Church Staff Retreats

Church Staff Working Together for Christ through
Adventure Learning

     The objective of the workshop is to aid your staff in clearly defining their future vision and begin the process of laying out a future state action plan to achieve your church goals.

     If your church staff has not clearly defined your direction for the future, you can be sure that your competition (Satan) has. The congregation is looking for direction to effectively and efficiently help lead them into the 21st century. The church is looking to define what the future holds and how your church will instruct and lead others to Christ.

     Adventure Learning is a series of custom experiences designed to help church staff; deacons and elders not only build your future state but also list the key steps that will make the vision a reality. These objectives include:

Better understand and be able to predict how the environmental influences around your church will help to shape your future. Define current trends that will influence the future state plans that your church will need to take. Define key internal church initiatives that are in line with environmental influences and current trends. To challenge the team to look at the evolutionary process of churches and people needs to meet the newly defined church direction. Define the internal and external resources available and necessary to meet the challenges of your followers. Challenge the team to think outside the boxes with custom designed mind-stretching activities to increase the church teams creativity. Challenge the team to use the total range of team resources to solve issues they will face through custom designed learning experiences. Challenge the team to build a current and future state philosophy that will focus on the people, systems and processes to make the transitions necessary to meet your churches needs. Understand and begin to appreciate the individual skills, abilities, and talents that each team member brings with them. Build a series of action plans the will either refine, develop new, discard or maintain systems, processes and people competencies to meet future church goals. Build a strategic plan that revolves around your church and community needs and includes your church initiatives, strategies, action plan, resources, time frames, anticipated costs and return on the investment. Have some team fun and build a more cohesiveness church staff.

Deliverables

1. A list of external community environment influences that will influence church and followers needs now and in the future. 2. A list of church resources that can assist your church team in executing your action plans. 3. A defined list of church needs in line with churches defined directional goals. 4. Develop a team profile focusing on the flexibility necessary by each team member to reach both internal and external goals now and in the future. 5. Lay out a current and future state picture of your church to clearly show where you are and where you need to go. 6. Clearly defined of the types of systems, processes and people on staff you will need to meet church’s demands for service now and in the future. 7. An action plan that will provide a systematic process to move you to your church team toward God's future goals. 8. Review and agree on a strategy to handle any barriers that may be lurking to impede your defined action plans.

Timing and Budget

     The Learning E.D.G.E. can provide a custom designed adventure learning-visioning workshop within 10-15 days (depending on the amount of customization needed) from the date of signing the agreed to contract.

     The workshop budgets are given for one Full day or two half day workshops, based on the anticipated time involved in customizing and delivering the Adventure Learning full day workshop for 8-20 people per team. Minimum group size is 8 people. Minimum workshop fee calculated at 15 people.

Church Staff Retreats	Full Day Workshop
Workshop price per person	$150
Total Costs @ 15 people (15 people minimum)	$2,250

NOTE: For larger teams- Multiply the total number of team members X $150.00 for a full day to arrive at the total cost of your teams outdoor adventure. Fees include a meeting room, Continental Breakfast, 2 breaks with lunch is included.