DMC Oikos Ministry

Leadership Manual 2011

“To build a spiritual family of worship, fellowship and mission”

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Thank you...
I want to take this opportunity to thank each of you for taking up the call of
leading various ministries within our community. As a department, we have never
had a formal servant/leadership team. Therefore, I am very excited that we have
been able to put a team together in 2011. It is my prayer that we will not just work to
get things done but that we will do it with the right heart. What is more, I pray that
as a team, we will become an example of how Christian leaders are to serve and work
together as a team.
Being the first leadership manual, much of this manual will be about laying out
the vision for our ministry and the kind of ministry team we want to create. Perhaps
future manuals can deal more with the skills of being a Christian leader.
May the Lord give us the wisdom and strength we need to serve His people
who are in our community.

Daniel So
December 28, 2011

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Ministry Vision for 2011
Our ministry vision for 2011 is two-fold.
First, we want to try to establish and nurture our community vision. I suppose
there are many reasons why our ministry has stayed stagnant in the past couple of
years or so. However, the greatest reason I believe is a lack of vision. Having been
in this church for about 4 months, one thing I have noticed is that while our leaders
and the rest of our church genuinely want what’s best for our ministry, they do not
necessarily have a clear vision for our ministry. Who are we? What is the purpose of
our existence? Where do we need to go? What do we need to do in order to get
there? Unfortunately, such questions have not been asked in our church. So I
believe this is where we as a leadership team need to begin and first ask these
questions to ourselves. Once we formulate answers, we then need to educate those
in our community along with the rest of our church.
Second, we want to try to put our ministry on the map. It is no secret that
DMC is not known for its EM in the Korean church community. What is
surprising, however, is that even some within our own church do not know that we
have an adult EM. Many within our church who in another church context would be
in the EM do not come to our ministry. If this is a result of their own choice and
calling to be in a KM department, we bless them. However, if there are some who
choose another department because we have not been a viable option for them, we
want to help change that situation.

Ministry Plan for 2011

What then can we do to work towards achieving our vision for 2011? How can
we instill a vision for our community in the members of our community and put us
on the map within our church and also the rest of our Korean church community in
Vancouver? I believe the key for us is to simply focus on doing what a church should
do, to the best of our ability--to give God our best in worship (“upreach”), to share
true Christian fellowship with one another (“in reach”) and to reach out (“outreach”)
to those around us who are in need.

Ministry Areas for 2011

The ministry areas are established with the three tasks of church in mind
(upreach, inreach and outreach). There could be more ministry areas than those that

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are mentioned below. With that said, we will begin with areas where we have more
immediate needs.
Leaders:

o Daniel So (Pastor & Sunday Ministry)

o Diane So (Prayer Ministry)

o Samuel Lee (Oikos Deacon)

o Jason KH Lee (Praise and Worship Ministry)

o Jimmy K Lee (Multimedia Ministry)

o Hannah Lee (Care Ministry)

o Jason HS Lee (Outreach Ministry)

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Sunday Service Ministry (Daniel So)
Mission Statement:
“This ministry exists to carry out tasks involved in making our Sunday service
glorifying to God and uplifting for the congregation.”

Goal for 2011:

• To lay the foundational pieces for our Sunday service.

Plans for 2011:

• To make sure that our Sunday service starts on time (12:00 pm)

• To decorate our room to create a better sense of worship (welcome sign,

banner, music 5-10 minutes before 12:00 pm)

• To design and print out English offering envelops.

• To encourage more participation from the congregation during service

(offering collection, prayer, discussion/Q&A)

• To encourage a time of fellowship after service

• To make use of multimedia during service (video recording, video

presentation…)

• To encourage and provide feedback to the worship team

• To create an environment where visitors and newcomers feel welcomed

Prayer Ministry (Diane So)

Mission Statement
‐ Help develop individual as well as corporate prayer life of church members

Goals for 2011

‐ Provide opportunities to experience communal prayer
‐ Build prayer partnerships between members
‐ Pray for needs of members and Oikos ministry as a whole

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 ‐ Incorporate intercessory prayer requests beyond our immediate concern as
need arise or connections to our members are made
‐ Explore different types/purposes of prayer

