Taking a look at the church of Christ from a different perspective.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Organization
I'm trying to get more organized. I'm putting a white board up in my office to write to do items and not to do items on. I would love suggestions. How do you get/stay organized?
i organized my ministry under 5 headings: worship, fellowship, benevolence, edification, and evangelism. Then i decided what my current group's strengths and weaknesses were. i tried to make specific goals for each area (giving more and stronger goals to our weak areas) and then brainstormed ways to achieve those goals (programs, events, teaching-topics, etc.). i also always tried to envision in specific, measurable terms what i thought my group would look like ideally. i treated those measurable terms as goals too. and delegate! organizing fellowship events wasn't my personal strength; so i found someone who was good at it and shared my goals with them.
What i wish i would've done is better organized my own practice of the spiritual disciplines while i was in ministry. Never underestimate the ability of the depth and regularity of your own spiritual habits to invigorate your ministry.
i organized my ministry under 5 headings: worship, fellowship, benevolence, edification, and evangelism. Then i decided what my current group's strengths and weaknesses were. i tried to make specific goals for each area (giving more and stronger goals to our weak areas) and then brainstormed ways to achieve those goals (programs, events, teaching-topics, etc.). i also always tried to envision in specific, measurable terms what i thought my group would look like ideally. i treated those measurable terms as goals too. and delegate! organizing fellowship events wasn't my personal strength; so i found someone who was good at it and shared my goals with them.
ReplyDeleteWhat i wish i would've done is better organized my own practice of the spiritual disciplines while i was in ministry. Never underestimate the ability of the depth and regularity of your own spiritual habits to invigorate your ministry.
definitely get a moleskine and then maybe someone cool will pimp it out for you with pics of your crush in it...... :)
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