Great Example of Encouragment
I saw this blog post today on Suncrest Christian Church’s blog. This ministry “gets it” when it comes to encouraging volunteers, but also using their stories to inspire what they want others to do.
Stephanie Parks led the way to launching our Welcome table ministry at Suncrest-East. She has done an incredible job of pulling together a team and getting them organized to serve in this front line ministry. This week she told me she “reproduced” her role as Welcome Table leader. I jumped up and down because she embodied the value we have at Suncrest of reproducing leadership.
For us it is not enough to get a full team scheduled or to simply get the job done. A leader’s role is not done until they reproduce themselves. It’s not an easy challenge, but it is one of the most worthwhile things we can do as a leader. There are many reasons this is true:
* By doing this we make sure our ministry does not depend on us;
* We can focus on other ministry areas that we may be interested in;
* We expand the kingdom because new leaders are being raised up;
* We ensure that a ministry doesn’t grow stagnant because new leaders are stepping forward.
Way to go Stephanie!
doug
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