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Grow Coaching

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Grow Coaching is an interactive process that helps individuals, ministry teams and congregations to practise vibrant faith in a changing world. Through GROW Coaching, Grow Ministries works intentionally with your congregation as you re-think child, youth and family ministry in the 21st century. We promote and advocate for the Grow Ministries 10 Guiding Principles for Effective Child, Youth and Family Ministry.

Congregations who join in our coaching become learning communities that foster helpful faith formation practices, particularly in the area of child, youth and family ministry. Three congregations are invited to come together to make a cluster and embark on a two-year journey of discovery, growth and supported learning.

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The congregations making up the cluster need to be within one hour’s drive of each other. Proximity to each other allows for joint training sessions and ongoing support and encouragement during the two-year process and hopefully beyond. For this process to work well, your congregation needs to:

  1. Ensure the support of your pastor and congregational leaders throughout the process.
  2. Commit to the long-term process of implementing a sustainable and integrated approach to ministry with children, young people and their families. (Short-term approaches that are built around personalities or resources rather than sound strategies often have short life spans.)
  3. Appoint a team of about five to eight people to provide the point of contact in your congregation. This group undertakes to steer the process within your congregation. Each member will be well-respected in your congregation and will have a heart for cross-generational ministry. Ideally a member of your Church Council will be on the team.
  4. Be intentional in prayer for this process of change. Sometimes this may be placed into the hands of a small group or become a regular feature of congregational prayer.
  5. Enter a two-year agreement with Grow Ministries; this includes a coaching fee of $1850 per year totaling $3700.
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Our Grow Ministries coaches are experienced lay workers who have a strong Lutheran theological understanding and experience in leading and implementing effective child, youth and family ministry practices in their congregation.

Your coach will become an integral staff member of your congregation throughout the two-year journey. They will offer your congregation an economical way of supporting your pastor without funding a part-time or full-time employee. You will benefit from having your coach look at its gifts and opportunities for the child, youth and family ministry from a fresh perspective.

We aim to provide your congregation and cluster with the same coach who will journey with you for the full two years and occasionally call on the knowledge and care of others for training events.

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Grow Coaching Overview

  • Grow Coaching brochure

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES COMING SOON

Individual workshops available

Online training supports for congregations.

Providing greater access to congregations across Australia/NZ, with the added benefit of a greatly reduced cost to Grow Ministries and the congregations.

Online presentations

Available in a full coaching experience or providing individual topics (small steps) towards intergenerational ministry. This can be an interactive experience with coaches or fully recorded, self-paced.

Training for specific resources.

Providing a video created by Grow Team and workbook such as Grow Disciples, Growing Faith at Home, Woven Together, Children’s Curriculum.

Congregation consulting

Short term, individual congregation consulting to encourage and resource for mission and ministry.

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Involving some self-reflection and team assessment reflecting on the strengths and weaknesses of the congregation. This process promotes a positive team environment for working together to bring about
congregational change.

 

Rethinking Faith Formation for the 21st Century Expand

 

For many congregations and families, sharing the Christian faith is an area of
struggle and challenge. Culture and society have changed so much, raising many new questions, issues, and pressures. This is not about a new program or ideology, but instead remembering the ways God showed us to incorporate ministry into our everyday lives.

We invite you to join us in rethinking faith formation ministry for a new time and a new age by exploring together:

  • What are we rethinking and why?
  • Developing healthy communities and creating a culture that nurtures faith.
  • The importance of growing in faith together.
  • Home is Church too – the relationship between homes and congregations.

 

Intergenerational Faith Formation Expand

 

What is intergenerational ministry and why is it so important?

  • What is the difference between being intergenerational and doing intergenerational ministry?
  • How does God’s word inform and guide an intergenerational practise and culture?
  • Develop an understanding of each generation.

 

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Families and households are central to faith formation and are the single most important influence on religious transmission and faith practice. We introduce you to key faith practices to help shepherd faith in families, households and small groups. Central to this is the ability to understand the changing nature of families, parenting and the role of grandparents.

 

Lifelong Faith Formation Expand

 

What about faith formation beyond the first third?

Explore the seasons and life stages of each third of life and identify and apply effective faith nurturing practices and approaches of faith formation.

Missional Faith Formation Expand

 

Look beyond the walls of our church buildings and seek to understand the people in our local communities. Who are the spiritual but not religious in our area? What about church refugees? Why is it important to understand those we are trying to reach? We explore models and approaches for missional outreach and pathways for encountering Jesus.

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Where to from here?

Examine what it means to continue to lead your congregation in intergenerational ministry.

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