Vision Sunday - Dream Church | Church in Columbia, SC

21 Days of Prayer

Beginning June 1st, Dream Church is entering into 21 days of prayer. We are specifically praying for the following:

Renewed passion for discipleship in our people.
God to reveal my next step "in" at Dream.
God to draw families to Dream to experience the good news of Jesus.
Financial provision for our budget and building (including a church of consistent obedience with tithes and offerings).
The right building be revealed to us and doors opened.

Discipleship Pathway

We want everyone at Dream to be intentionally formed in the love of Jesus and the ways of his kingdom. Therefore we have established a clear discipleship pathway so everyone knows where they are going in their participation at Dream and in their work with Christ. That pathway is:

Belong

This is where you take an initial step to belong in the community, be an active participant in God's work in our church family, and begin the process of deeper discipleship. This primarily takes place through Midweek gatherings and Sunday services.

Grow

Once you belong, the next step in our discipleship pathway is to grow, specifically through a new ministry called Shepherd's Way. This new ministry is modeled after catechumenate, a period of preparation for individuals seeking to join the Christian faith through baptism. The purpose of this phase is for you to move from participation to formation. For more information on Shepherd's Way, see below.

Lead

After going through the growth stage, the next step is for you to pour out into someone else. Rather than 'one or two cups' pouring into our church, 'many cups' are pouring into our church. Everyone is poured into more intentionally, meaning greater communal formation for our church.

Multiply

Finally, what the Lord has done in you multiplies into other leaders who are multiplying disciples. At this point, Dream will see its most significant expression of ministry. The more of our family we can shepherd through to multiplicaion, the more we can transform our lives and city for the kingdom of God.

Shepherd's Way

( Launching in August )

Shepherd's Way is a new ministry led by our pastor, Joshua Brown. It is modeled after the catechumenate, which traditionally is a period of preparation for individuals seeking to join the Christian faith through baptism. Before joining the Church, individuals would be trained in living a spiritual life, knowing their faith tradition and the basics of Christian belief. For Dream, Shepherd's Way will be a place for those ready to grow into fully mature disciples of Christ to become all the Lord has called them to become.

Shepherd's Way will meet once a month for a year. In this group, you can expect the following:

Read through Abba's Child by Brennan Manning together.
Develop a detailed Rule of Life and support in living it out.
Learn what it means to be a faithful disciple in your marriage, family life, singleness, vocation, calling, etc.
Learn and practice spiritual disciplines.
Consistent Bible discussion- not on a level that is so deep you can't understand it, but on a common level so that you can live it. Most of these discussions will lean on Eugene Peterson's The Message Bible.
A 2-3 day retreat where we will be with the Lord and solidify what he has done in us.

This is the most important and intentional ministry we've ever done at Dream. We encourage everyone ready to take a step beyond belonging to sign up for Shepherd's Way! Click the button below and in the message field, type "Shepherd's Way".

The One Evangelism

One of the things you will hear us talking about frequently is, "Who is your one?" We believe the good news is for all, but at Dream, we don't believe in compromising formation for reach. It is possible to reach the world and have a deeply formed church. We do that through evangelism (as it was always meant to be). You have one person-family member, coworking, friend, etc.-to pray over consistently and bring to church to experience the good news lived out within the community. Our reach will be based on prayer, relationship, and intentionality. Ask the Lord, "Who is my one?"

Building Project

We believe it is time for us to move into a permanent facility. We want to do so smartly and full of faith. Therefore, our elders have agreed to set a goal of praying and believing for $50,000 given to Dream above our general budget for 2025. That means from June 1 - December 31, we are asking people to pray about how they can hep us meet this goal. Here are some ways you can help us and be a part of answering this prayer:

Determine to give the full tithe (10% of pretax income) consistently (every paycheck) If everyone who calls Dream Church home consistently tithed the basic 10%, we could almost meet our goal.
Once you are committed to the tithe, pray to see if the Lord is calling you to a higher action of faith by going above and beyond the tithe. This could involve one-time gifts or determining to tithe more than 10% consistently.
Finally, we know some people are incredibly blessed by the Lord financially. The Lord has blessed you to be a blessing, and you are ready to take a step to cover a large chunk (or all) of this goal. Pray and ask boldly, "Lord, what are you asking me to give to see the kingdom spread in ways our generation has never seen by helping my church family find a permanent home?"

Malachi 3:10b NIRV: "'Test me this way,' says the Lord. 'Then you will see that I will throw open the windows of heaven. I will pour out so many blessings that you will not have enough room to store them.'"