Faith Communities Project

Tracking the Spirit

The Mission of the Project

This is the HOME page for the Faith Communities Project!  Feel free to browse the site OR if you are one of our training team members or other people involved in the project (or you are simply curious), check out the other resources!

We are joining the mission of God!  We seek to build as many missional/faith communities of disciples as the Holy Spirit leads us to build!  Each community would be committed to the disciple-making process, the value of reproduction, as well as provide a relational basis for spiritual development. 


Our mission is to build a movement of disciples who disciple...those who participate with Holy Spirit in the transformation process in people’s lives, teach all to faithfully respond to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, and to build up people of faith so that each is exercising their giftedness in the context of loving, supportive, and challenging community.


The Kingdom of God is much greater than any one church.  Christ-followers are called to be more committed to seeing the Kingdom extended than they are about individual church growth. Instead of being the biggest church in the area, the desire of this proposal is to church the area. All healthy organisms reproduce. It is in their DNA to look beyond themselves to the next generation or the species dies. Healthy churches strive for multiplication on every level — disciples and churches. As Jesus Himself stated, “Make disciples to the ends of the earth.” (Matthew 28:19-20)


Living the adventure of the Kingdom of God outside the Jar!

a ministry project of Friendship Celebration Lutheran Church and the Northwest District of the LC-MS 2010

A Snapshot of the Faith Communities Project and how it is integrated into the Life of the congregation of Friendship Celebration Lutheran Church  Project Update (effective September 2010) A NEW evening Training Team begins its journey on Tuesdays in September @ 7pm @ Robin and Vicky Dugall’s home (exact date to be announced). If you are interested in joining the training, email Robin (rdugall@apu.edu) Next Project Celebration/Gathering in September 21st ...worship singing, sharing, storytelling, prayer, vision casting...beginning @ 6:30pm with a casual time of meal/fellowship - worship time beginning @ 7:30pm. We will be meeting on the lawn @ the preschool facility. Sunday morning Training Session @ FCLC during the Adult Ed. hour (9:45am) meeting in the Preschool Basement classroom. Complete Third Edition of the Faith Communities Project “Handbook” - CLICK HERE (Project Handbook) to download your own copy! Pdfs of the NEW first session of the Faith Community Project training (click on Training Session 1 ppt and Training Session 1 outline - both pdfs) Pdf of the NEW second session of the FCP training (click on Training Session 2 - Engaging in Story outline pdf). Pdf of the NEW sessions on Identity and being a Disciple (click on Training Sessions 5 and 6 pdf) Handout on Storytelling and the Faith - CLICK HERE (click on Storytelling.doc Handout on “Contextualization” - a big word for a new way of “doing Church” - good reading - CLICK HERE (then click on downloading the Contextualization handout) Handout on the Relational Context of the Gospel - session 2 of the Training Track - CLICK HERE (then download Training Session 2) Handouts on the Missional Movement and the Two Al’s (and Alice’s) - Institution-Al and Mission-Al. CLICK HERE (then click on downloading the two word docs - look for Training session 3 and 4). Handout on the Lordship of Jesus - CLICK HERE (then click on downloading the word doc). PDF of the Contextualization Powerpoint presentation - CLICK HERE (then click on Contextualization to download) Video on Change and Adaptivity - CLICK HERE PDF of Powerpoint presentation for the session on Change and Transformation Dynamics - CLICK HERE Handout on Organic Systems and Missional Ministry - CLICK HERE Handout on Discipleship and Paradigms for Disciple’s Lifestyle - CLICK HERE Handout on Stages of Faith - James Fowler’s provocative challenge to growth - CLICK HERE Handout on the Faith Communities Project Covenant of Missional Lifestyle - CLICK HERE TO Check out the second draft of an “evolving” document. . http://public.me.com/rdugallhttp://public.me.com/rdugallhttp://public.me.com/rdugallhttps://www.me.com/idisk/http://http://idisk.mac.com/rdugall-Public?view=webhttp://idisk.mac.com/rdugall-Public?view=webhttp://idisk.mac.com/rdugall-Public?view=webhttp://public.me.com/rdugallhttp://public.me.com/rdugallhttp://idisk.mac.com/rdugall-Public?view=webhttp://idisk.mac.com/rdugall-Public?view=webhttp://idisk.mac.com/rdugall-Public?view=webhttp://public.me.com/rdugallhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4nQ0J6mxKYhttp://public.me.com/rdugallhttp://idisk.mac.com/rdugall-Public?view=webhttp://idisk.mac.com/rdugall-Public?view=webhttp://idisk.mac.com/rdugall-Public?view=webhttp://yliapu.typepad.com/spiritualregurgitations/2009/10/a-potential-covenant-for-a-missional-journey.htmlhttps://public.me.com/rdugallshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14shapeimage_2_link_15shapeimage_2_link_16shapeimage_2_link_17shapeimage_2_link_18shapeimage_2_link_19

Supporting the Project


The congregation of FCLC is supporting this project in prayer and in sacrificial financial giving.  If the Spirit is leading you to give to this project (above your normal giving to the congregation), contact the FCLC Church Office or the Project’s Director, Robin Dugall (rdugall@apu.edu). We will quickly get a pledge form to you!  Our gifts along with a $25,000 grant from the Northwest District of the LC-MS and a $50,000 Grant from the LC-MS forms the financial undergirding for the project for the coming months.

BIG BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

TWO NEW READING GROUPS CONTINUE THIS WEEK!

(Lunch group Tuesdays @ 12:30pm @ Bagel Factory (formerly Sunshine Bagel) on Chinden.  Breakfast group on Thursdays @ 8:30am @ same location.

Join Robin and some other followers of Jesus as we read and talk through the incredible insightful book, The Tangible Kingdom!  If you are interested, email Robin TODAY!

To email the Faith Communities Project Director, Robin Dugall, rdugall@apu.edu