Cell Manual by Faith

INTRODUCTIONICC is a cell church. It is a privilege and indeed a high calling to be chosen as a cell pastor inthe church. I trust that this manual will give you some idea as how we function as a cellchurch.The material given here is not meant to be exhaustive as more training materials will beadded as and when necessary through the years. It is also important to remember that allcell pastors should be completing or have completed the four Lifetracks. What is taught inthe Lifetracks (especially tracks 3 & 4) forms a major part of the comprehensive cell manual.We, the Vision Team, welcome you to join us in this wonderful journey of growth through thecell system. We hope you will enjoy in multiplying disciples and also multiplying the cells inICC.Rev. Faith LeongExecutive Minister

Our Goal for

2010 is to ―Reach One, Win One, and Disciple One‖. We want to make sure

that Evangelism is at the forefront of the cell agenda.In order to achieve this goal, we have reformatted the way we run cells this year. The cellswill have two formal cell meetings a month and two Bridge Bring Cell (BBC) Meetings amonth.The BBC Meetings will be divided into four cycles, each with a different theme, so that wecan organize our evangelism around that theme.First Cycle-Feb, March, April

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Test Your LimitsSecond Cycle

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May, June, July

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Fun, Friendship and FamilyThird Cycle

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August, Sept, Oct

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Faith, Hope and LoveFourth Cycle-Nov, Dec

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Miracles on Ann St

Planning for BBC

We recommend a three-step-approach -ATM

First

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Assess and Strategize

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Demographics

Rick Warren says

: ‖You don‘t attract who you want, you attract who you are‖

For example: A cell without any student will find it hard to reach out to students. Who are youtargeting as a cell? Make sure you have that kind of people in your cell. Are you targetingmigrant families, international students or local students, etc?

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Socio economic and education backgrounds

Are you targeting business people, young professionals, students, or humanitarian migrants,etc? This is an important consideration, some cells that consists young professionals tend toorganize dinners at restaurants, but they will find it hard to attract refugees or parents withyoung kids to that kind of activities.

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Giftings and talents

What kind of talents has God deposited in your cells? Discover the God-given talents in yourcell.Now that you have accessed what you have,Write down your target group, brainstorm on their needs and opportunitiesMigrant families

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settling in, friends, job seekingBusiness people

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how to be successful, balance of family and workStudents

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academic help, friendship

Vision 2010

Then write down your strategies

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what can you do?

Second, Train and Prepare

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Prepare a team which may consist of host, treasurer, event organizer, cleaning,follow up

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Train your cell members to share their testimonies and how to have a conversationwith new people

Third, Mobilize and Launch

This is it!!! Have fun and see the fruit!

THINGS TO TAKE NOTES WHEN ORGANISING ACTIVITIES

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Remember the goal is to be missional, not just about having fun

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have to be large scaled, just have to be effective

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It‘s hard to organize activities that please everyone, for example, if you organize to go

bush walking, those who are

not used to physical activities may not come. Don‘t be

discouraged. One solution is to have two different groups organize two different

activities on the same night, reaching different people. You don‘t have to have t

hewhole cell attending the same activity.

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Aim to alternate one low key (Less Time Consuming in terms of planning) activitywith one that requires more intensive planning. Low key activities include appropriatemovie, church wide meetings, coffee and dessert, etc. Intensive activities includeoutings, dinner, etc.

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Please take into consideration the affordability of the activities to your group.

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If you are organizing a cell retreat, remember a cell retreat should not take peopleaway from Sunday service. All cell retreats should take place on Friday night andSaturday and be back on Sunday Morning Services.

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Please beware that certain activities including mountain climbing, bungee jumping,etc are not covered by church insurance. You must warn the members that they are joining these activities at their own risk. If you plan on going such activities, pleasemake sure it is organized as a personal event (friends doing things together).