I honestly cant believe it has been six weeks since my last post. Well, actually I can. This has been an insane period of activity in our life, church and family. All of it good, well except for the eighteen hour days for the last ten days or so.
We held our Council Retreat on the first weekend after Easter and it wss a phenominal success for reorienting our mission and ministry. Will have a post on the coming week.
The balcony team has been established and they, I can not be present for that meeting, are meeting this coming Saturday and kick off our next eight montha plan. Will fit that into the blog once i get the notes from the meeting.
We finished the hiring process for a new financial secretary. We have had some conversations about our existing staff and Scott has successfully labeled our concern that we are overworking our staff while under utilizing their talents. The majority of our staff is part time but they are expending a lot of hours that perhaps result in our under using their talents. We need to get into the equipping mode where our staff is equipping our membership to serve. Congregations generally hire staff to do ministry but this is an ineffective use of our staff. Rather we should be using staff to help congregational members into service. This 'staff' can be applies to both paid and unpaid (leadership of the church) folks. I need to help, resource, both groups and the congregation to understand how we must all work together lighten the load particularly those who are leading our congregation. Needs to start with me too.
I really need to get started on my theological systhesis for this paper and DMin project. I am setting the last three qeeks of September at our Joel Study 'Dreaming Dreams and Seeing Visions" i hope to create a study to compliment the.sermon series.
And i need rest. Looking forward to getting to California to hug our Elisabeth and a giant Sequoias tree. So taking a break from all email and work for the week. I will pick up the blog next week. Hopefully renewed vigor in this process as well.
See ya.
