The Menu
E N C O U N T E R G O D
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Bible Reading
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Stage 1: Sign up for the Daily Encounter or another devotional like My Utmost for His Highest, Solid Joys, Daily Hope, or Our Daily Bread).
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Stage 2: Begin a daily Bible reading plan using the 10-minute challenge on our app or other resource.
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Stage 3: Begin to study the Bible personally using tools like a concordance, commentaries, and word studies.
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Kids: Have a daily reading plan as a family with Bibles like The Action Bible or The Jesus Storybook Bible.
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Classes
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Stage 1: New Testament Overview
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Stage 2: Old Testament Overview
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Kids: CCC Kids' Sunday class, New City Catechism
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Resources: Grudem's Systematic Theology Resources
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Prayer / Fasting
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Stage 1: Pray for yourself, your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, and our church.
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Stage 2: Pray for our local, regional, & global mission partners
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Stage 3: Incorporate fasting (food, technology, etc.) into your prayer life and spiritual disciplines.
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Kids: Encourage you kids to pray for a neighbor or friend who doesn't attend church; Do an electronics "fast" for a day to pray for a country in the world.
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Generosity
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Stage 1: Start Giving
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Stage 2: Give Strategically (Plan your giving at the beginning of the week/month/pay period).
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Stage 3: Give Sacrificially (Limit or lower your standard of living in order to increase your standard of giving).
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E X P E R I E N C E C O M M U N I T Y
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Life Groups
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Stage 1: Attend a Life Group regularly
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Stage 2: Serve as an assistant leader or some other position of influence in a Life Group
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Stage 3: Become a Life Group leader
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Kids: CCC Kids Sunday Ministry
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Relational Discipleship
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Stage 1: Be a Timothy (find someone to invest in you)
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Stage 2: Be a Barnabas (find someone whom you can mutually encourage and challenge)
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Stage 3: Be a Paul (find someone that you can invest in who is earlier in their journey than you)
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Serving
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Stage 1: Serve on a ministry team
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Stage 2: Take the SHAPE class
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Stage 3: Serve on a team/ministry that specifically utilizes your SHAPE
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Resources: Spiritual Gifts Test, 16 Personalities
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E N G A G E T H E W O R L D
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Relational Evangelism
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Stage 1: Pray for a friend or family member who doesn't know Christ
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Stage 2: Share a meal with them or find some other way to intentionally serve them (GRACE)
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Stage 3: Have a Jesus conversation with them (TRUTH)
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Kids: Build relationships with families who don't attend church. Teach kids the basics of the Gospel.
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Resources: Missionhub, Family on Mission
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Outreach
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Stage 1: Serve with a local partner or local CCC outreach event (VBS, etc.)
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Stage 2: Serve on a regional mission project
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Stage 3: Go on a global mission project
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Kids: Volunteer to help with Bridges or one of our other local partners, encourage kids to invite a friend to church or a CCC event (VBS, etc.); read a missionary biography
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L E A D E R S H I P
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Team Leadership
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Stage 1: Serve on a ministry team
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Stage 2: Serve as an assistant team leader
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Stage 3: Serve as a team leader
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