Yes, I’m making lists, outline, notes, and so forth for this upcoming “Penn-Del District Royal Rangers Assessment” meeting.  I am not planning on attending that meeting, since I’m on my “Zero Leadership” sabbatical, yet I could possibly make the trip.  This blog and eventually “The Royal Ranger Eagle” site is partially about such feedback.  I figure these lists, notes, and outlines can also add to my list of future topics too, which seems to grow, never shrink.  (Sorry!)

I sure do want to share my lists and notes now, yet I’m forming a list over the next couple days, then will process it at the end of the week.

Of course the on-going question has everything to do about re-thinking what we do in ministry.

Why?

1.  Ultimately so we are using out minds in prayer to line up with God’s will.  God does use (His) logic in His will.  I believe the mind is involved in logic!
2.  Continuing with #2, Holy Spirit.  Also prayer and Bible.
3.  We need to be constantly evaluating the needs of the people we are ministering to, since ministry starts with the needs of people.  We need to be constantly evaluating the needs of the people we are ministering to, since ministry starts with the needs of people…  (Yes, I repeated that on purpose.)
4.  If we do the same thing over again, we need to know if it is effective, even necessary.  If not, ditch it or at least tweak it.
5.  We need to be smart with change, since change for the sake of change can be just as bad as the other extreme of refusal to change.
6.  We need to be constantly evaluating the needs of the people we are ministering to.  (Just wanted to remind you, since we constantly need to be…)
7.  We need to learn and effectively practice the spiritual discipline of the calendar of events.  Huh?!  Yes, it is not just a discipline, it is a spiritual discipline.  Poor scheduling discipline leads to all kinds of epic failures.  I am big time serious on this one.  Let me tell you, we fail in a bad way with this one.
8.  Since this list can go on forever, let me just say we need to be effective.  I’m big on quality.  Effectiveness is a key component to quality.  Quality in ministry leads to real/true success, the kind that truly brings life to people and lives on!

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