5 steps to organizing church events
- find the purpose
- begin to plan
- promote your event
- develop volunteers
- postmortem
three questions to ask yourself when finding the purpose to church events
- what’s the goal of the event?
- who are we targeting?
- does this fit into our church’s mission and purpose?
goals should be ____ and ____
measurable and attainable
three keys to planning
- prepare a budget
- brainstorm
- set location, date, and time
two places to promote your event
in-house and community
three practices of a delegator
- understands his own limitations
- understands his people’s strengths and limitations
- seeks to be understood
principles to keeping excellent records
- the more specific you are now, the fewer questions you’ll have in the future
- evaluate the results, not the intention
“standard”
level of attainment
four benefits that standards do for your church
- express excellence
- verify value
- promote purity
- cultivate confidence
when we maintain high standards we ____, ____, and _____ what is important to us
confirm, corroborate, and communicate
“decently”
well-formed
three levels of service
- entry level (for basic mostly behind-the-scenes service)
- operational level (for roles that represent the church regularly)
- leadership level (for those that direct ministries and have an upfront, visible role)
churches that retain more members do these things (points from Thom Rainer’s book “High Expectations”)
- clarify doctrines
- use new members for classes
- state expectations
- create close accountability
- train disciples one-on-one
- set the example with leadership
three keys to youth ministry
- build fun memories connected to church
- building your group comes from discipleship
- success comes from the details
ways to build fun memories connected to church
- create a fun atmosphere in Youth Group
- have activities that are memorable
- don’t allow the fun to take over your main purpose
ways to build your group through discipleship
- one-on-one relationships
- small groups
- time outside of Youth Group
ways that success comes from the details
- plan! plan! plan! plan!
- checklist system
- take notes (do a wrap up)
how much of your work will be done ahead of time?
90%
leadership vs. management is focusing on the ____ in ministry and not just the _____ of ministry
people, business
leadership vs. management discussion is about ___ over ____
being over doing
leadership deals with ______. management deals with ______
people, processes
three key passages about leadership and what they answer
- Exodus 18 answers the “what” and the “why
- Numbers 11 answers the “who”
- book of Mark answer the “how”
responsibilities of the leader
- be God-ward
- provide able men
characteristics of able men
- fear God
- men of truth
- hate covetousness
