Welcome! to the Ignite! salt lake Ideas Presentation

Please listen to the following song: Be Thou My Vision – The Irish Tenors

Now, please watch and listen to the following introduction for what was going to be the gathering hymn for church this Sabbath:

Trust

Please consider the following question, and consider it with as much honesty as possible

Which version of Be Thou My Vision was a more meaningful worship experience for You, personally ?

iTunes Please raise your hand if you felt closer to God, while listening to the version performed by The Irish Tenors than the Trust video and Bible reading (I’ll raise my hand for sure, I used to sell tickets for the 12 Irish Tenors in Branson all the time – They ROCK!)

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Are the colors and and Music Helping You pay better Attention to what I’m saying ?

Or do they distract you? Are the music and graphics making you angry at the young man reading the words on the screen, or do you feel more energized and excited about what is being said and how it could draw a new crowd of people to our church?

Do I have your attention right now because of the media? Or is it because this isn’t a normal presentation for a board meeting?

Media enhances presentations Especially for my generation

What was “wrong” with the previous presentation? wrong: wrong: as defined by the majority of modern Seventh-day Adventists I’ve met in my visits to a host of churches, from Collegedale to Loma Linda, Missouri to NE Tennessee, Maryland to Florida, and Hawaii to Nassau, Bahamas.

drums and and Music Animation, Loudness, t-shirts, Synthesizers Short skirt, Lights, Secular Concert

Is it okay to have new people at our church dressed in jeans, who just finished smoking in their cars? What if they weren’t smoking tobacco? Can they still come into church?

Ignite! salt lake Explosive Church Growth Younger Generation Post-modern, contemporary, digital, passion, electronic, social networkers, connected, extremely needy

“There are the multitudes of young people who have been wholly deprived of the guidance of parents and the subduing influence of a Christian home. Let Christians open their hearts… The work that God has committed to these individuals should not be left to the chances of the world's charity! Ellen White – Ministry of Healing

We are < called to Reach

Christ has called us to use the talents and gifts He has given us to reach a new generation through creating a new community. This community will be called Ignite! salt lake and we are asking for your approval in the manifestation of this Christ-centered community in the form of a worship service, among other things, that will be held weekly at the Wasatch Hills Seventh- day Adventist Church!

Pastor Bernie and I Working Together Created a Game Plan and Team (1) Worship Service Flow, (2) Marketing, (3) Follow-up (plugging new people into the community), (4) Social Media, (5) Media/Graphics, (6) Production Team

Specific Goals Showing others what Christ is about Showing Salt Lake City what SDAs are about (1)Using Marketing Strategies (2)Using Follow-up Strategies (3)Developing the “Science of Soul-Saving”-Ellen White (4)Following Mathew 5: Salt and Light. A Church on a Hill. (4)Getting advice. Following examples. (5)Of Specific Churches that Grow. Quickly!

My New Blog, Precision Points of a Called Christian, is documenting this project, in a goal to help other churches grow, and if you say “NO”, then hundreds of people who have been praying for our success will be disappointed.

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Years: How is Wasatch Hills Performing? Showing others what Christ is about Showing Salt Lake City what SDAs are about Specific Churches that Grow. Quickly! Growth has remained stagnant - fair to say we are lukewarm? Years: Attendance: baptisms in 5 years, that’s 3 a year – acceptable? Christ might say not

Growth Process for Ignite! salt lake 1.Help meet people’s needs 2.Build a friendship 3.Hang out with them 4.Invite them to chill with our friends (def. : > building a community) 5.Show them the happiness and success that comes with Christ 6.Invite them to experience this 7.Experience Ignite! salt lake 8.Plug them back into the community 9.We are role models for becoming as real, non-judging, Christ-filled SDAs 10.They take bible study class=baptism cheesy picture

Goals:! 400 people attending Class conducted Every other month Prepare for baptism and becoming a member To see the traditional service set the same goals = 800 people coming every week to our church! 800 people passionate about serving Christ! 800 people who enjoy the emotion that good music and sermon bring, But are mainly excited about learning how to live more Christ-centered lives in preparation for his second coming – which we a REQUIRED to tell people about!

800 people coming every week to our church! 800 people passionate about serving Christ! 800 people who enjoy the church experience of skillful music and thought- provoking spoken word, But are mainly excited about learning how to live more Christ-centered lives in preparation for his second coming – which we a REQUIRED to tell people about!