What will it take?

I have been working on some 6 month goals that I will be sharing with my staff. I am so excited about what God has laid on my heart about the next year at Foothills Community Church.

Along with those goals I listed 5 things that we must do to accomplish these goals. Keep in mind that these same 5 things are necessary for any endeavor to really work.

#1. PRAYER. Once God gives you direction the first and most important element is prayer. Not just a quick, "God bless this endeavor." but a prayer that begs God to step in or there will be complete and utter failure. Once our staff hears the goals it will take all of us every day voicing these prayers to our lord.

#2. PLANNING. The next phase is developing a plan to carry out the mission. Putting this in Football terms, this is where the game plan is put into place. It's not enough to say, we want to win the Superbowl. You need to develop a strategy to pull it off. In the Planning phase we begin to develop goals for each individual ministry, set time-lines, and necessary milestones.

#3. PREPARATION. This is the phase where things really start to get interesting (and sometimes a little hectic!) This when we look at systems, structures, developing leaders for the next wave of growth, making sure you have the infrastructure to handle the growth, etc.

#4. PROMOTION. This is where the vision becomes very public. You do whatever level of promotion is necessary. In the case of some of the things we will be doing, we will need total buy-in from our church. They will be the people who do the bulk of the promotion. We will also utilize other means such as marketing.

#5. PERSPIRATION. This the phase when it takes a "whatever it takes" get your hands dirty attitude. Everyone owns the mission, and everyone does their part. This is the part that will either make or break the entire deal.

Well, there you have it, 5 things to do to help your event succeed.