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Start the Ultimate Relationship, August 2-10, 2008 Print E-mail

www.ultimaterelationship.net

Dear Friends,

In August, the ministers of 12 churches* met over lunch at St Paul’s Castle Hill to consider staging several church missions under the one banner on August 2-10, 2008.

We thought this was a good time, as the temperature for discussion about matters to do with God will be especially high following the Pope’s visit. There was enough enthusiasm for each of us to take the idea to our teams and since then, through discussions at the Western Region and Wollongong Region conferences, a number of other churches have decided to join us.

The ideas we are working through are spelt out below.

Yours in Christ,

Dominic Steele

* John Gray, Rick Smith, Stefan Bull, Nigel Fortesque, Warwick de Jersey, Ian Powell, Paul Dale, Ted Brush, Bruce Hall, George May, Stephen Abbott, Ross Hathway, Joe Wiltshire, Dominic Steele

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Concord Anglican Real Estate Print E-mail

Concord Anglican are marketing ‘Start the Ultimate Relationship’ in a unique way – by using their member’s real estate.

Church members are putting up signs in their front yards advertising ‘Start the Ultimate Relationship’.  The signs are similar to those used by Real Estate agents.

Assistant Minister Paul Whitfield hopes people will see the humour in the advertising, “If we mimic the real estate signs more closely hopeful the sign will come across a bit more playfully.”  He hopes the advertising will encourage more locals to connect with events and people.

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Annandale fliers released Print E-mail

Annandale flierAnnandale Community Church have finalised their brochures for 'Start the Ultimate Relationship' week.

The fliers use the simple black and white styling of the main graphic and advertise some of the suggested talk titles such as 'Raise the ultimate family' and 'Be the ultimate lover'.

Click the links to view the Jazz Night flier  and the fold-out brochure that will be letterbox dropped across Annandale.

 
Lounge room evangelism Print E-mail

Small groupAnnandale Community Church members are ready to help introduce their friends to God in Lounge Rooms.

“Initially I wasn’t too keen to invite my friends.” says Dave. “But after watching the training DVD, I’m all fired up and can see that by doing it in our Home Group, we can all work together to make it work really well. And I’m confident that Introducing God can work, because the whole process is well thought through.”

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Ultimate relationships in the city Print E-mail

City Bible Forum and Ecom are joining with churches in the Start the Ultimate Relationship week.

Russ Matthews says, "City Bible Forum will be having Dominic Steele talking through a series of talks titled, ‘Starting the Ultimate Relationship.’"

"Ecom’s ministry is to make the bible accessible to city workers through various ministries in the CBD of Sydney. City Bible Forum is one of our venues to communicate the Word of God to people in the city."

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Giveaway business cards Print E-mail

Business cardsToongabbie Anglican church are marketing Start the ultimate relationship with a big banner and small invitation cards.

"One of the aids to marketing will be to produce business cards." says Raj Gupta.  "On one side would basically be the ‘Start the Ultimate Relationship’ logo, and the other side will list our church meetings for the day, with more specific talk titles. We will aim to distribute one or two cards a week in the three weeks leading up to the Sunday, which will work well with the banner of the same style and feel."

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Banners ready to order Print E-mail

Christians in the Media banner

We're ready to print outdoor banners for your church.

We've managed a bulk price for 3m x 1m vinyl outdoor banners with welded eyelets and ropes plus delivery for only $159.

 

 

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Suggested talks Print E-mail

Here are some suggested titles for events during the mission week:

  • "Enjoy the ultimate sex",
  • "Raise the ultimate family",
  • "Find the ultimate partner",
  • "Being the ultimate lover",
  • "Create the ultimate business network",
  • "Meet the ultimate mentor",
  • "Become the ultimate father"

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Naremburn-Cameray plans Print E-mail

 Naremburn Cammeray Anglican Church have kindly shared their plans for the 'Start the Ultimate Relationship' mission week.

Their attractive weekly program is grounds their team members in prayer and God's word. Each day begins with prayer and Bible study followed by a range of practical training.

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New graphic released Print E-mail

stur_glow_web.jpgOur advertising consultant has released the 'Start the ultimate relationship' graphics for the mission.

It's simple, strong, slightly male rather than female skew. And shows relationship with the transcendent.

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Planning for mission timeline Print E-mail

start_cal.gif Here's the planning time line that Annandale Community Church are using heading towards July and our August 'Start the Ultimate Relationship' week.

Feel free to download the spreadsheet showing significant dates between now and August and modify for your church. 

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Concord Anglican's plans Print E-mail

concord_stur_p4.jpgConcord Anglican have produced a Magazine helping their members get on board the Start the ultimate relationship mission.

 

This magazine can easily be modified by a printer or graphic designer to display the name of your church. The file is available in Adobe InDesign CD3 format.

www.concordanglican.org.au

 

 
Spreadsheets galore! - Organisational documents Print E-mail
One of the (many) things I learnt as co-leader of the mission team was how to keep track of information. As someone said to me, "spreadsheets are your best friend."
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Low bar event / Photography exhibition opening night Print E-mail
An event of this nature is purposely ‘low bar’. It is primarily aimed at those who have never stepped foot in a church before.
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Ultimate Reality: Youth Night Print E-mail

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The inner west is not big on teenagers, so we are running a little behind the eight ball here.  But we used 'Start the Ultimate Relationship' week to up the anti in our ministry to youth.

Sam reports: On the friday night, Crossfire had its first evangelistic night - "Ultimate Reality". It was part of Annandale Community Church's 'Start the Ultimate Relationship' week, and was a great night.

Here's how we planned what we did on our night:

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Finishing Well: Team debrief at the end Print E-mail

One of the most important things is finishing well.  I suggest a group feedback and prayer time. 

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Carnivale - review Print E-mail

bbq.jpgThese are just a few quick words about Carnivale, which we held in front of our church on Saturday. Dominic may write a bit more about it next week.

In life, you always have to play to your strengths. One of the "strengths" our church has it's situation at the intersection of the two most important streets in Annandale. We have absolutely perfect location. How to exploit this?

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Peter Jensen on Starting the Ultimate Relationship Print E-mail
peter_jensen.jpg Here's the video and audio of Archbishop Peter Jensen's address this week at Annandale on 'Start the Ultimate Relationship.' Download video, audio, handout.
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Carnivale! Print E-mail

img_6106.jpgThese are just a few quick words about Carnivale, which we held in front of our church on Saturday. Dominic may write a bit more about it next week.

In life, you always have to play to your strengths. One of the "strengths" our church has is its situation at the intersection of the two most important streets in Annandale. We have absolutely perfect location. How to exploit this?

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Start the Ultimate Relationship Team Member's booklet Print E-mail
This is the internal team members booklet that we are using for our Start the Ultimate Relationship mission this week (giving a breakdown of our timetable etc). (We've cut out the personal team members details.)
 
After Postmodernity, Pragmatism? Print E-mail

When we were writing Introducing God a media student said to me: 'My friends don't care if it's true or not, they want to know what difference it will make.'

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