Transcript MAPing PowerPoint presentation

In consideration of
MAPing
Edited by Canon Roger Medley – Mission Forum, Bath and Wells
from the work of
Mike Chew MAP and Growth Strategy Facilitator
Blackburn Diocese
MAPing
• Mission
– An outward looking engagement with the world around us
– Living the gospel–not just church activities
– Equipping & supporting church members to live out their
faith as Baptised disciples.
• Action
– Focused, specific actions giving expression to God’s
concern for his world, arising out of convictions, gifts,
passion & sense of vocation
• Planning
– Being SMART
specific, measurable, achievable, time and target
Mission?
• Mission has its origins in the heart of God. ‘Missio Dei’
- God is a fountain of sending love.
This is the deepest source of mission.
• There is mission because God loves people.
• It is not the Church that has a mission, but the God of
Mission who has a Church!
• In the new image mission is not primarily an activity of
the church, but an attribute of God
Ed from David Bosch Transforming Mission 1991
1 Corinthians 3:5-7
What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only
servants, through whom you came to believe–as the
Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed,
Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he
who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God,
who makes things grow
All-By-Itself!
• The growth principle
– Growth takes place
spontaneously
– There is order and
process in this growth
– All we can do is prepare
the way and remove the
obstacles to growth
How do we Grow?
• By being Healthy – in all aspects of
individual spirituality and corporate
worship/life
– Prayer, Holiness, Mission
• By sharing a Vision of Growth
• By working together – to use our resources
effectively and efficiently
Too businesslike?
– ‘We are told that in order to be a good steward of
the household of God, you have to be a good
steward of your own household.
– It’s really a dimension of stewardship – you have to
plan and organise things. If we are serious about
mission and that is the clear priority, then some sort
of plan is inevitable.’
– ‘MAPing is primarily a tool to establish a clear
missionary purpose and direction for the church’
– David Hope
Jesus on Planning
• ‘For which of you, intending to build a
tower, does not first sit down and estimate
the cost, to see whether he has enough to
complete it?’
• ‘Or what king, going out to wage war
against another king, will not sit down first
and consider whether he is able with ten
thousand to oppose the one who comes
against him with twenty thousand?’
Luke 14.28,31
Acts
• Prayer and supernatural guidance are key parts
of planning for mission in the early church.
• For example in Acts 13 – ‘While they were
worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit
said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the
work to which I have called them.” Then after
fasting and praying they laid their hands on them
and sent them off.’
How does a Church work out its Mission
Plans?
• Is not easy!
– So much to learn about Mission!
– So much ‘stuff’ to consider!
– So many people to involve!
• But it gets easier with experience
• Learn by using the MAP process
The MAPing Process Cycle
Annual Cycle
Review
Listen/Values
Act:
Do/Check
Prayer
And
Passion
Plan
Deploy
Choose:
Vision/Priorities
Prayer and Passion
• Prayer:
– The starting Point
– Asking God to prepare the leaders for this work
– Individual and Corporate
• Desire:
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry* wrote “If you want to
build a ship, don’t summon people to buy
wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and
organise the work, rather teach people to yearn
for the wide, boundless ocean”.
– If we want people to produce a MAP, first, we
have to teach people – especially church
leaders - to yearn to respond (‘missionally’)
to God’s love of the world – as Jesus did.
* A famous French writer and aviator (1900-44)
Review
• Listen: Triple listening
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To God
To ourselves – each other
To the community
What are our Values?
What is our Mission?
• Why are We Here?
Act:
Review
Prayer
And
Passion
Plan
Choose:
• Assess: 4 alternative methods
– SWOT.. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats.
– “Growing Healthy Churches” (recommended for 1st year)
– “Discerning your Church Vocation”
– “Natural Church Development”
(Reviewing ones course could be crucial to the journey!)
Shared Vision
• Shared Vision Stimulates desire and
helps us to focus on God
• Shared Vision gives the whole church a
sense of Direction
• Shared Vision draws people to work
together
Vision
“A picture of the future that produces passion.
