Strategizing
One part of my job as a missionary that I really enjoy is strategizing.
How can we more effectively serve in the areas where God is leading us? How do we expand our reach? How do we use our resources wisely (especially our most precious one…us, the workers!)? What do we change? Add? Drop?
I love it all.
Brainstorming. Doing process evals. Team building exercises. War gaming. Well, maybe not war gaming for a ministry, but you get the point.
Thinking about ministry strategy gets my blood pumping.
So you can imagine my excitement today when I asked our director if I could plan the agenda for the 3-day 2009 strategy meeting for our ministry in Nicaragua…and he said, “Yes, please!”
I’ve never actually “driven” or planned a 3-day strategy session before (I’ve only contributed some small part…and that was for a business, not a ministry), so if you have any ideas or suggestions, I’m all ears! But I’m pumped about the opportunity and can’t wait to spend the better part of tomorrow afternoon in a coffee shop — just me, a notebook, and a pen — strategizing about strategizing.
