SMILE Teams
We believe that Jesus gives gifts to everyone who follows him for the building up of his body. By the Sprit of Christ, the body of Christ is gifted to be apostolic, prophetic, evangelistic, pastoral, and able to teach (Ephesians 4:11-16). But we also believe that these gifts need to be lived out practically in order to be effective. Even as Jesus is the incarnation of the God no one can see (Colossians 1:15), it is the responsibility of his body to put flesh and blood on the gifts of the Spirit, to make them real in our century, our culture, our relationships.
For that reason, we combine gifts from Ephesians 4 with faith practices that reflect our understanding of our culture to create teams that lead The Well. The faith practices come from the life of Jesus and spell the word SMILE. The teams meet monthly, draw their members from each expression of The Well, and each have their own activities and events to serve the body of Christ and advance his kingdom.
S-team: Serve others as Jesus has served us
It’s about Jesus making all things new (gift: prophecy)
M-team: Make friends and invite people into community
It’s about friends coming to faith in Jesus (gift: evangelism)
I-team: Identify needs and share resources
It’s about church as caring community (gift: shepherding)
L-team: Look for and develop gifts in each other
It’s about developing people to their full potential (gift: apostleship)
E-team: Exalt Jesus as Lord, daily and in community
It’s about a passion to live like Jesus (gift: teaching)
