INTRODUCING PATHWAYS:
GROWING AS EVERYDAY MISSIONARIES
The Cliff Temple Spiritual Plan for 2026-2031
Following Jesus is more than showing up to church or learning by osmosis. In 2026, we’re introducing Pathways, our unified spiritual plan. Through safe, modest experiments designed for the development of our people, places, and processes; we’ll grow together as those who show how Jesus loves us and loves the world through us. The question that guides us is this: How might we create pathways from stagnant or over-busy lives to the joy of the Jesus-led life? Over the next six years, every project and ministry area at Cliff Temple will consider this question so we're all walking along the same path of discovery. Every experiment is based on the ideas shared through our 2025 listening sessions and all-church survey. We're not changing our mission; we're clarifying our method around Pathways as everyday missionaries who Listen, Share, Belong, Serve, and Abide.
PATHWAYS EXPERIMENTS
Listening in Worship
No registration required! Over the year, we’ll create space during worship for quiet listening, guided prayer, moments of silent prayer, and testimonies to help make hearing God’s voice a normal part of our life together.
LISTENING WALKS
A quarterly walk or hike with Scripture at Cedar Hill State Park, local parks, or neighborhoods to show that listening can happen “as we go.”
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP
A bi-weekly small group to explore listening prayer, testimony, Scripture, and mission.
Want to share a meal with an intergenerational group? We’re creating space for kids, youth, and adults to connect their personal stories to God’s big story. The same groups will meet four times during the year to share memories and stories as a way of learning to share their faith. Launch date: Sunday, February 22.
Designed to help us meet new people, create space for lingering and gather with others for lunch on Sunday.
Can’t make it to Mission Oak Cliff during the workday? No problem. We’re opening the doors for volunteers on Wednesdays from 6:00-7:00 p.m. during Midweek Reset, January 14-March 18.
Want to help discern the best ways to serve area apartment communities? This experiment will help us know our neighbors and better assess the needs around us.
January 7, February 18 (Ash Wednesday), and March 25. Let us know if you’re interested in giving a testimony or helping lead worship.
A prayer experience designed to help you become more fully human, up toward God, in toward one another, and out toward the world around us. Wednesday nights 6:00-7:00 during Midweek Reset.