Alpha Team

Last Updated on November 2, 2024 by Rocklyn Clarke

Life Church Alpha Team

The Life Church Alpha Team is responsible for running our Alpha Classes. We expect the Alpha Team to comprise 3 – 4 people.

So far, Life Church has done Alpha classes in collaboration with Awaken City Church. We also expect to offer some Alpha classes on our own. This page provides guidance to team members in managing joint or solo Alpha classes.

Alpha Setup Steps

1. Make a commitment to lead!
   • Serving on the Alpha Team requires much more than just showing up for Alpha Class!
   • Your goal should be to completely free the pastoral staff from responsibility for the meetings.
   • The buck stops with you!
   • Sam Chand: The 4 Levels of People You Need to Understand – YouTube (00:03:18)
2. Review this list and update as needed.
   This is a very important step! No list is perfect and all programs change. It is critical for the team to make sure that they understand any changes that need to be made to our Alpha process.
3. Explore materials at Alpha New England website.
4. Get schedule from website and participate in Run Alpha Training and/or Run Alpha Team Training Day offered by Boston City-Wide Alpha.
5. Determine if we will offer Alpha independently or in partnership as a joint Alpha class.
6. Decide location
7. Set time and date to begin
8. Explore Alpha Resource Documents and follow the Detailed Alpha Planning Checklist to create and advertise class beginning three months in advance.
9. Work with Alpha New England to advertise class, get flyers and postcards.
10. Regularly collect feedback so that we can continually improve our Alpha classes.

Video Introduction to Alpha

We’ve put together a YouTube list of videos that will help you understand what Alpha is all about. Check them out:

Life Church Alpha Introduction YouTube List