Todd Engstrom

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  • Suburbs and Missional Communities

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    Over the next few weeks, I’ve asked several members of our team at The Austin Stone to write on different aspects of missional community in different contexts. Today, Jon Dansby is going to share some learning points from practicing missional community in the suburbs of Austin. Jon serves as a campus pastor at our St.…

  • Implementing LTGs in a Small Group

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    In a recent conversation with a pastor from another church, I was asked: “Practically, how do you go about forming Life Transformation Groups in a small group that is used to meeting once a week?” I actually get that question quite often, so I thought it would make a good topic for a post here.…

  • The Family Meeting – Celebrating Communion

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    This series will drill down on the missional community practice called “The Family Meeting”.  Although there isn’t a formula, here are some things to consider putting into practice: Sharing a Meal What Do You Talk About? An Evening of Prayer Celebrating Communion —– Celebrating Communion For the final post in this series, I wanted to…

  • The Family Meeting – An Evening of Prayer

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    This series will drill down on the missional community practice called “The Family Meeting”.  Although there isn’t a formula, here are some things to consider putting into practice: Sharing a Meal What Do You Talk About? An Evening of Prayer Celebrating Communion —– An Evening of Prayer Many evangelicals have a “bible studies equal success”…

  • The Family Meeting – What Do You Talk About?

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    This series will drill down on the missional community practice called “The Family Meeting”.  Although there isn’t a formula, here are some things to consider putting into practice: Sharing a Meal What Do You Talk About? An Evening of Prayer Celebrating Communion —– In the previous post, I covered the meal part of our gathering.…

  • The Family Meeting – Sharing a Meal

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    This series will drill down on the missional community practice called “The Family Meeting”.  Although there isn’t a formula, here are some things to consider putting into practice: Sharing a Meal What Do You Talk About? An Evening of Prayer Celebrating Communion —– How to Conduct the Missional Community Family Meeting Rather than dive into…

  • Missional Community with Different Ages of Children

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    Perhaps the single most frequently asked question I receive with respect to missional communities is “what do we do with our children?”.  For this next series, I’m going to focus on answering that question from multiple different angles: Why involve your children? Kids and the Family Meal Kids and LTGs Kids and Third Place Kids…

  • Kids, Missional Community and Demonstrating the Gospel

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    Perhaps the single most frequently asked question I receive with respect to missional communities is “what do we do with our children?”.  For this next series, I’m going to focus on answering that question from multiple different angles: Why involve your children? Kids and the Family Meal Kids and LTGs Kids and Third Place Kids…

  • Kids and Third Place

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    Perhaps the single most frequently asked question I receive with respect to missional communities is “what do we do with our children?”.  For this next series, I’m going to focus on answering that question from multiple different angles: Why involve your children? Kids and the Family Meal Kids and LTGs Kids and Third Place Kids…

  • Kids and Life Transformation Groups

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    Perhaps the single most frequently asked question I receive with respect to missional communities is “what do we do with our children?”.  For this next series, I’m going to focus on answering that question from multiple different angles: Why involve your children? Kids and the Family Meal Kids and LTGs Kids and Third Place Kids…

  • Kids and the Family Meal

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    Perhaps the single most frequently asked question I receive with respect to missional communities is “what do we do with our children?”.  For this next series, I’m going to focus on answering that question from multiple different angles: Why involve your children? Kids and the Family Meal Kids and LTGs Kids and Third Place Kids…

  • Missional Community Practices – Fitting Them All Together

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    This series of posts provides an overview of each of the missional community practices we foster at The Austin Stone: An Overview of the Practices and a Story Different Kinds of Gatherings The Family Meal Life Transformation Groups A Third Place Putting the Gatherings Together — How Do I Do This With a Busy Schedule?…