A plan?

I'm a guy by nature that likes to plan and have structure in my life and ministry.  We all have responsibilities and we all seem to be "busy."  Many ministries seem to just run from one event, one worship service, one weekend to another.  God led me a long time ago to be a person with purpose and a plan. 

The past several months I've been evaluating our ministry here at Beech Street.  After 2 1/2 years God has allowed a lot of incredible things to occur.  We have added a lot of structure to what we do both in the Student Ministry and in the Adult Ministry.  I have now set some new bench marks for us as a ministry over the next 2 years. 

For our Student Ministry I've been working on a sequence that takes a student from one point when they enter in 7th grade to another point when they Graduate.  This plan has already begun, but we are only 2 years into the process.  God has been giving me a lot of direction in this area over the past couple months as we move into the next 2 years.

Our Adult Ministry is well on the same track.  Our guiding direction as a church is:  Believe, Belong, Become.  I am now working hard to see us incorperate this into our Small Groups and Faithworks (discipleship) ministries with great intentionality.  I believe we will be helping adults deepen their walk with God, which translates down to the families.

This is going to be an exciting year as God continues to mold the plan he has for us in me.  I look forward to reaching more people for Christ and growing others to serve Him more.