Church Web Technology Think Tank

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 18, 2007 in Church, General Technology | 0 comments

ChurchBIT is a Google group centered around what’s next in church web applications and internet technology. If this is something you are actively involved in and passionate about, apply to join ChurchBIT and join in the conversation. 

Conducting a Church Missional Survey – Part 2 – Small Groups

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 16, 2007 in Church, Ministry Design | 5 comments

This is our second survey on the missional nature of our church (read the first one about Sunday service & individuals) and we wanted to examine how missional our small groups are and the people who attend.  We sent out a request to people in our church to fill out a 10 question survey asking them about the small groups teaching, community and missional aspect.  We want to (1) learn what people felt about the missional nature of these small groups, (2) their response to the teaching and group accountability and (3) see what suggestions and recommendations that had to make them more missional.  

Here are some observations: 

1. Accountability is a tricky thing in small groups.  At Kaleo, small groups are open to anyone.  With new people showing up, the groups growing larger and the changing environment, many people struggled having an environment of accountability. (To remedy this we created Gospel Christianity discipleship/accountability groups and limited the size to 3 people who meet regularly.  Many people in our church have been very blessed by this environment.)

2. Being Missional doesn't always happen spontaneously.  Many of the responses to  How well do you feel your home group is preparing you to be on mission? requested more specific, creative tangible ways to be on mission.  Simple suggestions like having dinners together to invite others to, having one night a month be social only for visitors, adopting a mercy ministry and inviting other to serve.

3. It is challenging to teach a range of Christians.  Some people felt like the teaching would go over their heads.  Others wanted to ask more deep theological questions.

4. People do not attend a small group to be on mission.  Most people are looking for teaching and community, being missional was not a reason people cited as why they attend a small group. 

RESULTS: If you'd like to see the rest of the results, I've attached a pdf summary of our Small Group Missional Survey.   Again, this does not include the pages of comments we got that were quite helpful.

HOW-TO:  If you'd like to do a similar survey, here is the online form & questions we used to conduct the Small Group Mission Survey Form.  We used Wufoo to build our forms. 

Kaleo 2007

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 15, 2007 in Church, Church Planting, Leadership, Ministry Design | 3 comments

Once a year Kaleo preaches a 'state of the union' address of where our church is and where it is going.  This was done in a dialogical format by David Fairchild and I last Sunday.  In it we were able to cover:

1. An overview of Kaleo's brief history.
2. Purpose of the Church
3. Gospel Renewal Dynamics in our church
4. A missional ecclesiology 
5. Our vision for San Diego

You can view the whole sermon: Kaleo 2007

Acts 29 Regional Church Conference

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 15, 2007 in Church, Church Planting, Leadership, Sermon | 0 comments

The Gospel Gone Public: Worldview·Mission·Preaching
Regional Event | San Diego
March 31, 2007

There is nothing more beautiful than to see a city transformed by the Gospel. As a fellow laborer for seeing Gospel going forth in San Diego, you are invited to the next Acts 29 regional event in San Diego, The Gospel Gone Public: Worldview·Mission·Preaching on Saturday, March 31, 2007.

Covered at this one-day conference will be topics that affect every pastor passionate about transforming San Diego with the Gospel, including the Church’s biblical mission, how to prepare and preach Gospel-centered messages, Gospel transformation, and much more.

Learn about the speakers, sessions, schedule, registration and the conference partners.

The cost for this conference is $45, and will include the conference materials, lunch, and a copy of Michael Goheen’s The Drama of Scripture.

Disneyland Trip w/ Fairchild’s

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 15, 2007 in Church | 4 comments

During the busy seasons, it's often nice to get away for a break.  We had a chance to head up to Disneyland yesterday.  I've uploaded some pictures of our Disney trip . Pictures include:

• Gideon's fight with the dark side
• The Cars characters
• Fairchild's & Goodmanson's