Design Systems - Phase 1

8/8/2019 Design Systems - Phase 1

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How do we Christians currently grow spiritually and emotionally?


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In todays world we go to a building on a Sunday morning, maybe a bible study on aWednesday evening, or maybe even a three week program or a weekend conference.


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Is this working to live your spirituality this way? Do we see results of the church growing andpeople maturing spiritually and emotionally? Do we see mature servant leaders being thrustinto society or do we see a building slowly emptying?


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whats the consensus?

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According to the Barna Research Group and a 2007 survey of 16-29 year olds who do notattend church, this is what they think of Christianity:


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38% bad impression

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38% have a bad impression


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38% bad impression

45% are neutral

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45% are neutral


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38% bad impression

45% are neutral

16% good impression

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16% have a good impression


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38% bad impression

45% are neutral

16% good impression

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Only that much think well of Christianity!


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why?

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Why is this? What is happening?


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Maybe the quality of our spirituality has gotten neglected, put on the shelf. Has the pace oflife gotten too fast? Do we have time for anyone else? Do we have time for ourselves?


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Maybe were alone in walking out our faith. Maybe we have no one outside of church to helpus. Maybe were on our own when we wake up on a Monday morning.


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Maybe we lead a double life; we present one face to the world but secretly everything isfalling apart inside and many of us are not connected to anyone to do anything about it.


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Meet Jane and her husband. They both attend church on a Sunday and a bible study on aWednesday. Theyve been going to church for 20 years but no one really knows what happensin their home. Jane lives in an abusive relationship with her husband. She sufers fromdepression and her husband uses pornography. They both work long hours trying to pay of

mounting credit card debt; everything looks great on the outside but inside theyrecrumbling.


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Then theres Sarah. She lives miles away from home. Her parents disowned her when shechose to follow her dreams to be a musician. She lives with her brother in a small town whereshes trying to make it in the local scene. He borrows money from her and never pays it back.Sarah is constantly angry with herself and her life. She attends church but fails to see any

significance in it or how it really afects her life on a daily basis.


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Or how about David? He lives on his own and attends a local church during the week. Heloves his job and gets a regular pay check but he knows theres something more to life. Heattends all the meetings he can and even helps out at the churches soup kitchen for thehomeless. Hes hungry for something but feels alone in his search. Every morning he prays.

Hes longing and searching for a deeper connection to God but cant find it.


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So whats going to help?


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Individual communities of no more than five or six people living together practicingintentional spiritual values and practices on a daily basis, working jobs in the city, livingtransparent lives of honesty more closely connected to each other and God, each onelearning to live a life of integrity.


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The vision is to see many of these houses, people living and working together, connected toJesus, and taking that same connection to other cultures and nations.


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The mission, to cultivate these environments of safety for people to grow spiritually andemotionally, through experiencing the love of Jesus in prayer, discipling each other, with theintention of living lives like modern missionaries, going out and coming back, growing up asleaders and sharing Jesus with others in their workplace or school.


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spiritual

and emotional

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The essence of our brand is spiritual and emotional growth.


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the brand attributes are contemporary,


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positive,


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diverse,


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and colorful.


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Our values are celebration... celebrating our life in Christ together around the communiontable...


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celebrating birthdays, holidays, accomplishments, food, simple pleasures and art and culture.


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simplicity... in finance, commitments, sharing responsibilities, resolving conflicts, taking careof the earth, giving back, less is more, and getting enough downtime together and enjoyingthe simple things in life.


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silence... that can be individual solitude, minimizing distractions, listening prayer, listening toeach other, fasting, watching rather than speaking, getting away from a lot of noise andactivity, slowing down and making time for each other, reading, study and respecting thespace of others.


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surrender... old ways of thinking, living a lifestyle of purity, waiting for Gods timing, to thevalues and teaching of Jesus, to receiving input from each other, giving time to each other,surrender to others that hold us accountable for our actions, surrendering our own needs andwants, and preferring others before ourselves.


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Our guiding principles or key beliefs are:Friendship with Jesus - a life rooted in Christ will be unshakable. We aim to see that builtthrough the strength of small numbers of people living together.


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Identity in Christ: that were all spiritual beings but the foundation of who we are is found inwho God says we are, not in how were defined by the world.


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The Kingdom of God: that we live in this reality in our world, with the values of GodsKingdom. This is not just one meeting a week or a service once a month, this is a living,everyday reality.


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Key markets are: Sunday morning church,


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Christian conferences,


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and bible or ministry schools.


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In the current market there is the Church of the Sojourners in San Fransisco, a group ofpeople living a common life together practicing celebration and hospitality,


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and Reba Place Fellowship, another intentional community based in Chicago, Illinois.


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Our distinct competitive advantage is that spirituality is interactive. We get the chance towork out our faith in the context of a body of people that is always together. Theres nohiding from anyone and everyone is there to challenge you to go deeper.


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Our key product and service is strong and efective servant leaders. We have found that in theconstant daily challenge of living lives open before each other, although extremelychallenging, this is a great source of support, love and nurture for people growing in spiritualand emotional character. We are always there to point each other to Jesus, along the narrow

road to freedom.

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Design Systems - Phase 1