New York – Greenhouse Day Fresh Expression Pathway Registration
The Greenhouse Day is a one-day training kick-off event with a wide-net approach. The purpose of this training workshop day is to equip churches to reach new people, in new places and in new ways by focusing on imagination and seeding ideas.
THE PURPOSE
The workshop helps people envision new Christian communities that serve the present age. By exploring Biblical frameworks, blended ecology, current stories, and methodologies of the Fresh Expressions movement, teams will be prepared to cultivate inclusive, accessible, transformative, and connectional forms of church.
KEY CONCEPTS OF THE GREENHOUSE DAY
Along with teaching and interactive exercises, participants will learn about real stories of everyday people of God reaching their communities. The training is practical, exploring simple and creative ways churches can connect with new people. There is a strong emphasis on how traditional established churches and new expressions can work together.
- The compassion of Jesus is at the heart of fresh expressions
- The vision for a blended ecology
- The definition of a fresh expression of church
- Key shifts of post-Christendom
- The opportunities for incarnational mission among needs, networks, and neighborhoods.
- The “loving first” fresh expression journey
- Introduction to the roles of adventurer, advocate, and authorizer