The Six-Week Launch

Six meals that turn three friends into a C3.

Each gathering is ninety minutes. Each one has food, whether around a table or across a screen. Each one ends with one clear next step.

What a gathering looks like

About 90 minutes. Always food. Always one next step.

In a home

  1. 1Set a fourth place, left empty
  2. 2Eat together; no agenda at first
  3. 3Say the empty-chair line aloud
  4. 4Share story, gifts, or a passage
  5. 5Pray for the fourth by name
  6. 6Choose one next step with the fourth
  7. 7Set the next date

In a café

  1. 1Same spot, same day each week
  2. 2Choose a table with a spare seat
  3. 3Put the fourth’s name on a card there
  4. 4Order and share food
  5. 5Share story or gifts, quietly
  6. 6Pray briefly for the fourth
  7. 7Agree on a next step and date

Online

  1. 1Open a dedicated group thread
  2. 2Put the fourth’s name at the top
  3. 3Show up daily: a prayer or encouragement
  4. 4Weekly video call; eat together
  5. 5Speak the fourth’s name aloud
  6. 6Share, read, and pray together
  7. 7Reply within 24 hours

Week 1

Table and Testimony

Jesus revealed at the table. Luke 24:13–35

Eat together for thirty minutes, with no agenda and no curriculum. Cook together or order in. Then each person shares a fifteen-minute version of their story: how did Jesus find you? No fixing. No advising. Just listening.

Close in prayer

Lord, thank you for writing our stories. Knit us as friends.

Before next week

Send one encouragement to each of the other two before you meet again.

Week 6

The C3 Covenant

  1. We will attend consistently.Presence is a form of love. Hebrews 10:25
  2. We will tell the truth with grace, quickly.When hurt happens, we speak it within twenty-four hours. Ephesians 4:25
  3. We will lead by gift and follow by trust.We name what we see in one another. 1 Corinthians 12:21
  4. We will keep our table open.We exist in part for someone not yet here. Luke 14:23
  5. We will multiply when God says.We release what we have built. 2 Timothy 2:2
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After week six

There is no course to finish. The three of you keep meeting every week: a meal, a passage of Scripture, prayer for your fourth by name, and the covenant held between you. When your fourth is ready, the conversation about multiplying begins.

Two natural ways to multiply

Not a split. A multiplication. There is no single prescribed way, but after walking with a fourth for twelve to eighteen months, these two are the most natural.

The original threeA new C3
The threeThe fourthNew friendsEmpty chair
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