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Immersion II

WHAT IS IT?:

The Immersion l is mostly about philosophy – the “why” behind what we do.  The Immersion ll is vastly different.  In the Immersion ll, your team will work together to design and develop a variety of key areas which will transform your church into a healthy, growing, dynamic, disciple making church. 


WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?:

During the Immersion ll, your team will work on the following:

  • Intentional Leadership: 
    • Critical analysis of your own leadership style and ability
    • Personal leadership growth plan
    • Leadership development plan for your church leaders
    • Creating healthy environments in your church
    • Develop leadership model and ministry structure
    • Dispute resolution process
    • Systems for leadership assessment and growth


  • Alignment: 
    • Create/modify doctrinal statement (core beliefs, essentials, non-essentials)
    • Create/modify vision statement (establishing the win)
    • Create/modify mission statement (how to accomplish the win)
    • Develop a common definition for disciple, components of discipleship and definition for relational environment
    • Systems for assessing and communicating vision and mission
    • Develop a ministry filter to ensure ministries are accomplishing the win
    • Assessment of church organization and structure compared to the win
    • Alignment strategy for church structure and organization
    • Vision and mission alignment – weekend services
    • Development of a sermon club (sermon prep team and process)
    • Global alignment philosophy, processes and assessment


  • Relational Environments: (Small Groups)
    • Define purpose of small groups
    • Develop general small group structure and organization
    • Determine small group curriculum
    • Develop small group branching philosophy
    • Develop small group leader standards and expectations
    • Develop small group leader recruitment and development
    • Develop small group connection process and procedures
    • Develop small group growth model and plan
    • Systems for accountability, assessment and tracking
    • Understanding of biblical story telling
    • Development of relational environments for discipleship
    • Effective small group facilitation
  • Discipleship Process:
    • Develop an intentional discipleship process
    • System for assessing and communicating the discipleship process


  • Implementation:
    • Develop healthy plan for change
    • Create workgroups to complete tasks and implement change
    • Develop timeline and strategy for implementing change



WHAT OTHER RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE?:

Each team will receive a Productivity Pack: (included in registration fee)
•    Small group story set - CDs
•    How to do biblical story telling – DVD
•    Small group pastor – job duties
•    Small group coach – job duties
•    Small group leader – job duties
•    101 Joining the Team class guide – teacher and student editions
•    201 Discipleship Process class guide
•    301 Annual Leader Training guide
•    Ministry filter
•    How to Witness - CDs


WHO SHOULD ATTEND?:

Immersion ll is limited to those who have attended an Immersion l experience (see exception below).  You must bring a team of at least 4 people and we limit the maximum number for each team to 10 participants.  The Senior Pastor of the church must attend Immersion II.  Teams generally consist of the following:

•    Senior pastor
•    Key staff members
•    Elders
•    Deacons
•    Board members
•    Key influencers, lay ministers and volunteer leaders 


WHAT’S THE COST?:

•    $190 per person  (Minimum of 4 team members, maximum of 10)
•    Need based scholarships are available – call for details


WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE PRICE?:

•    All materials
•    Productivity Pack (see resources above)
•    Dinner the first night
•    Lunch the second and third day
•    Light breakfast foods each morning
•    Snacks and drinks all day

Note: If you have special dietary needs, please let us know these when you register. 


WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO BEFORE ATTENDING?:

•    All attendees must have read the book: Church Is a Team Sport, by Pastor Jim Putman.  You can find the book at most Christian supply stores or online book retailers.
 
•    At least 80% of your team who will be participating in the Immersion ll must have completed Immersion l.  We do have an Immersion l Small Group curriculum for those on your team who were not able to attend the Immersion l but who will be attending the Immersion ll. Please contact us for details.

