TFHstudents - 2011
by Luke Thomas
1. Vision for 2011
1.1. Rows to Circles
1.2. Andragogy
1.2.1. Rows
1.2.2. Learner focused
1.2.3. Fosters community
1.3. Pedagogy
1.3.1. Circles
1.3.2. Teacher focused
1.4. John 15: 1-11
1.4.1. http://bible.us/John15.1.ESV
2. Campus'
2.1. Weekly meeting with Campus Students Directors
2.1.1. Spiritual accountability
2.1.2. Ministry growth
2.2. Visit every 6 weeks to campus
2.2.1. Feedback
2.2.2. Strategy
2.3. 692 Focus
2.3.1. Establish WHO they are stewarding
2.3.2. Relationships OUTSIDE of gathering
2.4. DTown Focus
2.4.1. Buy-in from team & students
2.4.2. Can't get comfortable
2.4.3. New Room
2.4.3.1. Consistant attendance
2.4.3.2. Tithing
2.5. CAUTION
2.5.1. 'Leadership Triangle' between me and Campus Director/Pastor
3. Expressions of Values
3.1. rGen / RLife
3.1.1. Circle
3.2. Fuse, Branded, Access
3.2.1. Row
3.2.2. Un-intentional circles
3.2.2.1. Cliques and existing relationships
3.2.2.2. Leader initiated 'belonging'
3.3. Sat / Sun Prayer
3.3.1. Circle
3.4. Leader Community
3.4.1. Row
3.4.2. Circle
3.5. Big Leader
3.5.1. Row
3.5.2. Circle
3.6. Rehearsals
3.6.1. Circle
3.7. Summit
3.7.1. Row
3.7.2. Circle
4. Notes
4.1. Branded could start with worship at 7:05...
4.1.1. 7:05 - 7:45 = Worship
4.1.2. 7:45 - 8:15 = message
4.1.3. 8:15-8:45 = connect groups
4.1.4. 8:45 - 9:00 = announcements & hangout
4.2. Rollout Calendar
4.2.1. Leader training
4.2.2. Service changes
4.2.3. 2 months?
4.2.3.1. Paired up with rGen leader
4.2.3.1.1. Bigger groups
4.2.3.2. Then on their own
4.2.3.2.1. even smaller groups
4.2.4. Combat the 'Ready, FIRE, Aim'
4.2.4.1. Curse of Knowledge
5. MIKE - Fuse
5.1. WHY?
5.1.1. To solidify Middle Schoolers identity in Christ and introduce them to Kingdom Life
5.2. How?
5.2.1. through fun, community, and spirit filled worship & prayer.
5.3. What?
5.3.1. Weekly Fuse
5.3.1.1. F = FUN
5.3.1.2. U = Understandable & Memorable message
5.3.1.3. S = Spirit Filled
5.3.1.4. E = Energetic Kingdom Life
5.3.1.5. 1st & 4th service - reaching critical mass = 50
5.3.2. Fuse Friday
5.3.2.1. BIG
5.3.2.2. Don't invite your friends, invite your SCHOOLS
5.3.2.3. Fuse Friday points to Fuse Sundays and vice versa
5.3.2.4. Large Budget. ie. Inflatables
5.4. FOCUS
5.4.1. Nathex / Hallway experience
5.4.2. Followup
5.4.3. Challenge to bring friends
6. JEREMY - Branded
6.1. WHY?
6.1.1. To spur High Schoolers on to righteousness and Kingdom Life... They are the change-makers.
6.2. How?
6.2.1. Reckless Community & Active participation in THE church
6.3. What?
6.3.1. Weekly Branded
6.3.1.1. Sunday evenings
6.3.1.2. Excellent & Relevant Church
6.3.1.2.1. Element of Fun
6.3.1.2.2. Worship
6.3.1.2.3. Message
6.3.1.2.4. Connect groups (circles)
6.3.2. Made to Serve
6.3.2.1. Fuse
6.3.2.2. TFHkids
6.3.3. Made to Pour
6.3.3.1. 2nd Saturdays
6.4. FOCUS
6.4.1. Followup
6.4.2. Invitation to Made for More
7. NATE - Access
7.1. WHY?
7.1.1. A vibrant community that is living Kingdom Life together
7.2. How?
7.2.1. Community
7.2.2. Provoke to BE more
7.2.2.1. Opportunities for Belong, Connect, Serve, Pour
7.3. What?
7.3.1. Weekly presance
7.3.1.1. Awareness in auditorium
7.3.1.1.1. Slides
7.3.1.1.2. Loops
7.3.1.1.3. Videos
7.3.1.1.4. Announcements
7.3.1.1.5. Creative Bulletin
7.3.1.2. Young Adults in ALL teams take on 'MINISTRY' responsibility to steward new and existing young adults to BE more
7.3.1.2.1. Example: Young Adult new to church stops by Cafe for a Starbucks... Hospitality volunteer (young adult) notices them, introduces themselves and swaps contact info.. follow up = invite to gathering or coffee...
