The Waters Edge Story'''

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The Waters Edge Story...

• Three years of mission madness!

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May 2004 Beginnings

• 10 families35 people
• A bit down/dejected
• Tiny/odorous worship site
• Good lead musician/vocal team
• Acreage waiting to be developed
• Situated in a very young, high tech Dallas
  suburb

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And nowMay 2007

• 165 families500 disciples!
• 150 children under 18!
• 70 connecting from a previously non-churched
  background!
• 2 Family Worship Experiences!

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And nowMay 2007

• A new site Pastor
• 16 part-time staff
• A Family Worship Facility to be completed this
  Fall
• An internet ministry presence with 1000
  listeners/viewers

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Phase One

• The getting things rolling phase

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Getting things rollingPhase One

• A good worship site/home-base
• Community Engaging Sermons and Worship Movements
• Immediate goal setting and constant
  encouragement toward those goals

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Getting things rollingPhase One

• Establish a no holds barred Childrens
  Ministry Mindset!
• Our worship paradigm
• The childrens message
• Our attitude toward kids

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Getting things rollingPhase One

• Start acting/staffing bigger than we are
• Immediately start celebrating
• Gods successes
• Start using modern technology to motivate and
  encourage faith growth and mission

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Getting things rollingPhase One

• Get a core group of SLT leaders to study and
  then echo what a truly mission minded-ministry
  looks like

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The strategy of missionPhase Two

• The Enhancing Stage

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EnhancingPhase Two

• Implement a Passionate and Respectful New Guest
  Follow-up
• - Really push the friendship card
• - Speak every Sunday with new guests in
  mind
• - Create an environment that is ready
  for and expecting new guests

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EnhancingPhase Two

• Hire part-time staff for any and all vital
  positions
• Example Sound Board
• Worship slideshow
• Nursery Volunteers
• Why???

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EnhancingPhase Two

• Solidify our core mission values, train leaders
  to echo them, and speak of them all the time
• 1. Eternity Matters Most!
• 2. Relationships are everything!
• 3. The Word is powerful when communicated
  purely! (law/gospel approach truly changes
  lives)
• 4. The Word only bears fruit when proclaimed in
  engaging,
• understandable, culturally relevant ways!
• 5. The Journey of Faith Continuesfor all!

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EnhancingPhase Two

• Open our eyes to the waves of the Spirit and
  ride them passionately!
• Never afraid to dump a wave or to go for a new
  one

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EnhancingPhase Two

• Continually communicate our core mission
  valuesespecially the vital role that
  Relationships play.
• A Quote Invite new people into your lives and
  they will invite themselves to church!

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The strategy of missionPhase Three

• The Expanding Phase

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ExpandingPhase Three

• Vision/Design our first facility and raise
  mission funds for it.
• This building is not about usbut about the truth
  that God zealously desires to use our partnering
  efforts to connect new lives to the Savior and
  the Journey of Faith.

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ExpandingPhase Three

• Clearly define and encourage the
• faith-journey goals for all engaged
• disciples at Waters Edge
• (get bigger by getting smaller)
• - Consistent Worship
• - Daily Devotions
• - DTX Group Involvement

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ExpandingPhase Three

• Run all hosted events, studies, seminars and the
  like through DTX groups and their leaders
• Also, communicate other faith growth goals and
  key movements through DTX groups and their
  echoing leaders

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ExpandingPhase Three

• Structure our staffing and our visions around
  another near future mission plant (a satellite
  mission)
• Keep celebrating what God has done while also
  always pressing on

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ExpandingPhase Three

• Make sure our Pastors and Leaders stay in the
  world, understanding our ever changing society
  and community
• Play our strengthslike the authentic
  friendships and the like minded mission attitudes
  that our Pastors and Staff enjoy

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Questions.

• Mark Schaefer
• kingterp_at_aol.com
• 805-908-5525
• Patrick Miller
• pastorp_at_watersedgefrisco.com
• 972-741-7745