Inside SouthBrook

Here are the notes from Mike’s Facilitate session on Sunday, November 16th. Check these out for ideas & resources that will help you encourage people to learn and grow spiritually!

SouthBrook is currently recruiting a Director of Communications. Job responsibilities include:

• Directing and managing SouthBrook’s communications including publications, Web site, Internet, press releases, media contacts, etc.
• Proactively creating and managing integrated marketing plans and procedures to effectively communicate SouthBrook’s mission/vision to target audiences.
• Working in conjunction with staff and ministry leaders to develop/implement plans to support their areas of ministry and special projects.
• Overseeing writing and production of all communications vehicles.
• Building and managing teams of volunteers/staff.
• Selecting and reviewing suppliers to accomplish objectives within budget.
• Serving as a member of SouthBrook’s Management Team.

Candidate should have a minimum of five years of marketing/communications management; BS degree in related field preferred. Solid ability to work well with others, magnetic personality, easily connects with people. Strong character, committment as a Christ-follower. Calling to serve the local church. Demonstrated leadership skills/ability to build strong teams. Internet savvy, embraces technology to utilize for maximum effectiveness.

Contact Fred Brooks, Executive Pastor, by email or call 937.435.9966 ext. 120

Here is this weekend’s message. Charlie talked about the spiritual benefits of tithing and fasting. If you’d prefer to listen to the message, you can download the audio file, listen to the podcast or pick up a CD from the bookstore ($4).

Title: Consumed…By Less

We’ve also put some questions together to further your thinking about the message. For those of you in community groups, they’re also good discussion starters.

72 men turned out at the last Men’s 3rd Saturday Breakfast to hear Charlie speak about the battle men face everyday and their critical role in spiritually protecting themselves and their families. 

Every “3rd Saturday”, we meet at Champp’s to hear Charlie or one of the SouthBrook staff give us a “locker room” talk to recharge, encourage, challenge and prepare us for the days ahead.  Join us for our next breakfast (Saturday, December 20th 7-8:30 am) to hear Frank Crockett ask “Are you a Joy Creator or Joy Stealer”!  RSVP with Jeff Crews at jvcrews@woh.rr.com by December 17th. (Jeff will collect $10 per person at the door). 

If you’re the kind of person who says, “Tell me where I can be the most help,” then check out our November volunteer opportunities. If you’re ready to get involved and help serve SouthBrook’s mission to help people who struggle with faith live like Jesus Christ forever, or if you’d like more information about a particular opportunity, email us.

Sowing Ministry

This behind-the-scenes team helps put the weekend messages in the hands of people who haven’t yet discovered SouthBrook. Help oversee recording of the weekend sermon and manage the duplication and distribution of the CDs. Training is provided. 1-2 hours / week (very flexible scheduling).

Guest Services Weekend Host

Help SouthBrook welcome our weekend guests. Greet people as they enter, help with seating and maintain refreshments. Teams serve on a 3 months on / 3 months off rotation. We’ll work around your schedule as needed. Current openings on the 5:30 p.m. and 11:15 a.m. teams. 2 hours / weekend or sub on an as needed basis.

Harvestland Fit4Kids

Welcome our visiting families to Harvestland, oversee check-in procedures and manage attendance tracking. Current openings on the 5:30 p.m. and 11:15 a.m. services. 1 service / month.

Harvestland Tech Support

Coordinate audio/visual requirements for the weekend service. We’ll provide training. A tolerance for fun is required. Time commitment varies based on your availability.

High School Epic Small Group Leader

Develop relationships and facilitate discussions wth a group of five to seven high school students. Pray for your small group during the week and spend time with them outside of Epic a couple of times a month (i.e., have the kids over for dinner, serve somewhere together, call them, etc.) 2-3 hours / week.

Harvestland Classroom Team

Hang out with the elementary kids, help them feel welcome, interact with them before and after “the show,” and help reinforce our monthly virtue during the Saturday 5:30 p.m. service. Or, get in touch with your inner child and play and care for our two and three-year olds. Time commitment is once a month or tell us what works for you.

