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Preparation for The Story involves planning, prayer and vision casting. The planning phase starts approximately 10 weeks before your start date, and includes a process of preparation for your ministry leaders and your congregation.
To prepare for The Story, your best starting place is the Implementation Guide where you'll find a three-stage plan for preparing your leaders, a six-step (8-week) plan for preparing your church, and guidelines for implementing the campaign in single ministries and for different lengths of time. Learn how The Story was originally developed, and about the Upper Story/Lower Story as well.
Implementation Guide - SAMPLE
These tools will help you structure the campaign in order to keep people engaged and accommodate your church schedule.
How Mini-Series Keep People Engaged for 31 Weeks
12 Months of Start Dates (12-tab worksheet of scheduling ideas for starting The Story in every month of the year)
How to Do The Story in 16 Weeks
The Story could be only one stage in the long-range plan for growth for your church. Think ahead to what you could do after The Story by looking over this list of ideas.
Watch how The Story is impacting churches across the country. See More Testimonials >>
View sample chapters and lessons from the many resources for all ages in the Resource Samples Library.
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