A big part of me as a person and a leader is to always ask the question, How can we get better? Where is there room for improvement? These are two questions we're always asking on staff as we do a weekly review and as we plan ahead. This keeps us from taking things for granted and getting complacent.
Two areas that have really improved at Rock Bridge over the past few months are our pastoral care ministry and our small group connection process. Pastoral Care is how we care for and minister to people in crisis. We have a team of over 100 staff, elders and volunteers that are organized and mobilized. 6 months ago we had just me and some of the our elders ... that's improvement!!
One of our goals for people is to connect them to a small group community. The process of finding a group that meets when you can meet and fits you can be difficult at best. In the past couple of months, we've "personalized" the process so that anyone who wants to connect in a group will be personally assisted in the process. Megan Hobby is doing a great job with this! We're also working to make our Inquirer's Dinner a better avenue for people to connect in a group. However, we're excited that we've seen 200+ people get in a group since last Spring ... that's improvement!
A few weeks we started working on identifying some other areas we need to improve. While the list could be endless, we've been focusing a lot of effort on increasing the amount of intentional prayer over our church. For the past two weeks, I've had a group of people meet to pray over me before our services starts and WOW! Alfred Turley is leading this effort and I think we'll see God's favor and glory on us in more amazing ways.
We're also thinking about how we develop leaders at our church. We want to make sure we really do equip, empower, and encourage people to lead others and serve God well. Leadership is one of the "lids" that keeps a church from growing to its potential. We must keep raising up leaders because the "harvest" is so plentiful!!
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