Strategic Investment

As I take this summer to get laser focused on being strategic in the ministry God has entrusted me to lead, here are some questions that I am journaling and thinking on:

1.) Does the current set-up of our ministry, the structure, does it have an end in mind? Is there a master plan? If a student comes in to our ministry in 6th grade or as a senior, where are we leading them? Is there a bigger picture in mind? What or who do we want students to be once they graduate?

2.) Does it develop leaders? The adult leaders are the very back bone of our ministry, simply put, I can't do this alone...with that in mind, does our strategy help them not only spiritually but does it develop relationships as they are engaging and helping students remember, understand, and apply what they're being taught?

3.) Does it make community a priority? It's important for students not just to be taught, but to be able to talk it out, interact, and experience. It's important for students to have their opinions validated even if some of those opinions are not right...all along helping students further their understanding in what they are hearing so when they walk out of that environment, they are much more apt to be able to apply it to their life.

4.) Does it promote fusion among parents? Does it someway or somehow bring mom and dad into the spiritual equation with their teen? Parents are the primary spiritual influence, what we teach needs to reinforce, enhance, and enable parents to be able to talk about spiritual things with their teens.

5.) Does it mobilize students to engage in personal ministry? A student who applies what they are taught, begins to live out their faith by applying what we invest in them spiritually to everyday life and begins to serve, is the student that has great influence and impact on culture.