TELLING THE STORY

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TELLING THE STORY

• An Essential Element Of Any Associational
  Mobilization Strategy

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How did Jesus Change
Peoples Lives While on Earth?

• He Gave Himself
• He Formed Personal Relationships
• He Allowed His Father To Touch and Transform
  People Through Him.
• He Shared Passionate, Relevant Stories and
  Illustrations

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Jesus Transformed The World Through Telling
Thirty Three Stories.
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Stories That Spurred Individuals and Strategic
Groups Into Action

• Priorities Commitments Reevaluated
• Passion For The Kingdom Ignited or Rekindled
• Personal Relationships Restored
• Peoples Outlook on Life Transformed

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Nothing gets a story across better than someone
sharing it in person. Church families need to
see, hear and witness the personal passion of
missionaries and hear about their heart for
sharing Christ and meeting needs.
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Before individual Christians and churches can be
effectively and strategically mobilized to
respond to opportunities for long and short-term
mission service they must know where those
opportunities exist.
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Before individual Christians and churches can
strategically pray for missionaries and mission
causes they must know who and what issues to pray
for.
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Before individual Christians and churches can be
effectively mobilized in supporting missions
financially, they must know how their gifts
strengthen the global missions effort.
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God is at work throughout our Jerusalem, Judea,
Samaria and the uttermost parts of the world.

• How Long Has It Been Since Churches Within Your
  Association Have Heard How?

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The Mission Story Must Be Told

• Nobody can tell the story like those mission
  champions serving on the front lines.
• Nobody can mobilize believers in being on mission
  like real, live, exciting missionaries.

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What is your associational-wide strategy for
mobilizing individual Christians and churches of
your association in being on mission?
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Elements Of An Effective Associational-Wide
Mission Mobilization Strategy

• Associational-Wide Awareness and Education
• Strategic Partnerships
• Various Levels of Individual and Church
  Involvement

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What strategic associational mission awareness/
mobilization events are you utilizing IN
mobilizing individuals and churches in being ON
mission?
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Introducing On Mission Celebrations
An On Mission Celebration is a one to four day
associational wide or an association of churches
event that personalizes missions though the
interaction with Southern Baptist State
Convention, International Mission Board and North
American Mission Board Missionaries.
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Introducing On Mission Celebrations

• Celebrate Gods Activity Throughout the World
• Anticipate Your Role In Being On Mission With God
• Participate In An Ongoing Mission Lifestyle

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Traditional Formats

• One Day (Sunday)
• Two Day (Saturday Sunday)
• Three Day (Saturday-Sunday-Monday)
• Four Day (Sunday Wednesday)
• Combinations of Days Can Vary.

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Two OMC Components

• International, North American, and State
  Missionaries speaking in Each Participating
  Church.
• Associational and Local Church Special Events

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Here is what Oklahoma Associational Directors of
Missions are saying about On Mission Celebrations.
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On Mission Celebration Interviews

• Ed Baker, East Central Association
• Chester Ward, Kay Association

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What Is An On Mission Celebration?

• An On Mission Celebration is an associational
  mission fair, global mission banquet or other
  awareness event that mobilizes Christians to be
  on mission with God.

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Associational Directors Of Missions have painted
outside the line OMC-wise for several years.
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Ideas For OMC Models

• Integrating An OMC Into Annual Associational
  Meetings
• Integrating OMC Elements Into An Associational
  Mission Fair
• Four In One
• Three In One
• Two In One
• Only One Missionary

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These and other OMC models are not the World
Mission Conference or On Mission Celebration we
are accustomed to, however they have proven to be
effective in producing results while assisting
associations in overcoming financial, time and
logistical issues.
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How Do I Begin SchedulingAn On Mission
Celebration?

• Seek Gods Guidance.
• Determine Desired Objectives.
• Decide Which OMC Model Would Be Most Effective
  For Your Association.
• Determine Date for Your OMC.
• Complete The OMC Scheduling Form found in
  Introducing OMCs.
• Route OMC Scheduling Form To Bob Sheltons
  Office.

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• Will you help connect the members
• of churches in your association to the
• Acts 18 mandate by hosting an
• On Missions Celebration in
• your Association?