Plans that seem like nothing
It is that time of year again, when we are asked to develop annual ministry plans for the coming year. We dream about what we would like to see happen in 2017 – and then we face the reality of our limited financial and people resources. Â We do not want to discount what God can do, and so we seek to set goals that call for faith and utter dependence upon God.
But we are also told to make sure that our annual goals are SMART:
S – Strategic (How clearly does it propel our vision forward?)
M – Measurable (How will we know when we have completed the goal?)
A – Ambitious (a faith-stretch) (Does it require us to depend on God?)
R – Realistic (Do we have at least a rough idea for how we could work towards accomplishing it?)
T – Time-bound (Have we determined a deadline… Read the whole post
Ken Guenther