Vision puts the match to the fuel that most
people carry around in their hearts and
yearn to have ignited. Leaders must keep
striking that match by painting compelling
Kingdom pictures”
Bill Hybels
Vision
• We want our Vision statement to:
– Inspire us to use our gifts for Kingdom growth
– Draw us together
– Enable us to work out Priorities
• Remember:
– Mission: Our Purpose; What we Value
– Vision: Where we are moving to in Future
Vision drives Priorities and Plans
What we think God
is calling our church
to do and become
Vision
Priority 3
Priority 1
Priority 2
Action 1
Action 2
Action 3
Action 4
Action 5
….
Action 1
Action 2
Action 3
Action 4
Action 5
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Action 1
Action 2
Action 3
Action 4
Action 5
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Vision
Statement
Mission
Statement
MAP/Strategy
Who
Why are we here?
How:
What
When
Where we want to be
What will it feel like?
Next Steps:
Plan SMART Actions
• Document your plans, using the SMART method
for each chosen priority:
– Specific: be clear about the specific goals and
who the plan is for - e.g. engage with adults
aged 18-30.
– Measurable: agree how you will be able to
measure progress, and how you will assess
progress.
– Achievable: your people need to believe that it
is possible.
– Resourced: ensure that there is sufficient
human and financial resources
– Timed: be clear about the timing for starting,
reviewing progress and completing.
Implementation
• Action
– MAPing leads to Action
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to improve and/or
to change and/or
to serve and
to worship …
– Yet many PCCs produce a paper and return to
‘business as usual’
• Check
– Review progress
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to ensure that the plans are implemented
to support people
to recognise effort
to solve problems
MAP Facilitators
(Mission Companions)
• Facilitators bring a fresh pair of eyes and a critical
friend to help think through the church’s situation,
strategy and vision.
• They are skilled in the various approaches to
conducting a review of church health, and can
guide church leaders through the Vision process.
• Many dioceses, now provide such facilitators to
their churches on request at no cost
• The School of Formation or Mission Forum can
provide these.
MAP: 10 Point Health Check
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4.
Rooted in Prayer
Listen: consulting those impacted by the MAP
Assess: taking a close look at your church
Values: being clear about the church’s main
purposes and sources of energy.
5. Vision: being clear about the future direction
6. Priorities: the vital ingredients to deliver the
Vision
7. Goals: being smart with priorities
8. Actions: planning to succeed
9. Communication: Keeping everyone informed
10. Checking Progress: Keeping control of the
overall plan
How are others doing?
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2005
2006
2007
2008
Impact of MAP: York Diocese
• “Mission Action Plans, consistently used are an effective tool for
enabling the local church to become more authentically
‘mission shaped’, and to grow according to God’s plan and
purpose.
• In all churches where the MAP principles are firmly established,
they report overall growth, often in difficult key areas such as
children and young people, or increased male membership.
• MAPs have helped hundreds of churches to look more closely
at how they are serving God, and what it means to be the Body
of Christ in their local situation.
• Choosing, planning, acting, and reviewing, draws on the power
of the Holy Spirit, encouraging wider use of the gifts of
discernment, wisdom, insight, understanding, faith, and
knowledge.”
Impact of MAP: London Diocese
• Neil Evans believes that MAP is now in the DNA of
the growing churches in the diocese.
• Those who take in the MAP approach use it
organically to grow their mission work..
• He has no doubt that comparing these two groups
of churches would demonstrate that MAP has had
a very positive impact.
Conclusions about MAP
• MAPing is an annual learning process; not an
event - it’s not about producing a piece of paper.
“Every year we learn more about mission, the
community and ourselves”.
• Facilitators can accelerate the learning. MAP
should have wide ownership; plans and progress
should be frequently communicated
• MAP should appear in some shape or form on
every PCC agenda
• Action owners need training and support
• MAPPING: =Mission Action Planning, Implementation and
Growth
Lets have a go!
Where to next for
your parish?