Conifer Community Church in Conifer, CO is seeking an entrepreneurial, energetic leader to start a ministry reaching and discipling the youth and families of the Conifer area. We are located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains southwest of Denver off HWY 285. The right candidate for this position will be a self starter willing to work closely with our pastor to establish a family-based youth ministry. We are hiring a part-time Director of Youth Ministries with the possibility to grow into a full-time Director of Family Ministries based on the growth and success of the ministry. After you check out (http://www.conifercommunitychurch.org/AboutCCC.html) the job description and our statement of faith, if you are the right person for this position, email your resume, three references, and a one page personal statement of faith to CCCjobs@live.com
Friday, August 19, 2011
Sermon Series on Prayer
Can you hear me now?
Ever felt your prayers are not being answered? Does God hear us—does prayer really work?
In his upcoming series on biblical prayer “Can you hear me now?” Pastor Lance will address these questions and more.
When we pray we often want God to listen to us, but powerful, effective prayer, according to God’s Word, begins with a focus on Him in a two-way communication.
Scriptural context for this series will be centered on The Lord’s Prayer and Jesus’ teachings.
The series will begin Sept. 18, coinciding with Back to Church Sunday. This national event encouraging a return to church is also a call to invite friends and neighbors to attend services. Other mountain community churches will also be participating in Back to Church Sunday.
To encourage a deeper study on the topic of prayer, Pastor Lance suggests purchasing the devotional With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray. A copy may be reserved by filling out a communication card in the bulletin.
Natural Church Development
Leveraging our strengths in order to build up the growth areas at CCC is the main objective of participating in the Natural Church Development (NCD) program.
NCD is a research organization which conducts church studies. The group, which has implemented survey questionnaires of churches in 32 countries, promotes a principle-oriented program for church growth.
What NCD discovered as a result of the surveys are eight principles which characterize growing churches. These principles form possible areas of growth to be identified in survey results and include:
- empowering leadership
- gift-oriented ministry
- passionate spirituality
- functional structures
- inspiring worship
- holistic small groups
- need-oriented evangelism
- loving relationships
The group discovered that all eight principles must be present in order for a church to have healthy growth. The scriptural principle of Matthew 7:17 that good trees bear good fruit supports this point.
A recent survey of a cross section of CCC individuals who have attended the church for more than three months was given to identify growth areas. The results are being tallied by ChurchSmart Resources.
Once growth areas are identified a one-year health team will be formed to set and achieve goals to improve these areas, according to Pastor Lance Swearengin.
The pastor hopes the survey results will be “used to identify quality characteristics we can improve in order to become a more healthy church.”
The survey will be given three consecutive years to review progress in the growth areas.
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