classes, and Christians are content with the way
things are."
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What are top priorities to pack on a journey
toward becoming a more inviting Sunday School?
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INTERCEDE
INVEST
I-6 A Six Lane Strategy Toward An Inviting
Sunday School
INVIGORATE
INCORPORATE
INVITE
INVOLVE
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INVIGORATE
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Groups of people who feel good about what they
are experiencingand the environment in which
they are experiencing itwill be more likely to
invite others to experience it with them!
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Team one
Put yourself in the place of a typical Sunday
School class. What are challenges and
opportunities for including new people into the
class?
Team two
Put yourself in the place of someone who has
never attended a Sunday School class. What are
challenges and opportunities for becoming part of
the class?
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What are you pretending NOT to know?
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INCORPORATE
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We must incorporate DISCOVER

• The teacher leads the members to discover truths
  from the Bible and the faith stories of the
  people in the class.

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We must incorporate DISCOVER

• The spiritual gift of shepherding best describes
  a balance between effective Bible teaching and
  caring for the sheep in the flock.

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We must incorporate DISCOVER

• The entire class can work to help communicate
  Were getting ready to enjoy fellowship with one
  another around the open Word of God!

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We must incorporate DISCOVER

• We focus on allowing God to invigorate me! We
  want to be part of a Great Commission Team.

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We must incorporate INVITE

• Practice good missiology.
• Practice The Harvest Principle.
• Generate traffic.
• Increase your visibility.
• Get the names. The most valuable asset a Sunday
  School class has is customer information.

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We must incorporate INVITE

• Create awareness with good advertising and
  signage.

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We must incorporate CONNECT

• Connect people to Christ.
• Connect people to feel part of the group.
• Connect people to be part of a ministry.
• Connect people to individuals...

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Enlist one or more people to help the class
implement actions
Discover Invite Connect
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INTERCEDE
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What would prayer requests look like in an
inviting class? From the perspective of the
teachers, members, those we are trying to reach?
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INVEST
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The church of the Lord Jesus is in the business
of meeting needs. Jesus invested in the lives of
othersinviting them to something higher and
greater than themselvesto invest in the agenda
of the Kingdom of God.
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How can we get more people to come to our church?
What can our church/class do to make our
community a better place to live? What unmet
needs are there that we can point people to
Christ? How might we invest some of our resources
to meet one or more of those needs?
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What are stories about a class investing time and
resources to meet needs?
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People dont want to be your project!
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. . . Do you really care about me, or is this
just some church obligation youre fulfilling?
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Three Strategic Numbers
3 each class needs a minimum of three
workers. 5 each worker is to minister to five
members. 10 each new class will increase
overall attendance by ten.
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INVITE
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What are ways we can strengthen our inviting
opportunities?
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What specific tools are we effectively using to
invite people to Sunday School and to Christ?
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INVOLVE
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INVOLVE factors we must consider

• Spiritual gifts of members
• Train persons regarding evangelism
• Involve people through new members events and
  classes
• Involve the work of the Holy Spirit
• Enrollment and attendance are two key metrics
• We must understand churn

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Who is on the Great Commission Team? What is each
team members job?
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Our destination A more INVITING Sunday School
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Prepare a billboard that summarizes important
ideas.
INVIGORATE INCORPORATE INTERCEDE INVEST INVITE INV
OLVE
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We accomplish the Great Commission most
effectively when we do it together.
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