Aurora 13 May 2024 - Sustainability.pptx

By Mike North

1. Module Three : Managing the Ministry

2. Sustainability What stops children’s or youth ministry being sustainable? Being stuck Investment Realistic expectations Changing culture Emotional health children / youth workers Navigating church politics Lack of volunteers When your plans don’t work… Sustainability

3. Sustainability Sustainable Long-term focus on a single issue Responsibility shared by the team Regular meetings Regular time for strategic thinking Expectations of a multi-year building process Traditional Episodic focus with key issues buried Responsibility carried by the paid worker Concerns raised reactively at random meetings Issue addressed between urgent demands of ministry Expectation of the quick fix (From Sustainable Youth Ministry by Mark DeVries) Sustainability

4. Don't push the "easy button” Think clearly about what your ministry needs Look at your system before your content Develop key documents Change the vision Change the culture Encourage emotional health Manage your time well Build a constellation of people Shift the focus from programmes to friendships Learn the unspoken rules of church politics Don’t wander down rabbit trails Scale brick walls http://www.crosswalk.com/church/pastors-or-leadership/16-ways-to-build-a-youth-ministry-that-will-last-11599048.html Children and Youth Ministry that lasts… Sustainability

5. What areas of your children or youth ministry need to become sustainable? How? In what ways is “sustainable” not good enough? in 2s or 3s… Sustainability

6. Module Three : Managing the Ministry