Leaders and volunteers often struggle to find the time to connect with God while tackling work, family, and their volunteer service. I understand, as I’ve struggled with this from time-to-time as well. Let’s understand what true fellowship with God looks like and how we can focus our time to develop this fellowship.
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Before a project can begin, we must define it. The 5 things that help define a project include:
A single goal or purpose
At least one champion whose is responsible for seeing the project through from inception …
There has been a lot of talk recently regarding all of the new generation of “simple applications.†Recently, Brian Glass posted about User Interfaces. He names 4 different tools he uses: in-house terminal based applications, …
Tony Morgan had a great post a few days ago called Drive the Car, where he challenged leaders to allow their team members to step up. Preach it Tony! Far too often, I’ve seen ministry …
In this first installment in a new series on project management, I want to start out by defining what I view as a project:
A project is any planned undertaking that is non-trivial, usually requiring approval …
The last few weeks have been quite busy, so the posts have been sparse – my apologies. I am gearing up for some great posts soon regarding church and ministry project management, so stay tuned. …
Not long ago, there was a post titled “If Your Volunteers Posted a Blog”. Taking another viewpoint, what if new visitors blogged about your church and their experience? The Blogging Church has a post regarding …
A few weeks ago, I posted about [tag]Church FUD[/tag] – Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. I was asked by a reader what to do when you are past FUD and into MUD – Major Uncertainty and …
Can you believe it? We just closed the books on March and we are one quarter through the year. How are those New Year resolutions? Getting everything done that you had hoped? God willing, I’ll …
If your volunteers posted an entry on their blog about your ministry, what would they say?
Are you others-focused, or self-focused?
Are you making progress, or making work?
Are you organized, or scattered?
Do you listen, or do …
Do you fear change? Does your church? Do you look for reasons to stave off change? Or, are you getting radical about change when change is necessary?
We all know that change is a certainty, …