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Title: Deacon Training 2006


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Deacon Training2006
  • How to be an effective deacon

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Welcome and Introduction
  • Welcome to our annual training program.
  • How we define our role in todays church.
  • When we leave here today, we will have the tools
    to be an effective servant of God.

3
Overview
  • Internal Teams
  • Worship
  • Benevolence
  • Fellowship
  • Missions

4
Overview
  • Extended Teams
  • Welcome Team
  • Homebound Team
  • Hospital Visitation Team
  • Bereavement Team

5
Overview
  • Extended Teams
  • New Members Team
  • Casserole Team
  • Visitor Team
  • Small Jobs Team

6
Expectations
  • Internal
  • Worship
  • Lords Supper
  • Offering
  • Baptism
  • Deacon Ordination
  • Special Programs
  • Revivals
  • Visitors

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Expectations
  • Internal
  • Benevolence
  • Hospital Visitation
  • Homebound
  • Nursing Homes
  • Funerals

8
Expectations
  • Internal
  • Missions
  • Preschool Ministry
  • Children's Ministry
  • Youth Ministry
  • Adult Ministry
  • Senior Adult Ministry
  • Deaf Ministry
  • Thursday Lunch
  • Clothes Closet

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Expectations
  • Internal
  • Fellowship
  • Widows Singles Banquet
  • Conferences
  • Christmas Banquet
  • Revival
  • Anniversary
  • Fall Festival

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Expectations
  • Extended
  • Reporting
  • Record Keeping
  • Active
  • Involvement
  • Publicity

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Lords Supper
  • Preparation of the Elements
  • Where are they
  • How Much
  • Who is Responsible
  • Where does it come from
  • Cleanup

12
Baptism
  • How to assist
  • Baptismal Pool
  • Circulating Pump
  • Heater
  • Robes
  • Towels

13
Hands On Training
14
Break
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Ministry TeamsAction Template
  • Keys to Effective Ministry
  • West Hampton Baptist Church
  • Deacon Ministry

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Who is on the team?
  • Now you are the body of Christ and individually
    members of it. And God has appointed in the
    church first apostles, second prophets, third
    teachers, then deeds of power, then gifts of
    healing, forms of assistance, various kinds of
    tongues.
  • -1 Corinthians 1227-28 (NRSV)
  • Those who are the greatest among you should take
    the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a
    servant.
  • -Luke 2226

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1-Set Time and Place to Meet
  • The majority rules and moves!
  • Select a scribe.
  • Select a facilitator.
  • Select a contact person.
  • NOTE Make regular and specific reports

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2-Define Goal/Mission of the Team
  • Dont assume.
  • Make it short.
  • Make it memorable.
  • Repeat it often.

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3-What are the Gifts/Resources
  • Why did you join this team?
  • What are you bringing to the team?
  • How can the team expand its resources?

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4-What is History of Ministry?
  • What has already been accomplished?
  • What has already been attempted?
  • Dont play the blame game.
  • Dont play the hero worship game.

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5-What is possible?
  • Evaluations NOT allowed yet.
  • What is continuing to work today?
  • What are other churches doing?
  • What is working in the community?
  • What are your wildest dreams?
  • Brief evaluations NO final decisions.

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6-Stop and Pray
  • Resist your urge to fix it!
  • It is NOT about us!
  • Follow the Spirit for time of prayer/decision.
  • Dont allow prayer to be an excuse.

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7-Agree on an Action Plan
  • Write out specific actions.
  • Example Grief Ministry Team
  • Team member will call or visit immediate family
    member to determine needs of family during time
    of bereavement.
  • Include decision making criteria.
  • Example Hospital Visitation Team
  • Team Facilitator will contact member on call
    within __ hours of notification of person
    hospitalized.
  • Criteria time, places, amounts, contents,
    number of people, etc.

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7-Action Plan continued
  • Delete ambiguous definitions
  • as needed
  • may be necessary
  • based on situation
  • as soon as possible
  • when appropriate
  • to be determined
  • probably not
  • in case of

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8-How members will contribute
  • Give specific assignments based upon stated
    resources/gifts.
  • Expect specific accountability.

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9-Discuss Your Progress
  • Meet to evaluate.
  • Funnel through mission statement.
  • Drop/Add. Be specific!
  • Repeat process
  • -annually
  • -when new people are added to team
  • Continue to pray.

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Im always ready to learn, although I do not
always like being taught. -Winston
Churchill
28
Summary
  • What we covered today
  • Internal Teams
  • Worship
  • Benevolence
  • Fellowship
  • Missions

29
Summary
  • What we covered today
  • Hands on Training
  • Baptism
  • Lords Supper

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Summary
  • What we covered today
  • External Teams
  • Small Jobs
  • Hospital
  • Bereavement
  • Homebound
  • Casserole
  • Welcome
  • New Members
  • Visitor

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Requirements
  • 1st Timothy 38
  • Commitment
  • Desire
  • Compassion
  • Love for God

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More information
  • Upcoming Training
  • May 5th-6th _at_ Eagle Eyrie
  • Online Training
  • Coming very soon to our web site
    www.westhamptonbaptist.org
  • Consultants
  • Dr. Danny Owens
  • David Robinson
  • Robert Wigglesworth

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Feedback
  • Talk To Me

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Deacon Training 2006
  • Thank You for coming
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