In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age

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In this way they will lay up treasure for
themselves as a firm foundation for the coming
age
1 Timothy 619
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21st Century State of the District

• 10 million people in Michigan
• 60 are unchurched
• 6 million people face an eternity without Christ

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21st Century State of the World

• 6.5 billion people
• 4.5 billion people
• have not heard
• the Gospel

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The Future is Now Goal

• Our Overall Goal is 13 Million
• 5 Million for Mission Planting
• 5 Million for Student Aid
• 3 Million for International Ministries

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Congregational Phase Distribution of Funds
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The Case for Support Mission Planting

• 5,000,000 goal
• 2-3 New Mission Starts will be planted each year
  over the next five years, including one Urban
  Mission Start.
• Future plants will be in
  Detroit, Eaton Rapids,
  Grass Lake, and Dundee

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The Case for Support Student Aid

• 5,000,000 goal
• Increase scholarships to students studying to
  become Professional Church Workers

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The Future is Now in partnership with Fan into
Flame

• At the 2003 District Convention voted and
  overwhelmingly approved The Future is Now
• At the 2006 District Convention The Future is Now
  was affirmed
• First phase of the campaign very successful
• Today we enter into a joint partnership with LCMS
  World Mission

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The Case for Support International
Ministries

• 3,000,000 goal
• Add Missionaries in the field
• Provide funding for new ministry starts,
  leadership training centers, and new schools
• Build new seminary facilities
• Respond to opportunities and emergencies

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Three Main Objectives

• PRAY for the success of The Future is Now
• PARTICIPATE formally by committing to a
  multi-year congregation pledge or an intentional
  appeal
• ENCOURAGE all members of your congregation to be
  involved

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How to Engage Your Congregation

• Present The Future is Now to your congregations
  leadership
• Your congregation agrees to take part in
  The Future is Now
• Your congregation formally commits to a financial
  target (or fundraising goal)
• Your congregation chooses how it will participate
  to reach or exceed its goal
• Your congregation chooses when to participate
• Your congregation completes a pledge form and
  submits to District Office

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How to Make Your Commitment

• Your congregation sets its own financial goal.
• Consider looking at 3 of last years annual
  income and commit to that amount for each of
  the next five years.
• If your annual income is 340,000 then 3
  10,200. Commit 10,200 each of the next five
  years for a total gift of 51,000.
• To make this formal, we ask that you complete a
  pledge form and submit to District Office
• These gifts should be above and beyond regular
  offerings

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How Your Congregation Participates

• Your congregation can participate through
  intentional fundraising methods such as
• Running an intentional personal appeal through
  individual visits or cottage meetings.
• Making a congregation pledge with a planned
  means to fulfill the pledge over five years
• Incorporating The Future is Now into a local
  capital campaign through a Campaign Tithe
• Adding new monies to your congregation budget

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When your congregation has made the decision to
participate

• Communicate with district volunteers/staff
• Complete and submit a pledge form to the
  District Office
• Our goal is to have participation forms from
  congregations by Advent 2009
• 5-year pledges are being encouraged for greater
  flexibility and to enable capital gifts to reach
  our goal
• Your congregation pledge can be fulfilled
  beginning now and running through 2014

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Operational Tools

• www.michigandistrict.org

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Why tell you?

• The urgency
• Everyday more than
• 155,000 people die worldwide without knowing
  Christ.
• We are called to be
• ambassadors for Christ.

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