Mission Insite Lesson Informational Outline 1/23/16 Rev. Jim Penuel
[email protected] Opening Devotional Reading: Acts 1:6-11: We have been called by God to be “witnesses” in Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the Earth. What is our “Judea”, what is our “Samaria”, what are the “ends of the Earth?” How do we know and understand the community that we are called to serve?
Mission Insite is a tool that we use to understand the communities that we are called to serve. It gives us demographic information that is useful in targeting our mission and ministries toward the needs of the population of our community. How to register your church to use Mission Insite: 1. Open your browser: Go to Missioninsite.com 2. Hover over Client Center in the top right corner. Click Registration. Since we have the agency account number, click REGISTER. 3. Enter our Agency Account Number: Dfh81. Click the “Submit” button. 4. Complete the Registration Information 5. Create your own User Name and Password Check your email 6. Enter your Password and activation Code Login The Different Kinds of Reports Provided By Our Conference: – Quick Insite: Colorful 11 page report including the New MOSAIC lifestyle types as well as current year estimates, five year projections and ten year forecasts of selected population and household characteristics. - Full Insite: A comprehensive demographic profile of a study area with over 30 pages of population, household, family household, and housing data. Integrates table data, graphs and analytical text. - ExecutiveInsite is unique as a data report because it reads like a narrative story accompanied by graphs and tables. It is built around “12 Insites” into a community or areas of study. It falls between QuickInsite and FullInsite. - The Impressions report provides an ‘impression’ of an area’s character including its likely overall mood and values and general community inclinations across a set of 20 polarities. How to Generate and Download These Reports:
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Go to Missioninsite.com Hover over “Client Center” tab on the top-right of the screen Click Login Enter username and password from previous steps for setup Click Tools at the top right corner Click Report Wizard Decide what kind of report you want to create (Radius, Polygon (Draw a shape of the section of the community you want to create a report for), Geographic List (Specify what state, county, zip codes you want reports for). 8. Type in required information (Address, zip codes, etc.) 9. Confirm desired location request 10. Click which reports you would like generated, click “Get reports” 11. Download reports after they have loaded by clicking the link provided for each one. What is the purpose of these reports:
Helps a congregation understand demographic/ population trends of the community. Gives information about religious affinities of their community. Information about level of educational attainment. Information about the make up of the average family in the community (dual parent homes, single parent homes, etc.) Information about the mindset of the people in the community. Most importantly: congregations can take this information and form ministries and mission based upon this information. For example: if it is noticed that there is a significant amount of single parent families in your community, what might your church do to minister to that population? How might you connect with these single parent families to know their needs and wants from a congregation?