Community Group Connector

Help people who have expressed a desire to be in a community group get connected. Includes communicating via phone and/or email. 1 hour / week. Set your own schedule.

Stage Manager

Oversee the action onstage during weekend services. No experience necessary. Training will be provided. Time commitment is one weekend / month, for all three services or based upon your availability.

This past weekend Charlie talked about our consumer mindsets and challenged us to become people who are consumed with Christ, rather than our material possessions.

If you’d prefer to listen to the message, you can download the audio file, listen to the podcast or pickup a CD in the bookstore ($4).

Title: Consumed…By Something

We’ve put together some questions for those of you in community groups or if you’d like to consider this weekend’s message in your personal study time.

As part of our “Consumed” message series, we’re challenging “Brookers to think about their relationship with their finances. Are you someone who constantly worries about money? Are you always thinking about that next purchase? Does your happiness stem from what you own?

The fact is, the best way to weather tough financial times to live a life of generosity. During this series, we want you to take a first step toward trusting your finances to God. We’re putting forth three challenges that we hope you and your family will take us up on.

At the end of this post is a place to write your comments. Let us know how your family is doing with the three challenges.

Limit Consumption Challenge

We’ve come up with 30 different suggestions for saving money. As a family, put two or three or five into practice, whatever you think you can make happen. On the weekend of November 23-24, bring in Krogers gift cards (in $25 increments, please) equal to the amount your family saved. The cards will be donated to Good Neighbor House, the Life Enrichment Center, Gospel Mission and the Springboro Community Assistance Center.

Five Day Solidarity Challenge

Half the world lives on $2 a day. Their usual meal is 3/4 ounce (That’s about the size of a small chicken nugget) of oats, rice, beans and vegetables. Meat and fruit are a luxury. The week of November 17-21, in a show of solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the world living in poverty, commit to eating one of the following meal options at least once per day. (Please check with your doctor before participating in this challenge.)

• Plain oatmeal or Cream of Wheat
• A tortilla, rice and beans
• Rice with a small portion of fish or chicken or vegetables.

Use the money you save on groceries that week to purchase Kroger gift cards ($25 increments, please) and bring them with you the weekend of Nov. 23-24. They’ll be donated to the same four organizations previously mentioned.

Bag Hunger

Around the world 40,000 children die every day from malnutrition, starvation and hunger related diseases. The weekend of Nov. 22-23, we’re partnering with Kids Against Hunger to package 200,000 food packets that will be sent to Swaiziland, Africa, and distributed to AIDs orphans and other vulnerable children who spend their days in Carepoints. Carepoints are safe havens where the kids are fed, educated and allowed to be kids.

We need 750 volunteers and already 400 ‘Brookers have signed up. The signup boards for the four packaging sessions are in the atrium. Do your part to Bag Hunger!

Charlie will be our keynote speaker at the next Men’s “3rd Saturday” Breakfast on November 15th from 7 - 8:30 am at Champp’s!  Enjoy a great breakfast buffet and an inspiring topic.  Because we expect a large turnout, the RSVP deadline has been extened to Thursday, November 13th … please RSVP with Jeff Crews at jvcrews@woh.rr.com . (Jeff will collect $10 at the door).  Let’s have a great showing for Charlie!!!

Champps is located at 7880 Washington Village Dr (just north of Rt 725, between Yankee & Lyons), Centerville, OH 45459. See you there!

This past weekend, Laura Buffington talked about the dangers of living lives of boredom and steps to overcome it. If you’d prefer to listen to the message, you can download the audio file, listen to the podcast or pick up a CD in the bookstore ($4).

Title: The Boring Weekend

We’ve put together a few questions to help you apply this weekend’s message to your everyday, non-boring life.

This past weekend we talked about communion, it’s purpose (to remember Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross) and the importance of sacred moments.

If you’d prefer to listen to the message, you can download the audio file, listen to the podcast or pickup a CD in the bookstore.

Title: Scary Jesus: Drinking Blood

We’ve put together a few questions to help you think further about what you learned.