7.3.2. 1/month gathering
7.3.2.1. Invite college ministries to attend
7.3.2.2. Flyer colleges & coffee shops & venues
7.3.2.3. Topical message
7.3.2.3.1. Made for More & Gospel focus
7.3.2.4. Worship
7.3.2.5. Opportunities to BE more
7.3.2.6. Main Auditorium
7.3.2.7. 1st Thursday of the month
7.3.2.7.1. Point to Local Pour
7.3.2.7.2. Ministry groups
7.3.2.7.3. Home groups
7.3.3. Interactive portion of TFHapp
7.3.3.1. Chat
7.3.3.2. Maps of where gatherings & local pours are
7.3.3.3. Signup for Rlife group (home, interest, ministry)
7.4. FOCUS
7.4.1. ANDREW - College visits
7.4.1.1. Fairs
7.4.1.1.1. Presance
7.4.1.1.2. Representation
7.4.1.2. Move-in weekends
7.4.1.2.1. Helping move
7.4.2. SAM - Thursday September 2nd (7-10pm)
7.4.2.1. Fall Kickoff
7.4.2.2. 1/month
7.4.2.3. Worship
7.4.2.4. Topical message
7.4.2.5. BIG creative programming element
7.4.2.6. Invite to BIG Made to Pour on Sept 10th
7.4.2.7. Connections 2nd Friday
7.4.3. Leadership Structure
8. Garrett - rGen/Rlife
8.1. Bi-Weekly rGen Groups
8.1.1. 2nd & 4th Fridays
8.2. Weekly RLife for Young Adults
8.3. rGen Leaders must be in RLife
8.3.1. Lead by 'Coach' types
8.3.2. Bi-weekly hangout
8.3.3. Bi-weekly study
8.3.3.1. Adult Curriculm
8.3.3.2. rGen curriculum with Sr. High students
8.4. 1st and 3rd weekends - In service CIRCLES
8.4.1. Application of message
8.4.2. Assessment of rGen leaders
8.4.3. Introduction to rGen
8.5. Specific Jr. High & Sr. High curriculum
8.5.1. rightnow.org
8.5.1.1. Branded = Francis Chan 'Courage'
8.5.1.1.1. http://store.rightnow.org/Store/Youth_Group_Video_Bible_Studies/3144/Courage_with_Francis_Chan/xcid=1000
8.5.1.2. Fuse =
8.5.2. All DVD's handed out to leaders
8.5.3. Private (up to 25 people) youtube group
8.5.4. 5 backup DVD's for each week
8.6. Turbo Training
8.6.1. Invite leaders who haven't been and are new
8.6.2. Tuesday & Wednesday 9th & 10th of August
8.6.2.1. 7-9
8.7. Schedule
8.7.1. Sept. 23rd
8.7.2. Signups
8.7.2.1. August 21st
8.7.2.2. August 28th
8.7.2.3. September 4th
9. Smart Goal
9.1. Intention
9.1.1. Reach More Students
9.2. Specifics
9.2.1. What: 1000 Regular Attenders & 800 in community
9.2.2. Who: PULSE Team
9.2.3. Why: Great Commission
9.2.4. Where: TFHStudents/All Campuses
9.2.5. When: 2011/2012 School Year
9.3. Measureables
9.3.1. (Growth Goal: F+29, B/A+23 per month; Campus Breakdown F-20/6/3, B/A-20/2/1) Sept. F-135, B/A-90; Oct. F-164, B/A-113; Nov. F-193, B/A-136; Dec. F-222, B/A-159; Jan. F-251, B/A-182; Feb. F-280, B/A-205; Mar. F-309, B/A-228; Apr. F-338, B/A-251; May F-367, B/A-274; June F-400, B/A-300
9.4. Attainable
9.4.1. Last Year's Noob Data broken down into highest, lowest & average monthly numbers (F: T-479, H-81, L-19, A-47.9; FD: T-71, H-20, L-0, A-7.1, F692: T-26, H-11, L-0, A-2.8, B: T-299, H-57, L-11, A-29.9) Sept. F-50, FD-6, F692-NR, B-29; Oct. F-59, FD-20, F692-11, B-57; Nov. F-72, FD-17, F692-10, B-38; Dec. F-19, FD-6, F692-1, B-19; Jan. F-49, FD-5, F692-2, B-39; Feb. F-29, FD-7, F692-2, B-44; Mar. F-32, FD-3, F692-0, B-26; Apr. F-36, FD-3, F692-0, B-20; May F-52, FD-0, F692-0, B-11; June F-81, FD-4, F692-0, B-16
9.4.1.1. (BMN: Best Monthly Noobs, BMA: Best Montly Attendance) Trends: FBMN: June/FBMA: November; FDBMN: October/FDBMA: November; F692BMN: October/F692BMA: January; BBMN: October/BBMA: October&November
