"Effective Leadership Means Workable Plans"

A ministry dedicated to helping the Lord's church develop effective, workable plans to fullfil His mission.

Luke 19:10

Organizational Planning

Get the most from your congregational efforts by organizing, within God's structure, for success. Get the right, motivated, interested brethren in the most effective roles.

Compression Planning

A structured, facilitated, expedited, planning technique used in many highly successful businesses to develop effective plans in a short time frame. It uses brainstorming, prioritizing and consensus building to focus and agree upon what is really important.

Facility Planning

A church building is often the single largest financial investment that a congregation makes. Of all the decisions made in the entire process of constructing any building, the ones with the most financial impact are the ones made during its initial development phase. Site selection, size, expandability, specific use and building type are crucial factors to be considered and must be right for the particular congregation. Facility planning is much more than understanding construction, it is developing an appropriate, fully functional, cost effective tool to be used in the Lord's work.

Budgeting

A budget is simply a financial plan that translates congregational plans into dollars. The leaders of the congregation have the stewardship responsibility to manage the resources God has entrusted to them. Developing a budget that reflects the activities and plans of the congregation allows the leadership to know how the resources should be spent. Effective leadership demands understanding how all resources that God has given are allocated and used.

Personal Use Techniques

Learn to use spider diagrams to organize your thoughts, prioritize them and help you sort them into a useful outline. Your ability to effectively and concisely communicate orally or in writing will be enhanced.

Learn how back planning can be a simple tool to ensure that each effort is scheduled to be on time to maximize its effectiveness.

Learn how to organize and conduct a business meeting that stays on track and gets things done.

A Successful Congregation

Conforms its will to God's Has a strong will to work Develops workable plans

The Congregation where you serve can become more effective, more successful by developing plans that fit its needs.

Planning help for:

Fellowship Devotionals Short Talks Business Meetings New Buildings Benevolence Programs Family Ministry Seminars Church Camps

Seniors Ministries Teen Ministries Youth Rallies Gospel Meetings Congregational Budgets Building Additions Worship Young Married Programs Bible Schools Evangelism

Due to the particular organizational structure of the Lord's church, some congregations are greatly blessed with a diversity of local skills an dtalents. Others must use resources outside the local membership, sometimes relying on non-affiliated or secular sources for needed help or sometimes simply making do with the skills that are locally available. the skill of developing good workable plans is crucial to being effective in leading the Lord's church and for its long term viability. Brother Dick Mason comes with over 30 years of planning experience in secular work, coupled with over 12 years as an elder at the church of Christ in Columbiana, Ohio. He has a unique combination of practical experience as a planner and advisor with the spiritual leadership experience and insight into how the church of our Lord functions. With God as our chief counselor and a congregation with a "mind to work" Nehemiah 4:6, brother Mason can help your congregation develop straightforward, effective, workable plans that can bring successs in doing the Lord's work.

Become more effective in planning your next youth rally, gospel meeting, bible school, building expansion, devotional or ministry.

Learn to use proven planning techniques to help your personal ministry be more organized and effective. What ever your role, however you serve, better plans can make your efforts more successful. Brother Dick Mason can work with you at your home congregation to develop your plans for the Lord's work. For more information call (330) 457 - 2567, send Email to SAM4COC@aol.com or write to: Dick Mason 4685 Signal Rd. Columbiana, OH 44408 This ministry operates under the oversight of the eldership of the Columbiana church of Christ.

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