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Open with story about trying to hire someone, and planning on a performance evaluation.
Performance Evaluation
Funnies:
My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned because I couldn't concentrate.
I worked in the woods as a lumberjack,
but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe.
I was a tailor, but
I just wasn't suited for it.
It was a so-so job.
I worked in a muffler
factory but that was exhausting.
I was a deli worker, but any way
I sliced it, I couldn't cut the mustard.
I got fired from a job at
a zoo feeding giraffes; they said I wasn't up to it.
We may not like it, but sometimes we are in need of a performance evaluation…
It is too easy to coast through life, living each day, with no vision, no goals, and no accountability…
That’s the scary part about a performance evaluation… it brings a measure of accountability…
Sometimes sharpening is uncomfortable, but necessary for proper functioning…
Hebrews says it a different way:
Encouragement is the prerequisite for accountability…
There are some who would just as soon cut you down to make themselves feel better as hold you accountable with the intention of encouraging you.
The ground is level under the cross…
We all need each other…
You ever wonder why there are so many different illustrations of the Church in scripture?
It’s because the Church is a living organism, a body made up of many parts, and each has their place and not all are the same…
We need each other just as different parts of the body rely on other parts to survive.
Tell story about sunday school discussion about vulnerability
This isn’t an easy walk.
Diversity is difficult, but necessary.
If we all looked alike, it would be easy, but that’s not the plan of God.
Ministry would be easy, except for people…
Being a Christian would be easy if it weren’t for people…
Sometimes it’s not even the world that makes it difficult!
We expect them to think us strange…
It’s when those who are close to you hurt you that hurts the deepest…
Ministry is difficult!
Show funny pic
Sometimes we need a performance evaluation!
Every minister in the room knows exactly why this is funny!
This is why young ministers are leaving the church in droves… But what do we do?
I believe the answer lies in a biblical performance evaluation…
Biblical?
Is that a thing?
I’m working on my doctorate in leadership and creative communication.
I’m a leadership training addict…
I’m constantly reading about leadership principles and strategies…
And you know what I keep finding?
The principles that the greatest leadership minds in history use can be found in the scriptures!
God didn’t give us this great mission without showing us how to do it.
For example, One of the most repeated principles in leadership is the necessity of vision, mission, and application.
Explain the difference
If we are going to do a performance evaluation of ourselves or of our ministry, we must start with VISION.
What is our vision?
Do we have a vision?
The big vision of the Church is directly pulled from scripture:
Whatever our personal or ministerial vision, it is always a variation of this commission.
This is the anchor for all ministry opportunities: make disciples.
Nothing trumps this standard.
If there’s question about it, it goes through this standard first.
Does it point people to Jesus?
Mission/Strategy:
BE - not just do…
Jerusalem - home, here, neighborhoods
Judea & Samaria - regions
All the earth - world missions
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