“Offering the word of God, and the Love of Christ, in the community and the world around us.”
Monson CommUnity a United Methodist Church
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Ministry Teams

Monson Community Church is organized around the Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations with a Team Leader for each ministry that strives to fulfill the purpose, all functioning through the Lead Team  (formerly called Church Council) and the Church.

 

The Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations

These words capture the core process by which God uses congregations to make disciples - congregations offer the gracious invitation, welcome, and hospitality of Christ so that people experience a sense of belonging; God shapes souls and changes minds through worship, creating a desire to grow closer to Christ; God's Spirit nurtures people and matures faith through learning in community; with increased spiritual maturity, people discern God's call to help others through mission and service; and God inspires people to give generously of themselves so that others can receive the grace they have known. (p.7)

These fundamental practices are so critical to a congregation's mission that failure to perform them in an exemplary way results in congregational deterioration and decline. By repeating and improving these practices, churches fulfill their mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. (p.7)

Monson Works as Teams with in One Team:

Team Ministry is the process that enables the work of the church and the Kingdom to be done effectively and efficiently. The “team” concept gives each church member an opportunity to perform ministry at the point of his or her passion, Spiritual Gifts and personal talents. Individual teams will be entrusted with the planning and the performing of the decisions that pertain to their area of ministry as long as the decisions do not violate the mission, vision and beliefs of the Monson Community Church and the United Methodist Church.

 

Monson 2009 ~ 2012 Ministry Guidelines