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9 Reasons to Have an Annual Growth Planning Day

By Mark Miller · Comments (0)
Sunday, August 21st, 2016

planWHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

Proverbs 29:18, “where there is no vision the people perish.”  Certainly, the Sunday School Leadership Team should design a plan to close the gap between where the Sunday School organization is and where they want it to be. But a teacher or group leader should lead their group to learn from the past, better understand the present, and move purposefully toward the future.

WHAT DO I DO?

My mom taught a Sunday School class for over 50 years.  One of the things that I learned from her was the importance of having regular class meetings. As a teacher, I practice having an annual growth planning day with my group.  Here are nine reasons why:

  1. Planning gives you the opportunity to solve potential problems.
  2. Planning helps the group to be more productive.
  3. Planning allows you to celebrate accomplishments.
  4. Planning makes growth more likely.
  5. Planning enables the anticipation of future needs.
  6. Planning helps bring about balance.
  7. Planning helps plans become ours rather than theirs.
  8. Planning helps make better use of the group giftedness and resources.
  9. Planning makes happier members (and leaders).

Dream a big dream. God wants to use your group to see people saved, baptized and developed.

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Mark Miller, Tennessee Baptist Convention

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Reasons To Have an Annual Class Growth Planning Day

By Jonathan Jordan · Comments (0)
Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

MyplanWHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

We attend our group each week and many times do the “same ole, same ole.” Our people come each week and often we really don’t have a plan for our class.  If the truth was known, I feel that people get bored with their group if there is not a plan, a goal, mission, organization or anything!  The idea that our teaching of the lesson is enough for engaging lifechange for the people of our group is just not true.  Christ has called us to more than a “sit & soak” mentality.  The mission of our groups is so important to the kingdom there is no way it can be ignored.

WHAT DO I DO?

Make an announcement one Sunday that in a few weeks that the class will have a Planning Day.  Send some emails, put the announcement on your FB Group, send cards whatever it takes to inform people.  Next begin working with a couple of people who are like minded and begin to outline what the class time will look like.  The trusted group will assist you in devising a plan for that day that will include enlisted additional leaders, a discussion of mission projects the class can get involved in to help the community.  Mission projects for community and those outside the church are more compelling.  Then get ORGANIZED.  It is difficult to accomplish anything without being organized – Leaders for Social, Missions (have a mission project every semester), Communications & Class Calendar need to be addressed.  Get out there and do what Christ has called you to do… You’ll never be the same!

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Jonathan P. Jordan, state missionary
Georgia Baptist Convention

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