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“I was going to phone the police, but then I thought, ‘No, what they really need

is a pastoral call.’”

Devotion: Ephesians 3:7-10

 7-8This is my life work: helping people understand and respond to this Message. It came as a sheer gift to me, a real surprise, God handling all the details. When it came to presenting the Message to people who had no background in God's way, I was the least qualified of any of the available Christians. God saw to it that I was equipped, but you can be sure that it had nothing to do with my natural abilities.

Devotion: Ephesians 3:7-10

 8-10And so here I am, preaching and writing about things that are way over my head, the inexhaustible riches and generosity of Christ. My task is to bring out in the open and make plain what God, who created all this in the first place, has been doing in secret and behind the scenes all along. Through followers of Jesus like yourselves gathered in churches, this extraordinary plan of God is becoming known and talked about even among the angels!

God doesn’t care whether your church grows or

dies.

God doesn’t carewhether there is aUnited Methodist

Church in your town

or not.

God does carethat the gospel

is being proclaimed and people’s needs

are being met.

Our Mission

“The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus

Christ for the transformation of the

world."

Leaders Cast Vision

“Vision is a picture of a preferred

future.”

Lovett Weems

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The Importance of Vision

Creating a Vision

• How will the community you serve be different when you leave?

• How will the church be different when you leave?

Creating a Vision• A vision without a plan is just a

dream.

Creating a Vision

• What are the church’s 3 greatest strengths?

• What are the church’s 2 greatest challenges?

Creating a Vision

• What are your 3 greatest strengths as a pastor/leader?

• What are your 2 greatest weaknesses as a pastor/leader?

The Big Ear

• Listening for needs:

– One on one

– Joining community groups

– Focus groups and mystery shoppers

Creating a Vision: Discover the History

• What was the compelling vision that started the church?

• How could that be reinterpreted for the future?

Creating a Vision:The Importance of Prayer

Church LifeCycleV = VisionWhere are we going?

R = RelationshipWho is going with us?

P = ProgramHow do we get there?

S = StructureWhat do we control?

Yes, this means you.

LEADING CHANGE

Non-Anxious Presence

• Self-Care– Personal change always precedes

institutional change.

• Managing expectations

Diffusion of InnovationsEverett M. Rogers

Building a Team• Get to know “MA” and “PA”

• Identify Early Adopters

• Identify decision making structures

• Communication structures

• Keep the District Superintendent in the loop

Building a Team• StrengthsFinder– www.strengthsfinders.com

• DISC– www.disc-personality-testing.com/test/

Using Good Judgment

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