Listening for Mission

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Listening for Mission
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Overview

• The Bible and listening
• Listening and starting a fresh expression
• Who are we listening to?
• What questions are we asking?
• A process to use locally

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Jesus in the Temple

• After three days they found him in the temple
  sitting among the teachers, listening to them and
  asking them questions Luke 2.46

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Prayer and Support
Listening and Following Gods Call
Connection
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Prayer and Support
Loving Service
Evangelism and Disciple- Making
Forming Community
Evolving Worship
Listening and Following Gods call
Connection
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To whom are we listening?

• To God
• To the wider society
• To your community
• To yourselves
• To partners in church and society

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What questions are we asking?

• What draws you to explore beginning a fresh
  expression?
• What group or community do you think we are
  called to work with?
• What do you think God is doing already in this
  community?
• Where are the needs and pains and points of
  darkness and difficulty?
• What gifts and resources do we bring?
• Who might our partners be (both churches and
  other agencies)?
• What will be the cost of doing this?
• What will make you shout Hallelujah! in one
  year and in five years?
• How do we find out more about the community we
  think we may be called to serve?

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How to set about the task
Discover what you know already
Presentation and action
Listen more deeply
Do some initial research
Reflect and test Gods call
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