9.4.1.1.1. DT 101/146=69% Lost; 692 33/49=67% Lost; F 688/998=69% Lost; B 572/753=76% Lost
9.5. Barriers
9.5.1. BARRIER: December: Weather & Holiday Busyness; SOLUTION: Kick mother natures BUTT
9.5.2. BARRIER: Branded Specific - Extra curricular Activities (Sports & plays), SOLUTION: Go to them
9.5.3. BARRIER: Family dynamics, SOLUTION: Partner with Parents
9.5.4. BARRIER: Dtown Specific - Space & Transportation; SOLUTION: ??
9.5.5. BARRIER: Cliques; SOLUTION: Vision, Emulate Leaders
9.5.6. BARRIER: Cliques of Leaders; SOLUTION: Vision, Program to create community
9.5.7. BARRIER: Leader Commitment to Follow-up; SOLUTION: ???
9.5.8. BARRIER: Transportation; SOLUTION: car pooling, reimbursement, etc. ??
9.5.9. BARRIER: Access Specific - No way to gauge how we are doing per campus or in general SOLUTION: New Guest Card: Name; Number; Attend Church? Where? 715, DT, 692, Other___; Where Attend School? (we get info from kids-branded & then again in big church but should young adults be exempt?)
9.5.10. BARRIER: Branded Specific - We need to track who is coming from Dtown & 692 to see how they are involved in completing our 1000 goal SOLUTION: Change the noob sheets to include Home Church? (Circle) 715, Dtown, 692, Other _____
