Ministry Goals and Plan for 2009
Dec 31st, 2008 by Doug
Do you have ministry goals or plans for 2009? If not, consider over the next few weeks to plan or review for the new year. Having a plan has been very beneficial to me and helped me think ahead. There are many churches and ministries that have a 10, 15 or even 20 year plan in place. Taking time to review this master plan at the beginning or end of each year can keep you and your team in check with the overall progress. Here are some ideas that have helped me over the years to make a plan. These are in no particular order.
- Pray and seek God. Listen and meditate on the Scriptures.
- Evaluate or write a mission/vision statement.
- Survey your team, members or your target audience. Get feedback on current realities.
- Begin to write down your thoughts. These don’t need to be complete or concrete.
- Formulate those thoughts into the plan.
- Put the plan together and get feedback.
- Finish the plan. Publish and distribute it.
- Create opportunities for presenting the plan and to answer questions.
What are some other thoughts, ideas or steps you would add?
May God bless you and your planning in 2009.
Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Christ. Over the years I have grown very tired of church as usual. Watching people walk in all jacked up, and leave the same way is not what the Word teaches me. Leaving church after our New Years’ Eve service, I could clearly hear the Lord telling me that the time of change is in the air, and that this would be the year that I go back into operating a storefront street ministry. It was through my experience in storefront ministry that I felt God’s work really being done, and its the one place that I know people can be reached…and helped. I don’t know how the Lord’s going to put me there because I don’t have any of the resources that I need, but I trust Him, and I know that if this is His will that He will provide for me a way to get it done. When I happened up on this site, it just confirmed for me that what I heard for the New Year was real…I’m excited, and I’m ready for whatever direction He will lead me.