Most leaders (volunteer or paid) find it easy to think about what they want to
do and
have and
be after their ministry or organization grows. A
preferred future is fun to think about. The
current reality, especially for those in small churches, well, not so much. Here was reality at my first church:
- My annual worship budget: less than my current Wii bowling average.
- My band: Me. And occasionally Lori, a
pianist who couldn’t read chord charts or leadsheets. So when she
played, we had to do everything from the Maranatha! Green Book.*
- My sound system: Two words, squished together–RadioShack.
- My video tech: an 80-year old gentleman
who sat 3 feet to my left and moved the transparency up and down (quite
rapidly) on the overhead projector.
We can dream and scheme and spreadsheet our preferred future all we
want. But no plan for future growth will succeed without faith-infused
realism. Here’s what faith infused realism is NOT: [
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Most leaders (volunteer or paid) find it easy to think about what they want to do and have and be after their ministry or organization grows. A preferred future is fun to think about. The current reality, especially for those in small churches, well, not so much. Here was reality at my first church:
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