TLC Groups for Busy Disciples: How to Multiply Groups from House to House and Grow Your Church - Brossura

Turner, Dale R

Brossura

ISBN 10: 153995577X ISBN 13: 9781539955771

Casa editrice: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Riassunto

A TLC group is a small group that meets weekly for 59 minutes in a host home for the primary purpose of Christian nurture and growth. The group is led by a TLC pastor trained by the church pastor and staff. The group meets in a host home of church members also trained by the pastor and staff. The group follows a flexible schedule which includes prayer, sharing, lesson discussion, mission and growth. The group is designed for busy 21st century families. The meeting length is kept to 59 minutes (a fun way of saying that it is strictly one hour long). Vouchered expenses for child care are provided to help families with children participate. The groups are intergenerational and focused on individuals from the youngest infants to the oldest adults. Child care is provided for infants through sixth-graders via vouchered reimbursements and/or a provided list of child care persons. The small group participants range in age from seventh grade through adults. What Do TLC Groups Actually Do?The groups study the Bible in relation to its teaching about “the purpose driven life, and the Christian calling to follow Christ by praying, worshipping, giving, serving, and witnessing. Group members support each other with prayers and group discussions. Each group adopts a mission project to reach out to others in the community and/or world. Technically speaking TLC groups are not study groups though they will study the Bible. They are not prayer groups though they will pray. They are not mission groups though they will do mission. They are not therapy groups though they will give support. They are not men’s groups, women’s groups; singles groups, youth groups, or parent’s groups, though they will include individuals from all ages and stages of life. The ultimate purpose of the groups is as described, tender loving care. The Order of a TLC MeetingThe weekly order of a TLC Group is very flexible and will generally include four parts. 1). Get Acquainted Time, 2). Conversational Prayer, 3). Lesson Discussion, and 4). Vision Sharing. However, the basic purpose is TLC, so some weeks study may be shorter and prayer longer or vice versa. Some weeks visioning may take more time. Some weeks icebreakers and get-acquainted time may take longer. All depends on how the Holy Spirit is leading and the needs of the group present themselves each week. It’s all about Jesus!When we speak of prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness we’re talking about our relationship with Jesus. This is called discipleship. When the church is making disciples for the transformation of the world it is involved in a process of helping people meet Jesus personally, follow him, learn to pray, worship, give, serve, and witness. The missing component in the modern church is this formational process. I challenge us to get back into the formational process that will not only reverse our decline but multiply our church exponentially! Training for Local Churches.Dale Turner is available for training events on TLC groups. Dale prefers events involving 3 to 6 local churches together rather than individual church events. For more information contact Dale at dale6@roadrunner.com or 330-335-0162 or www.daleturner.org

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Dale R Turner has been a United Methodist pastor since 1963. He has a B.A. degree from Malone College, and a M.Div. degree from Asbury Theological Seminary. He has served as a pastor for 35 years and a district superintendent for seven years. He retired in 2005 and has since served as a visitation pastor for eight years. He currently serves as pastor of small groups at Wadsworth UMC in Wadsworth, Ohio. He has a passion for small groups and has done extensive study in that area. He participated in graduate studies in “group process and analysis” at Kent State University, and pastoral clinical group studies at Midwestern Institute for Human Understanding under Dr. William H. Holloway M.D. He lives in Wadsworth Ohio with his wife Lois of 53 years. They have three grown children, Ruth Ann, Ronetta, and Paul and four grandchildren. Dale is available for seminars and training events by contacting him at 330-335-0162 or dale6@roadrunner.com Search for more information about Dale and his resources at www.daleturner.org From 1974 to 1978 Dale trained as a therapist for individual and group therapy under Dr. William H. Holloway and staff. He was trained in the use of Transactional Analysis and other contemporary counselling models. He co-led a supervised TA group for several years and passed the written exam for clinical membership in the International TA Association. Congregational Development. For eight years Dale served on the Congregational Development Committee of East Ohio Annual Conference. Church Growth with Integrity. During the years from 1992 to 1996 Dale helped design, organize, host and lead the training of thirty East Ohio Pastors as Church Growth with Integrity Consultants based on The Church Growth Handbook authored by Pastor Bill Easum. Leadership Academy. East Ohio Conference, 1997 through 1999. Dale helped design create, organize and lead this two-year Academy featuring nine presenters covering a wide spectrum of leadership topics and skills. Sixty-four pastors from East Ohio Annual Conference participated in these extensive sessions. Menking and Associates Dale worked with Dr. Stanley Menking by leading an annual three-day seminar on small groups and local church leadership skills. The seminars were presented to 150 pastors from annual conferences including Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

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• Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 153995577X
• ISBN 13: 9781539955771
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 148
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