Cycle Starter Plans

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Having understood your church a little better with the help of the NCD Church Survey, its now time to start cycling together towards a healthier church. You’ve chosen to start experimenting and learning more about the topic to the left. Now, select one of the cycle starter plans below and write number 1 in its box. Put this sheet on your wall, then, go do it!

Next time you are meeting with others who are also working through a topic, ask each other the questions from the cycle, starting at “do” and finishing at “plan”. After a cycle you may decide the most important thing to do now is to keep going with the same plan, modify it, or choose another option from below. If choosing another from below, just write 2 in its box and so on.

If you’d like more cycle starter options, or to work on another topic highlighted by your NCD Church Survey results, just visit ncdchurchsurvey.org/cycle-starters

Q89

  • Ask your congregation/small group/team/family/friends what they personally brought to worship this week in order to bless God and encourage the church.
  • Help your congregation understand that inspiring worship services depend upon every person bringing along their unique gift-based offering of worship to bless God and encourage the church. Help individuals to discover what their offering might be and how it could be expressed regularly before, during, or after the formal part of the service.
  • If you are hesitant to share about your experiences of God for fear of sounding proud, consider what the Bible says you are allowed to boast about.
  • If you have relationship difficulties with anyone in your church, write down all their strengths. Pray that God will change your view of them, and the relationship.
  • Make a list of ten reasons for celebration from your life this week (eg. from your work, church, ministry, family and friendships, the Bible,etc.) and share some of these with at least three people in your church.
  • Make eye contact and shake hands or greet someone from your church with whom you have had even the slightest relational tension and enquire how things are with them.
  • Use Romans 12:1 to consider what you bring personally to the worship service.
  • Write down three reasons why you go to the worship service. Invite someone else to do the same and compare notes.