9.6. Solutions to Barriers
9.6.1. Barrier: Cliques
9.6.1.1. More diverse serving teams. Repetition of vision. Luke's Blog
9.6.1.2. Leader Cliques
9.6.1.3. Positives & Negatives of cliques
9.6.1.4. Cracking Church Culture
9.6.1.5. Educating ourselves on the positives and negatives of Cliques
9.6.2. Barrier: Uninvested Leaders
9.6.2.1. Placement outside TFHstudents. Fasting & Prayer. Repetition of vision. Luke's Blog
9.6.2.2. Disciple leaders to invest vision
9.6.3. Barrier: Extracurricular activities
9.6.3.1. Solution: Friday night option. More Home Group options. Sunday morning serve option. Sunday night church option
9.6.4. Barrier: Transportation
9.6.4.1. Downtown Sunday night Branded. Leader mileage gas cards. Bus
9.6.5. Barrier: Family Dynamics
9.6.5.1. Better Connection with parents. Email newsletter. Leader investment in families
9.6.6. Continued Culture / Systems
9.6.7. What are the consequences? Individual basis
9.6.7.1. Spiritual Disease??
9.6.8. Celebrating the Kingdom wins...
9.6.8.1. New node
9.6.9. Frontline
9.6.9.1. Stability & Identity
10. Made for More
10.1. Made to Belong
10.1.1. 2000 students in the last 3 months
10.1.1.1. 600 Jr. High
10.1.1.2. 400 Sr. High
10.1.1.3. 1000 young adults
10.1.2. 20% attend weekly
10.1.2.1. 715
10.1.2.1.1. Fuse - 130
10.1.2.1.2. Branded - 100
10.1.2.1.3. Access - 160
10.1.2.2. 692
10.1.2.2.1. Fuse - 10
10.1.2.3. Dtown
10.1.2.3.1. Fuse - 30
10.1.3. 80 Sr. High attend Adult services / week
10.1.3.1. Majority also attend Branded and serve
10.1.4. 36 Jr. High attend Adult services / week
10.1.4.1. Majority also attend Fuse that morning
10.1.5. 434 Young Adults attend Adult services / week
10.1.6. NEW
10.1.6.1. Narthex team
10.1.6.1.1. Integrate with Edwena's team
10.1.6.2. Spring Retreat
10.1.6.2.1. Purpose - Encounter & Challenge
10.1.6.2.2. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aont5XF9P6jbdHZTWkNDZzVhZ3JJVV93cTlZNmZ6MWc&hl=en&authkey=CLyUqswK
10.1.6.2.3. Branded = 3rd weekend in March
10.1.6.2.4. Fuse = 1st weekend in April
10.1.6.2.5. 2 Nights
10.1.6.2.6. $125
10.1.7. IMPROVING
10.1.7.1. Followup team
10.1.7.1.1. New students
10.1.7.1.2. Missing students
10.1.7.2. All services should try to have 50% of time dedicated to Intentional CIRCLES
10.1.7.2.1. 'Connect Groups'
10.1.7.2.2. School / team competitions
10.1.7.3. Worship
10.1.7.3.1. Fuse team to visit PowerUp worship 1X / Quarter
10.1.7.3.2. Branded team to introduce 2 new songs / month
10.1.7.4. Communicators
10.1.7.4.1. 1X / month meeting for identified communicators
10.1.7.4.2. Outlining
10.1.7.4.3. Analyzing
10.1.7.4.4. Feedback
10.1.8. CAUTION
10.1.8.1. Easy to feel like we're losing
10.1.8.2. System of assignment and accountability needs to balance management and self-leadership
10.2. Made to Connect
10.2.1. rGen
10.2.1.1. 19 groups
10.2.1.2. 37 leaders
10.2.1.3. 248 students involved
10.2.2. RLife
10.2.2.1. 7 groups
10.2.2.2. 10 leaders
10.2.2.3. 90 students involved
10.2.3. 75% of leaders are involved in rGen/RLife
10.2.4. NEW
10.2.4.1. Connect groups
10.2.4.1.1. Each service will have small groups after message for application of teaching
10.2.5. IMPROVING
10.2.5.1. New DVD curriculum
10.2.5.1.1. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=127113567310308
10.2.5.2. New Agendas
10.2.5.2.1. http://db.tt/ilzgF1U
10.2.5.3. New Coach / Leader / Apprentice guides
10.2.5.3.1. http://db.tt/ilzgF1U
10.2.6. CAUTION
10.2.6.1. Leadership 'overlap' with Serving coaches and accountability
10.2.7. Leadership
10.2.7.1. Spring 2011
10.3. Made to Serve
10.3.1. 150 leaders serve in TFHstudents
10.3.2. 10 new leaders since 1/1
10.3.2.1. 12 more pending applications & interviews
10.3.3. All but Tech, Worship & Program Director serve 1 service / week
10.3.4. Saturday morning prayer 2X/month
10.3.5. NEW
10.3.5.1. Big Leader 1x/month
10.3.5.1.1. Vision, Alignment, Community
10.3.5.2. 1800 seconds class for TFHstudents Leaders
10.3.6. IMPROVING
10.3.6.1. Ministry coaches meeting with teams 1X/month for training & community
10.3.6.2. Pairing new leaders up with existing for integration into culture
10.3.6.3. Coaches responsible for prayer accountability
10.3.7. CAUTION
10.3.7.1. Leadership 'overlap' with rGen / RLife coaches and accountability
10.4. Made to Pour
10.4.1. 6 students participated in January
10.4.2. GOAL - 20 in February
10.4.3. NEW
10.4.3.1. 5 day LOCAL missions trip
10.4.3.1.1. Hotel or DTown campus for sleeping and services
10.4.3.1.2. Daytime
10.4.3.1.3. 50 students
10.4.3.2. 5 day NATIONAL missions trip
10.4.3.2.1. NYC
10.4.3.2.2. New Orleans
10.4.3.2.3. Disaster relief
10.4.3.2.4. Adopt a city?
10.4.3.2.5. 20 students
10.4.4. IMPROVING
10.4.4.1. 7 day INTERNATIONAL missions trip
10.4.4.1.1. Mexico
10.4.4.1.2. 20 students
10.4.5. CAUTION
10.4.5.1. Busy summer
10.4.5.2. No Pour person to help me
10.4.5.3. Finance
11. Move Up
11.1. Objective
11.1.1. Transition all students by involving them in meaningful community at the next age group
11.1.2. Goal = 100 % successful contact
11.1.3. Goal = 80 % connected
11.2. Groups
11.2.1. 5th -> 6th graders
11.2.2. 8th -> 9th graders
11.2.3. 12th -> young adult
11.3. SYSTEM
11.3.1. Transition spreadsheet to track
11.3.1.1. https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aont5XF9P6jbdHpZakQ2TlptdUdrTllKamdCM3pjVkE&hl=en_US
11.4. FOCUS
11.4.1. Add contact data to all students
11.4.2. Call team every Monday of August
12. Facility Upgrades
12.1. Hallway
12.1.1. Drawings done
12.2. Cafe
12.2.1. Drawings done