Create a plan that fits your context and culture. Put together steps rather than a program. Before doing anything--pray.
• Challenge: Ask the question:
How can I make a difference in this world?
• Clarify: Explain unite 10-10-10.
People need to know
where they are going and what it takes to get there.
Keep it simple.
Be clear.
• Commit. Ask for commitment.
• Do it: Pray. Pursue. Disciple.
• Celebrate: Tell the stories in weekend services and in small groups.Share the celebration with other local churches on the ORPAC district.
Note: The District will provide a logo for posters, banners, bulletins and other materials.
unite 10-10-10 implementation . . .
the impact will shift the universe as the plan of God is put into place.
Get ready by asking the question: How can I make a difference in this world?
Christ is the first and last hope for the world.
We know the headlines are discouraging. Oregon has the 7th highest unemployment in the US. The economy is stalled in Oregon . . . in the nation . . . and throughout the world. For much of the world, money is a driving force determining the outcome of our daily lives. So, the troubled economy equates troubled living in the world. Hope fades.
Hope is resurrected through asking Christ into our lives. We discover authentic and sustaining hope when we invite Christ into our life and experience the activity of God. Then, through the hope of Christ . . . serious change . . . real change . . . occurs and we are defined by our God-driven purpose that determines the outcome of our life.
It makes sense that if the local church unites, then, the message of the hope of Christ will be seen and heard. Now more than ever, we need to UNITE on 10-10-10 as part of a revolution to impact the world.
Your local church leaders, volunteers, classes, and small groups need to know why UNITE 10-10-10 is worth the time and effort. Ask the question in the ways it will impact in your church context and culture whether it is in your weekend services, classes, small groups, or volunteer opportunities:
How can I make a difference in this world?
Unite in prayer on 10-10-10. Celebrate 5-19-11.
*Get ready: Ask the question in various forms in all venues: Weekend services and small groups are key.
Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ. . Acts 5:42
Answer the question.
Continually ask the question in ways that fit your context and culture:
How can I make a difference in this world?
Explain the answer:
Unite in prayer on 10-10-10. Celebrate 5-19-11.
What is UNITE 10-10-10?
It is praying for 1,000 people to accept Christ in the ORPAC district from 10-10-10 to 5-19-11 (ORPAC District Assembly).
It is pursuing those that are hopeless and without Christ with the message of the hope of Christ.
It is asking 1,000 people to commit themselves to Christ.
It is discipling the 1,000 new Christ followers to grow and join the church in the call to bring the message of hope to the world..
It is something bigger than you and I.
It is impossible without the revolutionary power of the Holy Spirit.
It requires a sustained focused and effort for seven months.
• Why are we asking for 1,000 people?
Why not think big? When it comes down to it, the 1,000 people are the most important people to focus on in the district this coming year. God has a plan for each one of the 1,000: Jeremiah 29:11 . . . For God knows the plans . . . plans of hope.
• What can an individual do?
Specifically pray and then ask 10 people to accept Christ.
• Why you? Why me? Why us? Jeremiah 29:11 is at the heart of the Great Commission, a challenge for the local church to execute hope to the world. The local church is the most important to the 1,000 individuals in the district.
It is impossible without the revolutionary power of the Holy Spirit.
It requires a sustained focused and effort for seven months.
How can I make a difference in this world?
Explain the answer:
Unite in prayer on 10-10-10. Celebrate 5-19-11.
What is UNITE 10-10-10?
It is praying for 1,000 people to accept Christ in the ORPAC district from 10-10-10 to 5-19-11 (ORPAC District Assembly).
It is pursuing those that are hopeless and without Christ with the message of the hope of Christ.
It is asking 1,000 people to commit themselves to Christ.
It is discipling the 1,000 new Christ followers to grow and join the church in the call to bring the message of hope to the world..
It is something bigger than you and I.
It is impossible without the revolutionary power of the Holy Spirit.
It requires a sustained focused and effort for seven months.
• Why are we asking for 1,000 people?
Why not think big? When it comes down to it, the 1,000 people are the most important people to focus on in the district this coming year. God has a plan for each one of the 1,000: Jeremiah 29:11 . . . For God knows the plans . . . plans of hope.
