One of the most Frequently Asked Questions we get from pastors across the country is:
How do we assimilate people into the life flow of Next Level Church?
At Next Level we have two-part Assimilation process called our Discover Events.
We do our Discover Events monthly on the 2nd and 3rd Sunday nights of the month. We have learned that most holiday weekends fall on the 1st Weekend of the month, which usually makes it more difficult for people to attend a special event outside of our normal weekend worship services.
Over the years, we have tried all sorts of variations of this process and finally we settled our strategy around 2 questions:
“What do people really need to know to make an educated decision about whether they want to make Next Level Church their home?”
And…
“How do we make it as simple as possible for people to get involved in the life of the church?”
Here are our two events in a nutshell:
First Event: Discover NLC
· 2nd Sunday night of the month from 5pm-7pm.
· Free dinner (Pizza on treys on round tables).
· Free childcare.
· 2 teachers (1 main personality, rotate other staff for the 2nd).
· Very Casual environment
· For every 7-8 people signed up we have a staff member or a high caliber volunteer present.
· We teach on:
1.) What is NLC?
2.) Who is the Leadership of NLC?
3.) Why is NLC Here?
4.) Frequently Asked Questions
5.) What is Next for NLC
BREAK for Dinner
6.) How we define Growth and Health at NLC.
7.) How We Grow as followers of Jesus.
8.) Now that you have Discovered NLC… What’s Next?Our Goal for Discover NLC is that in two hours we have given people new to our church the past, present and future of our church. We have answered most of the questions they might have and showed them how to get involved and continue growing at our church and in their relationship with Jesus Christ.
Second Event: Discover Your Place
3rd Sunday night of the month from 5pm-7pm
Free Dinner (Subs from Jimmy John’s).
Free Childcare
1 teacher
Very casual environment
Staff – All department heads or key leaders from departments
We teach on:
What the Bible says about serving
Show the 7 primary places to serve on a weekend.
Kids
Middle School / High School
Hospitality
Worship
Production
Parking & Security
Prayer
Teach through our 3 things to know about yourself before choosing a place to serve:
Passions
Personality
Strengths
BREAK for Dinner
All of our department heads or key volunteers come and share 2 minutes of the vision behind their department and the areas to serve.Everyone chooses 1-2 department heads to have a conversation with about shadowing in the next two weeks.Our Goal for Discover NLC is that in two hours we teach people to find their place to serve using all three areas of passions, personalities and strengths. We let people shadow the next week.We have found that the quicker and easier we make it for people to find out about NLC and get involved serving on the weekend, the more people stick at NLC.We love hearing stories of people who have been at our church for less than 6 weeks and are already serving on a team somewhere in our five services. After all, at the end of it all, it’s about people Discovering who God has made them and how they fit into what God is up to at their church!
For more information about our teaching guide please email Joelle@NextLevelChurch.com We’d be more than happy to show you how we do what we do.