Plans for 2011

‐ Morning prayer
‐ Lessons on prayer in small group study
‐ Introduce use of prayer list and schedule to members
‐ Form prayer partnerships
‐ Create prayer request forms and maintain prayer list
‐ Organize a church fast (food, entertainment, media etc)
‐ Concert of prayer: event centered on prayer (message, praise); guided time of
joint prayer
‐ Partake in KM intercession

Praise and Worship Ministry (Jason KH Lee)

Leader: Jason KH Lee
Team members: Cassidy Lim (leader in training), Kristie Cha, Catherine Cho
“If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshiped.”
– Evelyn Underhill

Mission Statement:

To use the gift of music and praise to do best at what we believe we were created to
do:

“Worship” (give worth to) our God: the only One Whom our highest praise is due.

Goals for 2011:

One, to draw closer to God as individual members and leader(s).

Two, to help draw the congregation closer to God through praise and worship.
Three, to improve in all areas of worship: spiritual, technical, leadership, etc…

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Four, repeat 1, 2 and 3 as many times as possible in 2011.

Plans for 2011:

To draw closer to God, we must:

• Read and know the Word more.

• Prepare more – not only on practice days but preparing our hearts throughout
the week.
• Pray more – for ourselves and through intercessory.

To be better leaders for the congregation, we must:

• Do and continue the points listed above.
• Show that worship is a lifestyle – not just what we do on Sundays.
• Be on our knees at all times so that it is not I but He Who is lifted high –
showing that being a worship leader or a team member isn’t the pinnacle of
offering best worship.

To be more professional, we must:

• Practice more both together and on our own.

• Know the music and lyrics more by memory.
• Practice praying while keeping on topic.
• Be sensitive to the movement of the spirit during worship.
• Recruit members who have the heart of worship and the spirit that would
positively affect both the team and the congregation.
• Be accountable for each other.
• Always remember why we’re doing this: for the glory of God.
• Attend workshops and/or engage in technical material

Multimedia and Design Ministry (Jimmy K Lee & Jason KH Lee)

Written by: Jimmy K. Lee

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 First, I am deeply honoured and humbled to be in a leadership position for
Oikos Ministry. Even-though I do not have the experience or the skill set in this
field I will do my best to coordinate/manage and help to achieve the goals we set.

As this department is called Multimedia, I think it is necessary to include the

word “Design”. With today’s technology advancing rapidly it is going to be through
multimedia that we will convey our image and impression to the world. Therefore, in
order to set a professional image and a positive impression, good designs will be
instrumental in fulfilling this need.

When it comes to multimedia the options are endless but with a ministry of
endless possibilities it is quite important to build upon a good foundation. That way
whatever we build on top thereafter will also be sound. Because we are just starting
off, 2011 is going to be a important and a busy year for us so I hope to progress right
away.

Mission Statement:

“Aspiring for the fullness of worship by employing today’s technology”

Goal for 2011:

‘To develop a corporate brand for Oikos ministry

Plans for 2011:

1. Create a welcome banner for the worship room.*

2. Photograph every event/meeting.
a. Upload on facebook and archive all photos.
3. Create a facebook page/announcement page.
a. Continue to monitor the page and update as needed.
4. Design a logo for Oikos Ministry.
a. Use logo in all design, templates, etc...
5. Design PowerPoint template* and special templates for special occasions.
E.g.: New Years, Easter, Retreats, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc… Use of logo
is a bonus.

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 6. Produce video presentations. (E.g.: End of Year slide shows, Grade 12
promos, etc…)
7. Video/audio record sermons and upload on facebook.**
8. Design business cards for Pastor Daniel and a shell for generic use. Logo
Required.
9. Design welcome card/personal info card for Hannah to use when new comers
arrive.
10. Design Sunday service (order of worship & announcements) pamphlet.***
11. Design and print t-shirts and/or other apparels and/or stationeries.*** (can be
used for fundraising)
12. Design letterhead, envelopes, etc…*** Logo required.

* re-create each year.

**as soon as equipment and software is available.
***not needed immediately or not mandatory

Care Ministry (Hannah Chung)

Leader: Hannah Chung

Mission Statement:

“Be a ministry that provides care and concern for the members of our community.”

