2018

Outreach to Southern New England

Plus…

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 Choose to See!

 Choose to be open today, choose to see today

 Words of Ravi Zacharias:
 Prejudices can break our perspective

 If we come here and our hearts are not completely

open…
 Today, if you hear His voice…Do not harden your
hearts
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Motivation

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 Gospel – Share Knowledge

 Isa 5:13 Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of

knowledge;
 And their honorable men are famished,
 And their multitude is parched with thirst.

 Hosea 4: 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

 Because you have rejected knowledge,
 I also will reject you from being My priest.
 Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
 I also will forget your children.
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 Gospel – Bring His Light

 Luke 1:79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and

the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of
peace."

 Luke 2:32 A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And

the glory of Your people Israel."

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Outreach Strategy
High Level

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 Outreach to Whom? (Target?)

Reach Multitude / RI Tourists

During 2018 Summer Beach Season
(Visitors from Maine to Maryland)

U.S. EPA Report, Atlantic Ecology DIV, Narragansett

Over 20 million “beach visits” per year in RI
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 Engagement Location?

Liberty Street Location, on route to/from tourist spots

 RT-2 is entrance for MANY traveling
 Use open air venue, outdoors
Location
 5 miles / 7 minutes from Westerly
 11 miles / 15 Minutes from Charlestown

Nights of Opportunity:
 Any summer evening: July 4th to Labor Day
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 Facility – Relevant to Beach Area

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 Outdoor Sight, 436 Liberty St.

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 Outdoor Sight

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 This is NOT about Newsong

 Answer: This is not a vision for a single church

 It is a vision for Groups/Christians, the Kingdom
and… Southern New England
 It has been unfolding for years.
 Its large and proposal will require help.
 Requires mentors and collaborators for planning.
 Requires partners working in unity for the execution

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 It’s About Sharing Him

Not About NS or AG:

1. NOT about Newsong (the location yes)
2. NOR other churches, NOR Christian gatherings
3. It is about LOST PEOPLE!!! It’s about New England
4. It is about wanderers, out of their routine
5. People away from home, with time on their hands
6. This is about His Kingdom, His reconciliation business
7. To tell our stories, of Him, SOWING SEEDS.
8. To ENABLE God to work in their lives, when the times come
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 Main Approach? Use Our Stories

Approach – Main Program

 All Christians have testimonies (stories)
 Introduce God & Jesus, NOT thru traditional sermons
 But Reveal Him through our messages (stories)
 Use man’s undeniable testimonies to:
 Real stories about real people, with real deliverances
 We Reveal His existence thru our personal witness
 Testimonies, one after another, sharing how God intervenes
 Salt the void in their souls for this truth and love
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 Approach (cont.)

 Today people actually use movies for spiritual

answers
 Our stories are like a movie, many are interesting
 They are REAL
 Heart become captivated by these indisputable
stories. TOUCH IMAGINATIONS, HEARTS!!!
 Recordings of these stories can shift to Social Media
 We can cover even more ground if we choose.
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 Approach – Use Stories

Expected Result:
 After hearing several testimonies…
 the truth is sown, questions about God start forming
 God’s Seeds grow…let Him give increase
 Use Live and recorded testimonies
 Capture live stories for replay or social media
 Some could go mega viral, impacting ??
 Interweave Music
 Use Prayer Team: Offer prayer for all kinds of needs
How to Lure Travelers

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 Draw Visitors. How?

Roll Out the Signage!

 On the roadways where visitors travel (all over area)
 Beach road, grocery stores, along roads
 Litter the area with signs marketing multiple nights
Sign Motivation
 Come to church? Free Hot Dogs? Bouncy Tent? No, No, No
 But peak their curiosity
 Use multiple signs, building the ‘curiosity’ seed .
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 Signs – Promote Events

Simply?

Come Hear our Stories

Address – date/time
No church slogans
No evangelism
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 Market, Market, Market
(provide multiple opportunities)

Signs are Inexpensive!

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 Market, Market, Market
(market everywhere)

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 Go Big! ….Ready?

Go very Big!!
How many of you will I lose
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here?
 Lure Them – Not One Time Event

Give Visitors Many Opportunities

1. Invite area churches to join us, help us
2. Gather people with testimonials, stories
3. Offer multiple dates, for July and August
4. Sow the vision into pastors, get people on board

Come Hear our Stories

Address – date/time

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 Purest Objective:
Give them the REAL Scoop on
God

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 Straight Scoop About Him

- Cut the Bull -

People want the straight scoop
Thomas wanted to see and taste
something REAL
Our stories are REAL

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 Straight Scoop About Him

- They don’t hear the stuff we hear -

But they are wanting to hear or see
something
Like Thomas
We can give them something to question!
Without EXPENSIVE evangelists
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We are the MESSENGERS (2015)
 Getting Real

Paul told his story to King Agrippa…

”When on the road at midday, O king, I saw a light
from heaven surpassing the brightness of the sun…..”
No doctrine to argue, but experiences
Thomas needed something MORE
We can give it!
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 Getting Real

Or these messages can stay?

In the dark, Hidden
Where they are today.

We have an opportunity!
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 Social Media
Streaming Testimonies

Ezekiel's Dry Bones situation was the story of a nation

A people lifeless, without hope
Need is same today
But we have a great cloud of witnesses, hidden
Unleash them!!
Can you imagine people watching 10-15 of these
testimonies on social media?
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 Impact

Enemy’s camp will take a HIT, a pounding

These Stories won’t be easily snatched
Our picture stories impact the heart
The message that He ‘God’ actually, REALLY cares?
He doesn’t just want you to “toe the line”?
But He cares and intervenes in lives?
30 He HELPS us? Huge!!!
 Mark 4 (Jesus’ Explanation)

Parable of the Sower

 V14 says “The sower sows the word.”
 V15 says “These are the ones who are beside the road
where the word is sown (beside the road); …...”

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 Beside the Road
(We can sow beside the road, also Jenny’s Vision)

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 Mark 4 (Jesus’ Explanation)

Parable of the Sower

The next 5 verses discuss the other soil types.
 The soil full of Weeds
 The soil full of Rocks
 The soil that is Fertile Ground

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Pastor Clay’s House
Biggest Yard Rock in Southern New England

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 Un-Proudly Presented

 To Southern New England

 For:
 Most Thorns / Poison Ivy
 Most & Biggest Rocks
 Physically
 And unfortunately
SPIRITUALLY

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 Mark 4 (Jesus’ Explanation)

Parable of the Sower

V21 Jesus states “A lamp is not brought to be put under a
basket, is it, or under a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the
lampstand?”

We can bring our lamps out, Big time

We can go in the name of the Lord, just like David
We can take on Goliath or the Giants
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 Our lamps
burn bright
inside!

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But We can take our Light out by Road

Real Faith takes Action

It takes Risks
WE CAN TAKE
THE RISK
GOD IS BEHIND AND
IN FRONT OF US

FAITH WILL TAKE ON

LIFE!
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That’s all folks

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