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Life-shapes for churches THREE MODELS THREE MODELS • • • • • • • • • Traditional (Pastors who keep members happy) Maintenance before God 2. Attractional (Programmes that attract consumers). Recruitment before God. 3. Missional (Plant new discipleship groups – leaders join Huddles) Outreach before God As the heart is to a person so a Celtic church is to a community. And it has .. 1. A heart for God – sustained by daily prayer. 2. A heart for others – hospitality and friendship. 3. A heart for the world – cherishing the earth and society Star Holistic – it seeks whole persons and a whole world Earthed – in creation and the soil of its local society Rhythmic – daily and seasonal rhytms of prayer and work Open – to Christ in every person HERO Celtic Cross Top: Praise, devotion, contemplation, heaven. Heart: Its heart is the dwelling of the Three Loves in God’s heart, the Trinity where the church makes it home. Right arm: We become one with Christ giving his life to save the world. Base: it is earthed in Scripture and saints, seasons and soil, the environment and the population. Left arm: We become one with Christ giving his life to serve the world. Celtic Cross Spaces: for re-creation, fun, solitude. Spokes: connecting to focal points of the wider church and society i Circle: the whole of life. Making persons, places and the world whole.