Practical suggestions for getting Phase 3 started in your church:

First things first!

• Talk it through with the elders & get their blessing.
• Give it a name  - Phase 3 is how it’s identified both in S&L and networking together via the internet.
• Get an envisioned team of people - you can’t do this on your own. At least one of you should be comfortable promoting & inspiring from the front.
• Negotiate a small budget - BCC also gave us one for gifting speakers, photocopying, printing etc
• Have a ‘vision statement’ – feel free to pinch ours!

Next step

• Present the vision to the church using all possible channels.
• Organise the launch event – suggestion: have a ‘convivial’ evening out -  a sit down meal with wine, live jazz & an engaging after dinner speaker who appreciates & wholeheartedly supports the vision - we had Dave Richards.
• Sell tickets with a deadline to encourage commitment, make it easier for the caterers & so it covers its own costs (apart from ministry gifts).
• Vital - all of our events, right from the start, had ministry available for those seeking direction.  Recruit those who move in the prophetic to be on hand to pray for people. 

Misconceptions you will have to deal with – a selection!

• ‘Will you be organising days out?’
  Answer – no, it’s not a social club, check out the vision statement.
• ‘I’m already busy in serving God so I don’t need this!’
  Answer - Phase 3 needs people like you to encourage and inspire the others.
• ‘I don’t want people telling me what I should be doing!’
  Answer - The purpose is encouragement and inspiration, not control.
• ‘I’m the wrong age.’
  Answer - It’s not an age; it’s a stage of life.
• ‘I don’t tick all the boxes - career/mortgage/children - yet.’
  Answer - You are moving in this direction, so get prepared.

Communication & networking

• Build up a database of interested people (preferably email).
• Use it to give them advance notice of events & developments.
• Create a Phase 3 page on your church’s website.
• Contact S&L to request a link on their central site to yours.
• Post local opportunities & testimonies on your webpage.
• Share national & international opportunities via the S&L phase 3 website.

What happens next?

• Don’t burden people with too many events! 
• Check out our webpage for further ideas – www.bccnet.org.uk/phase3
• Keep plugging the vision – promoting events well beforehand & writing them up afterwards in church publications.
• Keep in touch with other Phase 3 groups across S&L.