Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Get inspired for Waiting for Water


Tom Stephen is pastor at Monte Vista Presbyterian Church in Newbury Park, California. He is also one of the founding members of Waiting for Water, and his creative and enthusiastic style shines through in the resources and community we are creating. Tom shared some of the ways Monte Vista Pres is preparing for its own Waiting for Water journey, and he agreed to let us pass them on to you. 

Here are some of the things Monte Vista is doing; feel free to make these ideas your own and share other suggestions in the comments.
·         Recruiting and training Bible study leaders by meeting with them multiple times and helping them catch the vision for Waiting for Water.
·         Inviting people to participate in W4W Bible studies; already sixty people have committed.
·         Creating full-color binders with copies of all the weeks’ Bible studies and making them available for the cost of copies.
·         Inviting artists in the congregation to create pieces of original art for all ten weeks of Waiting for Water; Tom plans to reveal one per week and then display the quilts, photos, and paintings in the worship building.
·         Handing out water bottles with a W4W logo to remind people to give up something for Lent and put money saved into the bottles; so far they have handed out 140 bottles.
·         Showing the Waiting for Water video on Sundays.
·         Creating a W4W slide that will accompany the sermons each week.
·         Using some of Dan Stevens’ videos in sermons.
·         Reminding church members each week what Waiting for Water is about and where they are going as a church.

“People are excited,” says Tom. He adds, “I’m stoked that our little church is pretty invested in this effort.” We are too, Tom. Thanks for sharing.

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