mc-practices

  • Suburbs and Missional Communities

    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…

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  • Implementing LTGs in a Small Group

    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…

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  • The Family Meeting – Celebrating Communion

    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?…

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  • The Family Meeting – An Evening of Prayer

    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?…

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  • The Family Meeting – What Do You Talk About?

    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?…

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  • The Family Meeting – Sharing a Meal

    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?…

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  • Missional Community with Different Ages of Children

    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…

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  • Kids, Missional Community and Demonstrating the Gospel

    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…

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  • Kids and Third Place

    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…

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  • Kids and Life Transformation Groups

    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…

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  • Kids and the Family Meal

    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…

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  • Missional Community Practices – Fitting Them All Together

    The most common objection to these practices is having to do all of them every week. One of our leaders, a surgeon with three kids in a community with twenty-five children, stopped gathering everyone weekly and…

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