2023 Initiatives
Bold Preaching
- Preach through Hebrews and overviews of the Old and New Testaments to equip our people with a high view of Christ and an understanding of God’s grand plan of redemption
- Preach through 1 Peter, biblical communication and conflict resolution, and stewardship of the gospel to prepare us to live winsomely in a hostile world
- Implement a preaching workshop to strengthen our preaching team
Passionate Worship
- Promote weekly worship playlist to prepare the body for Sunday
- Help form a biblical perspective on worship through worship night teaching videos
- Consider ways to encourage ministry leaders/parents to model passionate worship
- Teach songs that cover biblical truths that are not currently found in our song catalog
Fervent Prayer
- Restart the after-service prayer ministry
- Provide monthly prayer emphases through our six pillars and spiritual disciplines
- Encourage church members to regularly pray for one another (either in person or via the membership directory
Courageous Evangelism
- Develop the current door-to-door evangelism team in Grimes
- Encourage everyone to invite at least one person/family to church each quarter
- Look for opportunities to grow our missions engagement and involvement across the church
Purposeful Discipleship
- Encourage folks to have a 5-3-1 mentality (5 for prayer, 3 for evangelism, 1 for discipleship)
- Strengthen small group ministry by raising up additional leaders
- Produce or provide discipleship resources such as podcasts, conferences, online trainings, etc.,
Compelling Community
- Encourage the body to be on the lookout for new visitors and welcome them
- Look for ways to strengthen the 11am service (reopening Harvest Kids, etc.,)
- Multiply small groups to effectively serve new attenders