Ripe for Harvest

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Review the following appendices in Planting Churches among the City’s Poor: An Anthology of Urban Church Planting Resources (please refer to the Appendix Table at the end of this session in order to find the location of each document listed below, i.e., its volume and page number), and then answer together the questions under Seminar Group Discussion . • Using Wisdom in Ministry: The PWR Process • Davis’s Project Gauntlet: The Dirty Dozen Criteria for New Initiatives • Principles of Enterprise Project Management • Project Constraints “Cheat Sheet” • Project Management Process • Process for TUMI Project Selection and Practice • TUMI Policy on Project Process • Project Worksheet • TUMI Project Protocol: Follow the Yellow Brick Road • Project Proposal, Form 1 • PTC Sample: TUMI graduation, June 2009 • Getting a Good Team Rhythm: Time Management and Ministry Stewardship Seminar Group Discussion 1. Define the term “project.” What are some examples of projects in the Bible, and projects in church planting. 2. Outline the key principles of conducting successful events and projects according to the PWR process covered in the seminar. Why is it important to view this process as something that is dynamic and changing, rather than fixed and static? 3. List out some of the “killers” of good projects. Is our team’s projects vulnerable to any of these problems, and if so, how? 4. Why must we strive to be good stewards of our time, people, and resources as we engage in our church planting efforts?

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