GOAL: Expose every local church ministry to the possibility and benefits of using Bible stories as a base
CONCEPT: Offer a one-day “Disciple-Making with Stories” experience to churches as an alternative to Christian Storytelling Conference
ATTRIBUTES
- Draw: From a storytelling conference To a disciple-making exploration
- Experiential: From describing To demonstrating
- Focus: From people from many churches To people from a single church or community of churches
- Repeatable: From 1 conference/year To multiple programs/year
- Compact: From 2 ½ days To 1 day
- Convenient: From all participants traveling To only speakers traveling
CONTENT
- Experiencing BibleTelling (methods and approaches) o Sunday School-based (Mark, Penny, Grace) o Family-based (Rick/Paula)
- Small Group-based (Anne, Penny, Phyllis) o Whole Church-based (John/Jan)
- Story-Based Outreach and Discipleship o Life Skills (demonstrate how to lead a class)
- Language Olympics (demonstrate 1-on-1 tutoring, group administration)
§ include Prison Ministry o Whole Bible Story (demonstrate best approaches)
- Communication Skills (Marie Claire) o Communication Begins and Ends with People o Combining Personal Stories with Bible Stories
- Whole Bible Story (Mark, Rog)
- Church-based BT Seminars (Israel-Jordan, Turkey-Greece-Rome) oInclude BT Youth Discipleship program w/Christian Birthright Seminar in Israel
- Story Concert
COSTS TO THE HOST CHURCH
- Travel expenses for speakers (any airfare or significant mileage)
- Housing with members (speakers pay for own hotel)
- Lunch and dinner for speakers
- Resource sales the day of the program (or, better, in advance) could help reduce the costs to the church (e.g., for every $100 in sales, $20 would go toward speaker travel/meal expenses)
- All the Stories of the Bible
- BibleTelling: Telling God’s Word
- Life Skills from the Book of Proverbs
- Language Olympics
- BibleTelling Seminar Leader/Participant Guides
John Walsh on why everyone is a storyteller–and can get better at storytelling.