•    All participants must be in agreement with the following basic statement of faith

1.    We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative and inerrant Word of God. It was written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit.      
2.    We believe that there is One God, eternally revealed to the world in the Father, the Son – Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.  All things were created by Him and for Him.         
3.    We believe that God sent His Son – Jesus Christ, to redeem all of mankind.  Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life on this earth, was crucified for our sins, buried and was raised from the dead on the third day.  We believe that Jesus is God.  Through Jesus Christ and by Him only can mankind be saved. Jesus Christ sits at the Right Hand of the Father and will return someday to receive His Church unto Himself. 
4.    We believe in the work of the Holy Spirit to bring conviction of sin, revelation of God’s Word and spiritual truth, and guidance in doing what is right.  As Christians we seek to live under His direction and control daily.                                                                                                             
5.    We are all sinners and have fallen short of the Glory of God and will perish without the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as revealed in His Gospel.  Only by trusting in Jesus Christ and God’s offer of forgiveness can anyone be saved from sin’s penalty – death.  
6.    Salvation can only be received through personal faith in Jesus Christ.  Faith is the essential human response to Christ and baptism is the ceremonial means given by God for expressing and sealing it.
7.   We believe that every Christian should be baptized in water by immersion as Christ modeled, as the Bible commands, and as the early church demonstrated.  In the early church, the normative way for expressing one’s repentance and personal decision to place faith in Jesus Christ (confession of faith) was through baptism.       
8.     We believe that the church should be elder-governed and that God has ordained that only scripturally qualified heterosexual  men will be appointed to serve the congregation in the role of Elder and/or Senior Pastor.
9.     We believe we are called individually and corporately to reach the world for Jesus one person at a time and to make biblical disciples in relational environments.  This is lived out by sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ, baptizing those who respond, and journeying with them in authentic relationship to develop disciples who can make disciples.         


WHAT SHOULD I BRING?:

Come with a good attitude, an open mind, and be ready to work hard.  We’ll provide everything else.


WHAT SHOULD I WEAR?:

Wear casual, comfortable clothes.  By casual, we really mean casual: Jeans, shorts, t-shirts, etc.  If you wear a suit and tie you’ll probably wish you hadn’t.  (We reserve the right to cut off all ties.)

North Idaho has a variety of weather conditions in every season.  Check the local weather forecast a few days before you travel.  Sometimes the rooms can be chilly – bringing a light jacket or sweatshirt is always a good idea.


HOW DO I GET THERE AND WHERE DO I STAY?:

We have a whole page of travel, hotel and community information.  Click here.

        
     

LOCATION:

The Immersion ll trainings will take place at our training center located at 710 W. Mullan, Suite A, Post Falls, ID.  The training center is only about a 7 minute drive from the RLM Church campus.  (The church campus is located at 1866 Cecil Road, Post Falls, ID.)

For driving directions, go to MapQuest or Google Maps


WHAT’S THE DAILY SCHEDULE?:

•    Day One:     8:00 am – 4:30 pm
•    Day Two:     8:00 am – 5:00 pm
•    Day Three:   8:00 am – 4:30 pm


IS CHILDCARE AVAILABLE?:

We do not provide or arrange childcare.  Please do not bring your children with you to the actual event as it is a distraction for both you and the other participants. 

 
WHAT ARE THE DATES?:

2010 Immersion II Schedule:

January 27-29
March 24-26
May 19-21
October 20-22
November 17-19

2011 Immersion II Schedule

January 26-28
March 23-25
May 18-20
August 24-26
September 21-23
November 16-18


HOW DO I REGISTER?: 

To register for Immersion II, please download the Immersion II Application below.  Once you have filled it out for your church, please fax it or email it to Ann Cone (fax number is 208-777-8853 or acone@reallifeministries.com ).  Upon receipt of the application, the Association will review it and make a determination within 7 days.  After the application has been accepted, each member attending will also receive an individual application that will need to be filled out and returned no later than 21 days before the church's attendance at Immersion II.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ann Cone at 208-777-7325, ext. 148. 
Immersion II Application

IS IT WORTH THE TRIP?: 
 
The time our leadership Team spent at Real Life Ministries for the Immersion I conference was excellent to start getting everyone “on board.”  However, Immersion II is a must for implementation.  The first conference set up the second very well.  I strongly recommend going to Immersion at Real Life Ministries.  The whole staff that lead us through both seminars really cared about us, our local church and that we would implement what we learned in a way it related to Countryside Christian Church.

Jon Thompson
Associate Pastor
Countryside Christian Church
Keizer, Oregon