New Life Groups

Matthew 25 Challenge

Dear New Lifer,

We invite you and your group into the Matthew 25 Challenge! In order to help jumpstart your outreach plans, Global Ministries is offering $100 to the first 50 Groups toward their outreach project who respond with creative outreach project proposals! So, How will this work?

1. Read Matthew 25:14-46: As a group read the passage together to catch the heart of planning an outreach project together.

2. Define an idea: Using the guidelines below, come up with a project that your group can participate in together. Stuck? Your leader can call Matthew Ayers @ 719.268.8218. He would be happy to help your group brainstorm.

Visit this website: https://www.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?console_id=0015&console_type=request and fill in the form. *This tool is incredibly easy to use and is provided to empower you and remove the administrative burden of organizing outreach so that you can focus on the serving!* Steps one and two should happen between now and the week of December 7th.

Project Requester Type: Individual

Project Requester Name: Group leader/coleader's name (whoever will lead your project--the "point person")

Project Requestor Organization: Leave blank

Project Requester Phone: self-explanatory

Project Requester Email: self-explanatory

Project Name: please enter your official Group Name

Project Description: self explanatory--you can go ahead and describe your project including who, where and when you will serve. Rina or Matthew can help you update this at a later time if needed!

Project Location Address: please enter your full address of the location here, as you will have an option through the system to send email updates to your teams that will automatically include a googlemaps link.

Project start and end dates and time: self explanatory (probably a one-day event)

Number of Volunteers needed: try to get your whole group!

3. Wait for an email from Rina Thompson who will approve your Group Project and give you access to create/edit your profile, and add family members to your profile.

4. Invite your members to join your group: you can find instructions for your group members by clicking on the file below called "Instruction for Group Members." You can find instructions for Group leaders to add their family members by clicking on the file below called "Instructions for Group Leaders'."

5. Matthew Ayers will email you to let you know which groups made the first 50 teams by December 19.

6. Just do it! December is set aside as Matthew 25 Challenge Month. You can complete your project before that time, but not after. Projects must be completed by December 19.

7. Report back: Spend some time as a group reflecting on your experience. Your team should write up a short report using the feedback form below and send it to mayers@newlifechurch.org by December 20.

8. Awards: Seven awards will be given, focused around the guidelines below. Winners will share their experience with Global Ministries by emailing mayers@newlifechurch.org and Global will post testimonies in their blog and share stories with staff. Winning teams will be given additional incentives for future projects!

GUIDELINES

Think local: Let's focus on our own neighborhoods. How can we impact your own neighbors?
Think Neighborhood Partnerships: Let's empower our local, strategic partners this holiday season, especially: The Salvation Army, Northern Churches Care, Springs Rescue Mission.
Bring everyone: Choose something that everyone can do together as a group.
Think development verses betterment: Ask ourselves, "Does this project have potential to help someone in the long-term?" and "Is there a way that we could use this to start a relationship with those we're serving?"
Stretch your faith: Stretch yourselves to interact with new people in ways that require faith.
Inspire yourselves: Choose something you are excited about doing and would love to tell others about.
Creatively engage: You cannot just send a check or drop food off - be inventive & relational!

AWARDS

7 groups will be rewarded, one each with these 7 awards, & will each

receive additional incentives for future projects!

1) In the `Hood Award (Think Local)

2) We're All In This Together Award (Greatest Neighborhood Partnership & Group Attendance)

3) Love You Long Time Award (Greatest Development Potential vs. Welfare)

4) You Did WHAT?! Award (Stretch Your Faith)

5) Wind Beneath My Wings Award (Most Inspirational)

6) Picasso Award (Most Creative)

7) Wildcard Award (In honor of our CO Rockies, for the best project that didn't make the first 50 proposals)

"Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things;

I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!"

Matthew 25.21

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