My Winning Streak pt.1
In baseball or in any sport for that matter we have winning streaks, where a team will win two or more games. Now if you're a Cubs fan you're used to the losing streak but we're not talking about that today. What I really want to talk about is how can you judge a team's success? You judge mostly by the points produced but you also judge on the team chemistry. You could site team after team with players who take away from the team chemistry and make the show all about them and that team struggles. That person might be the best at their position but when the team does not perform the best because they are concerned with other things the chances of a Win or even a Winning streak are greatly diminished.So what about the Church? Can the Church have a Winning streak? I guess first, to quote Andy Stanley's book 7 Practices of Effective Ministry, "you need to determine what your win is."
So here is my question for this beginning discussion is what is your Win in ministry?
I'll tell you what I view as a win for me. Ultimately it's someone coming to Christ. If they can come to saving knowledge of Jesus then I've done what I needed to do (along with help from the Holy Spirit) to get the win. Another win for me is to see a kid "get it". If you've ever taught teenagers something and they understood what you were saying and put it into action, essentially getting the concept you taught, there is not much of a better feeling. Third, when a parent thanks you for your investment. How great it is when you hear from someone so close to a kid that you're making a difference. So those are my Wins...if I can see those in ministry I see a win...so what about you?
Preview: Next time pt. 2 of My winning streak: Team Chemistry and it's role in the Win
pt. 3 Is it fair to judge a church like you judge a team?
posted by Micah Dormann @ 1:09 PM
3 Comments:
I also love it when parents or adults specifically thank you for investing in a specific individual.
A win I try to get, and this refers more to my specific group...is just having them be the same ("Authentic") in school as they are in church, not to blend in and follow the crowd and culture...and thus can make a real impact on their own lives as well as others.
And the win I'll most likely never hear the score of but hope occurs: Do they keep the faith and continue growing in college and early adulthood??? But this one brings little satisfaction to other people looking at the "now" factor.
Yeah i like those too, i want to see that happen as well in my group thanks for bringing those to my attention.
you are 'a win.'
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