When I first started teaching, I was required to be a “mentor.” It was an interesting concept and they had clearly thought through some things.
But… it was a miserable failure.
Today we’re finishing up a 3-part series about setting goals for our ministries in 2014. If you haven’t been following along, be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 first.
So, you’ve been sitting with your list of goals for 2014 for the last 24 hours. A couple of things I want to point out:
his week, we’re talking about setting annual goals.
If you are still with me from our conversation on Tuesday… keep reading. If you missed it, read this first.
Now, if you’ve already acted on what we talked about on Tuesday, you should now be looking at a long list of things that need to be done in the next year.
Now ask yourself this BIG question. And answer honestly…
REALISTICALLY, with my normal workload, all of the unforeseen challenges over the next year, and the limited resources that we have, can we do all of this?
Alright folks, we’re about to go granular and tackle some leadership and organizational issues.
Last week I talked about getting your socks to match – how to “automate” the tasks that annoy you, so you can get more done.
Because I can’t stand the thought of us getting too far into 2014 without thinking through our yearly goals.
Student Ministry meet together to make sure everyone is still pulling in the same directions. And every once in a while, the world’s scariest fish bowl comes out during those meetings.
It’s what happens when someone asks you a tricky question… and you know they’re waiting for your response. In this bowl are a list of the hard questions you get asked by Small Group Leaders or parents. They are the questions that have no hard or fast answers. Things like…