This past weekend a small group of leaders from the Jr. High ministry at my church went on a retreat to dream big about the future of the ministry. It was amazing. There are times that I can get pretty frustrated with planned brainstorming sessions. It can seem like forced creativity and focus and sometimes the best ideas come from spontaneity.
But this retreat was amazing. There were definately times when we got bogged down in the “hows” and not the dreams and times when we veered too far to the “whys” and stopped considering the “why nots”, but overall it was one of the most amazing planning events I’ve ever attended. Our focus seemed to zero-in with a bit more naturality and less forcefulness than I’ve experienced in the past, and you could really tell that the group of people there love the students and the families in our ministry very much.
I’m pretty jazzed about how we’re going to make our dreams realities in the next few years as we expand on this vision of impacting not only our students, but their families. I look forward to sharing the journey.