• What can an individual do?
Specifically pray and then ask 10 people to accept Christ.
• Why you? Why me? Why us? Jeremiah 29:11 is at the heart of the Great Commission, a challenge for the local church to execute hope to the world. The local church is the most important to the 1,000 individuals in the district.
It is impossible without the revolutionary power of the Holy Spirit.
It requires a sustained focused and effort for seven months.
Recruit people to pray . . . anticipate the shift
Unite 10-10-10 provides an opportunity for the local churches on the ORPAC district to experience the power that occurs when we work together.
Register the number of individuals who commit to pray and unite
10-10-10 to 5-19-11
at Pray! ORPAC .
God, we ask You to shift every detail in the universe to put Your plan into place . . .
for this district to unite together for 1,000 lives to be transformed.
We ask that by Your Holy Spirit we will be empowered and energized
to make some radical changes in our lives
to do more for Your kingdom than ever before . . .
that Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
In Christ’s name. Amen.
Register the number of individuals who commit to pray and unite
10-10-10 to 5-19-11
at Pray! ORPAC .
God, we ask You to shift every detail in the universe to put Your plan into place . . .
for this district to unite together for 1,000 lives to be transformed.
We ask that by Your Holy Spirit we will be empowered and energized
to make some radical changes in our lives
to do more for Your kingdom than ever before . . .
that Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
In Christ’s name. Amen.
Specifically Ask For Commitment
First Things First . . . Commit
1. Commit to pray.
Pray with authority in the name of Jesus for one or more specific individuals and 1,000 people to become Christ followers on a daily basis, asking for Matthew 6:10 . . . Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
2. Commit to pursue.
A vital component of prayer is aligning ourselves with what we are asking God through our mindset and actions . . . renew the mindset of the local church of what it means to relentlessly “go” into the neighborhood, workplace, etc. by making personal connections with people who do not know Christ . . . impacting individuals in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20.
3. Commit to disciple.
Prayerfully strategize and put together a discipleship plan with the goal to “make” fully committed Christ followers who will join the local church to bring hope to the world. Keep it simple.
"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12:29-31
1. Commit to pray.
Pray with authority in the name of Jesus for one or more specific individuals and 1,000 people to become Christ followers on a daily basis, asking for Matthew 6:10 . . . Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
2. Commit to pursue.
A vital component of prayer is aligning ourselves with what we are asking God through our mindset and actions . . . renew the mindset of the local church of what it means to relentlessly “go” into the neighborhood, workplace, etc. by making personal connections with people who do not know Christ . . . impacting individuals in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20.
3. Commit to disciple.
Prayerfully strategize and put together a discipleship plan with the goal to “make” fully committed Christ followers who will join the local church to bring hope to the world. Keep it simple.
"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12:29-31
Encourage small groups to commit to Unite 10-10-10.
Ask small groups leaders and hosts to enlist their small group.
* Pray together for specific people and 1,000 people.
* Schedule times of fasting.
* Discuss ways to connect with others that lead to a connection with Christ.
* Celebrate together when someone comes to Christ.
* Study the life of the early church in the book of Acts.
* Plan how to reach out and disciple those who come to Christ.
* Keep the question in focus:
How can I make a difference in this world?
10--Strategies
1. Pray. Fast. Put together a prayer team to keep the fire ignited.
2. Recruit your church.
3. Teach the great commission in today’s language and experience.
4. Present the vision of the potential impact of UNITE 2010.
5. Communicate and consistently focus on the big picture.
(Remember that a year from now—there will be 1,000 new Christ followers).
6. Lay out the process (aim high—the church will go as high as the leader).
7. Equip and empower the church.
9. Encourage all ages to participate on a personal level.
10. Ask each person to pray every day for the local church
and all the churches on the district.
2. Recruit your church.
3. Teach the great commission in today’s language and experience.
4. Present the vision of the potential impact of UNITE 2010.
5. Communicate and consistently focus on the big picture.
(Remember that a year from now—there will be 1,000 new Christ followers).
6. Lay out the process (aim high—the church will go as high as the leader).
7. Equip and empower the church.
9. Encourage all ages to participate on a personal level.
10. Ask each person to pray every day for the local church
and all the churches on the district.
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