Goals of 2011:

1. To have new-comers come back because they feel welcome on their visit.
2. For existing Oikos members to feel more cared for.

Plans for 2011:

‐ Attending to birthdays (have card signed by Oikos ministry)
‐ Hand out welcome cards and information(fill-in) cards to new-comers
‐ Follow-up phone calls (new-comers and members who have been sick/absent.)
‐ Make opportunities for those who may have similar interests and new-comers
to meet outside of Sunday service for fellowship.

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 ‐ Ask for and have prayer requests presented to prayer ministry and prayed for
together.

Outreach Ministry (Jason Lee)

Mission Statement:

“To restore and bring light to the broken and the lost for His kingdom.”

Goals for 2011:

- To start reaching out to the fallen members of Disciple Methodist Church (DMC)
who have left the English ministry.
- Gain some exposure of doing outreach ministry through active participation in the
community.

Plans for 2011:

- Create partnerships with various agencies and organizations for readily accessible
outreach centres.
- Conduct summer weekly outreach
- Christmas outreach
- With the Multimedia and Care Ministry, make contact with fallen members of
DMC and creatively allow them to explore Oikos Ministry.

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Ministry Ethos
Relationship as a foundation for Ministry
At the center of everything, I believe that there is relationship. When we come
to the account of Genesis we read, “In the beginning, God…” (Genesis 1:1).
Throughout the rest of God’s revelation in the Bible, we learn that this is a God who
exists in the Trinity. In other words, the God we serve is a God who lives in
diversity within perfect unity, in a perfect Trinitarian relationship. And as we read
further into the creation account, we see that it was out of this Trinitarian
relationship that God forms everything. In fact, in the story of man’s creation, God
says, “Let us create man in our image” (1: 26). So relationship is at the core of who
God is.
The rest of the Canon story may be interpreted as a story of this same
Trinitarian God extending Himself to human beings, thus bringing His creatures
into the ongoing fellowship within Himself. This is why Apostle Paul in 2
Corinthians writes, “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through
Christ” (5:18). Reading further in this verse, it is clear that in addition to reconciling
us to Himself, He has given us a call to be agents of this same reconciliation as well.
However, growing up in a Korean church context, I have observed that we have
not always done a good job in carrying out this mission. Indeed, as people of 1.5 and
2 generation Korean Christians in Canada, our memory of church is often filled
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with infighting, division and even church-splits. As a result, God put it strongly on
my heart to treat relationship very seriously. In fact, it is my hope that all the
ministries that we do as a team will stem from, and flow out of relationship that we
have not only with God but also with one another.

Team Ministry
Looking at our God of the Trinity, we see that the Father, the Son and the
Holy Spirit work together in perfect unity in accomplishing the work of salvation.
The three are completely equal but each has a different role to play. It is my desire
that as a team of leaders, we would model our approach to ministry after our
Trinitarian God. Not one of us is better than the other; the pastor is not higher
than any of the other leaders. We are all equal before God. Each of us simply plays a
different role, all for the sole purpose of building God’s church.
I also support team ministry because it is practical. It is impossible for one

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pastor to carry on the church’s mission all by him or herself. What is more, working
in a team moves us beyond our own blind spots. It also keeps individual pride from
creeping into our midst because we are doing it all together. It also keeps us strong
as we can provide physical, emotional and spiritual support to one another. By
creating a circle of leadership with Christ as our center, we keep our enemy from
breaking in.

Leaders’ Meeting
I find that sometimes we meet so much that all our time is spent on
doing…meetings! To prevent that from happening, I will try to correspond with
each leader and assist her or him individually as the needs arise. With that said, it
will still be good for us to meet together time to time. So I would like to call for a
leadership meeting once every two months. I hope that you can make time to join us
for every meeting since we will not be meeting all that frequently throughout the
year.

In Conclusion…
Well friends, there you have it, our first ever leadership team manual! Thanks
for reading through it. I am so blessed to be serving our community with such a
wonderful group of dedicated and God-loving servants. May our Awesome Lord be
truly glorified as we bring our hearts, minds and hands in serving Him together in
2011.

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