Fort Thomas Weekly Logistics

Principles

1. All meetings involving most or all community members must take place Sunday or Wednesday nights in order to leave the rest of the week open for informal gatherings, outreaches, family time and time to spend with neighbors.

2. Children events should resemble what is happening at adult meetings (i.e. kids craft time during project teams, boys activities during men’s group etc.)

3. This plan can accommodate a maximum of 100 adults per church. When a church grows passed 80 adults a new church will be planted because the relationships that form the foundation of the community will become too shallow.

Sunday
9-10:30am - Guys/Girls Discipleship (30 minute study & 1 hour sharing)
· Guys at Murriner’s house
· Girls at Herman’s house
· Boy children go with men & one man designated to referee boy’s activity from 9-9:30; same for girl children with the women.
- Have 3-5 regular activities planned with props special for this time period
· Childcare by babysitters starting at 9:30

11-12:30 – Project team meetings (Elder/Sophia combined meeting last Sunday of the month – no project team meetings)
· Childcare craft time prepared in advance by “Visual Arts Team”.
· Set up A & B Project Teams that will not meet during the same week.
· Childcare for both meetings - $3 /kid.

6-7:30pm – The Journey (Encounter Worship Service)
· Journey Prep 5-6pm
· 6-6:30 – Children’s Worship
· 6:30-7:30 – Children’s Church - hire Christian children’s leader & workers from another church? (Paid for 100% by church).

Wednesday
5:30-6:30 – Dinner
Dinner cooked and served at secondary house
Prepared each month by Cooking Team
Cooking Teams will be made up of people who sign-up to be on a cooking team. When you sign up you put down how many times per month you want to cook.
Meals cost $5 per adult $2 per child under 12.
No Childcare

6:30-7:30 – Study groups
Babysitters and teachers arrive at 6:15
Sign-up for a study on-line or at celebration
Maximum of 15 adults per study group
Childhood discipleship done by rotating teams
- 30 minute Bible lesson
- 30 minute Play time activity
- Babysitters take over by 7:00

7:30-8:30 – Sharing
Sharing with study group
Babysitter take over at 7:00
- 7:30-8 – Craft time
- 8-8:30 – Play time activity

8:30-9+ - Prayer & Worship
Childcare ends at 9pm sharp
- 8:30-9 – Video
Done at the “main house”

8:30-9+ - Hang-out
Childcare ends at 9pm sharp
Done at the “secondary house”
Total childcare for event $3/kid.

Community Celebration (On the 5th Wednesday after Study group are completed)
6:30-8pm
Rent a room big enough for the community
At the end of the service sign-up for next study groups
Elements of the service
- 25 minute vision sermon
- 5 minute children’s sermon
- Kids stay for first 15 minutes and are dismissed to childcare
- Baptisms for new believers
- Worship
- Community Announcements
- Dessert and hang-out at end

Logistical Questions –
How will babysitters be paid for? 50% church, 50% people at the meetings.
Childcare supplies and curriculum purchased by church budget
Total cost of childcare $6/kid per week.

Scalability Plan for Wednesday Nights
10-18 adults in the community
- 1 study group
- Team of 2 adults doing Childhood Discipleship Rotation

19-25 adults in the community
- 2 study groups
- Team of 3 adults doing Childhood Discipleship Rotation

26-35 adults in the community
- 3 study groups
- Team of 4 adults doing Childhood Discipleship Rotation

For every 10 additional adults add 1 more study group and 1 more adult doing Childhood Discipleship Rotation