1/13 Staff Meeting

Visitors & Prayer Requests

Visitors

Prayer Requests

Missionaries:

C&K – South Asia

J&M South Asia

Pastor Biju – South Asia

Kevin & Jan Smith

Jason & Sara Tierney

Chris & Jamie Freeman - Zambesi

Kalman & Julia Kovacs

Jack & Lyndsey Campbell – Ivory Coast

Richard & April Rivenbark – Baltimore

Jay & Kathy Shafto – IMB Sub Saharan Africa

Russell & Kanez Abraham – Queens, NY

Yesmin Farida

Kody & Lyndsay Aten - Boston Area church planter

Tommy Lee - FCA

Devotional

Most leaders, though, would benefit from more regular evaluations – particularly self-evaluations. Even daily and weekly self-evaluations merit our consideration if we want to lead well, regardless of our position.

Listed here are ten questions to help you evaluate your life and leadership at the end of each week. Take some time today to do some assessment.

By looking at your schedule, activities, conversations, thoughts, and priorities, whose kingdom have you sought to build this week– God’s or yours? Have I decreased, and Jesus increased during this past week? 

If you’ve learned nothing new, it’s possible that: you haven’t sought God through study this week; you’ve studied, but it’s been routine and non-transforming; you’ve been a Christian so long you don’t think much about any needed growth; and/or, you’ve stopped growing. None of these possibilities should mark a godly leader. What do I know about God and His Word I didn’t know last week? 

Jesus’ disciples watched and listened as Jesus spent intimate time with His Father — and they in turn wanted to pray like He did. Knowing your prayer life this past week, would you be pleased for someone to model his/her prayer life after yours? Would someone want to pray like I’ve prayed this week? 

You can’t answer this question, of course, on your own–but you can take the risk to ask it. How would your spouse answer this question? your children? What or who would they say is most important to you? Would my family say they are my priority based on this week’s activities? 

Some evangelistic attempts do not result in your proclaiming the whole message, but we are never given permission to do less than share the Word with others. Did you at least make legitimate attempts to do so this week? Are you praying for those persons? With whom did I attempt to share the gospel this week? 

This question hits at your disciple making work this week. If no one learned from you in an intentional mentoring relationship, I doubt it’s because no one wanted to walk with you. More often it’s because we haven’t prioritized mentoring like Jesus did. Who will walk more with Christ next week because he or she learned from me this week? 

The devil works in our secrets. He delights in our darkness, even when our outward Christian walk appears to be solid. Godly leaders, on the other hand, know that nothing less than honest confession and heartbroken repentance bring our sin under the light of God’s forgiveness. Did I hide anything this past week (and, more pointedly, am I hiding anything now)? 

You may be new in your role, but even new leaders must quickly seek to improve their organizations. If the work you lead would be seriously stymied by your departure, you may not be leading the organization well. In fact, you may be committing idolatry of the self if you are the center of the work. If I were to step out of my leadership role today, would the work continue well without me? 

They hear your words, watch your reactions, and examine your life. They know when you say one thing and do another. They recognize when you lead reactively rather than proactively. Your reports can probably tell you whether you’ve been a good leader this week. What would my immediate reports say about my leadership this week? 

An evaluation without an intentional plan for improvement is an exercise in futility. What will you do differently next week? What steps will you take to improve? Who will hold you accountable to these plans? What are my plans for leading better next week? 

Sunday Review

AM Services

PM Services

Ministries

RPCA

Hispanic Ministry

Discipleship

Social Media

Next Generation

Music

Office

Upcoming Events

Winterfest - 10 AM-1

Discovery Class - 1/18

Disaster Relief Trip 1/19-23

Because the office will be closed can we make sure they ned everything they nbeed on Sunday.

One Cry Prayer Rally at RCBC 1/26

Calendar

Until next Meeting

1/13/26 - Admin / Baptist Men/Disaster Relief Interest mtg @ 6:30 PM

1/17 - Winterfest - 10 AM-1 PM

1/18 - Discovery Class

1/19 - Office Closed

1/19-1/23 - Disaster Relief Trip

1/20 - Art to Chapel Hill/Take Ada back to school

1/20 - RPCA Board Meeting @ 6:30PM

1/22 - CFNOC Pastor Lunch (Art) / Masterlife Together Class begins @ 6:30 PM

1/24 - Easter Choir Rehearsal / 9:30-11:30

1/25 - Deacon Ordination (10 AM) / Church Council (11am) / Deacon’s mtg (4PM) / Member Meeting (6:30 PM)

1/26/26 - 7:14 PM - One Cry Prayer Rally at RCBC

1/29 - Masterlife Together

2/1 - SS Teacher Meeting (11:00 AM)

2/2 - Ladies Ministry Gathering (6 PM)

2/3 - Staff Meeting (10 am) / Silver Threads (noon)

Looking Ahead (Large Events)

2/10-2/19 - Art to Nepal

2/15 - Youth Pancake Fundraiser (4:30 pm)

2/16 - Office Closed

2/23 - Long Range Planning (6:30 pm)

3/1 - Wedding for Mark and Carla (Noon)

3/12 - (Art) Christ Centered Exposition Conference

3/14 - Car Show

3/17-21 - (Art ) Washington DC Sifting Week

3/23-25 - (Art) AMS Conference - Caraway Conference Center

3/26 - Passover Meal (5:30 pm)

4/3 - Good Friday Service (6:30 pm)

4/4 - Easter Egg Hunt

4/10-11 - Living Sent Missions Conference

4/20 - Kids Ministry Summit