Here is my most recent attempt to put down on two sides of one page what we are seeking to become as Lakeside-Orangevale. I would love to hear what you think.
One Lakeside Church. Multiple Locations.
Lakeside Church is on an adventure to become one church with multiple campuses. Our goal is to give more and more people exposure and access to Jesus through a live, loving community of his followers. The next step of this adventure begins in Orangevale.
Overall Mission for Lakeside :: Orangevale
We are on a mission... to transform as many people as possible into passionate and productive followers of Jesus.
• Transformed… becoming more like Jesus, becoming more fully human
• Passionate… holistically engaged
• Productive… using all our gifts to serve the Body and bless others
• Followers of Jesus… pursuing the person and Way of Jesus
Vital Ministries of Lakeside :: Orangevale
(All definitions of vital apply here: essential, indispensable for life, and full of energy)
• Life Groups
- Friends and neighbours gathering regularly in homes
- Eating, sharing life, telling our stories and praying together
- Group conversation around the teaching from the Sunday Gathering
- Including weekly groups for middle school and high school students
• Sunday Gatherings- Live worship experience, led by our Worship Arts Team
- Dynamic teaching (a multi-screen video projection), coming from our Lakeside-Folsom campus
- Kidsfest – our children’s groups, from Nursery to 6th grade
- Technical Arts Team, keeping Lakeside-Orangevale ‘plugged in’, literally!
- Connect One Team, helping people get ‘plugged in’ -- connecting each person or household to Jesus and his church
- Campus Pastor, providing local leadership
- Set-up Team, keeping Lakeside-Orangevale organized
• Impact Orangevale - We strive to be a community of Jesus followers putting their faith into practice in our community
- An opportunity for the whole family to serve Orangevale together, redeeming one little corner of the world at a time
Intangibles we strive for – we want to be…
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‘A place to begin’ Where people are intentionally being brought into the story, a place where the approach is conversational and process is encouraged
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‘A place to belong’ Where people can belong before they believe, a place where the environment is a safe place to be known
Why is Lakeside Church using a multi-campus strategy?As we looked into starting a new church, we got very excited when we came across the multi-campus approach. Why? Oh, there are so many reasons why using a multi-campus strategy is… how should I say… strategic. Here are a few of them.
GOING LOCALOur region continues to grow. Many Lakesiders have been driving 20, 30 or more minutes to participate in Lakeside-Folsom each week. For them to be truly involved in their local church, as well as being an effective portrayal of Jesus in their communities, their local church needs to be local. We are seeking to bring the church closer to where people are living. Being local makes it logistically easier and more natural to invite neighbors and friends into the Lakeside family.
PLACEMENTAs Erwin McManus of Mosaic Church has said, multi-campus is not about space; it’s about place. It about being a finely tuned instrument positioned exactly where we can have the greatest impact.
BOTH BIG AND SMALL BENEFITSIt helps us move beyond a traditional outreach model of more and more Sunday gatherings and the need for larger and larger buildings. Multi-campus strategy is an organic and decentralized approach to church health and growth. We envision a regional, multi-campus church of interdependence and community. In the multi-campus model, we can actually pursue seemingly conflicting aims at the same time:
• Grow larger and smaller
• Brand new and trusted name
• Less cost and greater impact
• New church vibe and big-church punch
• Move there and stay here
• More opportunity and more support
• More reach and more maturity
MOMENTUMStarting a new campus from an existing church allows us to leverage the momentum we already have. We can launch with people who already attend Lakeside, use current ministry leadership to develop new leaders, use financial resources that are already available, and draw from and continue the growth that is already being experienced at Lakeside-Folsom.
What can I expect to find at each Lakeside campus?Each campus will be an extension of the ministry of Lakeside, and a fully functioning congregation with a campus pastor and leadership team. It will have Student Ministries for high school and middle school students, as well as Kidsfest, our children’s program for infants through elementary. We envision that several times a year, students from all Lakeside campuses will get together for retreats, camps and other events. Among other opportunities for spiritual formation, adult small groups, called Life Groups, are a huge part of the Lakeside experience. They are a great way to experience real community with neighbors, joining together for meaningful interaction and to impact people and places in our very own communities.
Most Sunday Gatherings at each campus features a multi-screen video message from Lakeside-Folsom, as well as live worship and a time of community conversation in response to the message. The campus pastor, a local team of worship arts musicians and the local leadership team will host the gatherings.
Though spread throughout the region, Lakeside Church campuses share a common teaching focus, benefit from experienced visionary leadership and pursue a common mission –
to transform as many people as possible into passionate and productive followers of Jesus.
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