CSC Toolbox

What causes people to grow spiritually?  Churches are starting to learn that attendance at church events by itself does not necessarily help people grow spiritually, and that instead, people seem to grow significantly when they have taken personal responsibility for their own spiritual growth.  At CSC, we are passionate about helping one another pursue God, relationship, mission, generosity and simplicity, and our weekend services and church ministries reflect this.  However, if we are really going to take off in terms of our spiritual growth and maturity and impact our communities for Christ as a result, we need to take responsibility for our own spiritual growth and seek out resources that will help us grow in the areas God is leading us to pursue.

The problem is that there are so many resources. How is a person to know where to start, and which ones are any good?  The CSC Toolbox is being designed for just that purpose – to give people a starting point for spiritual growth in the key areas of life.  The Toolbox is a collection of resources that focus on the following areas:

• Knowing and experiencing God
• Knowing and developing yourself
• Building relationships
• Serving
• Leading

Each of these five categories will have various topics under them, and each topic will have a document that describes several tools that will help you grow in that topic.  Our goal is that everyone will be able to connect with at least one of the tools provided, and that is why the tools reflect a variety of levels of difficulty, a variety of lengths (how long it takes to complete the tool), and a variety of learning styles.

It is very important that the resources or “tools” provided here are not simply learned in isolation, but in conversation with 2-3 others, or perhaps with your small group or family.  As you prepare to begin investigating these tools, make sure you read this brief Welcome to the CSC Toolbox  to understand how to use it effectively.