Change is Constant - Ministry Management is a Necessity

1. Change Is Constant: Ministry Management a Necessity Dr. Lou Jander Texas District LCMS

4. Parable of the Skunk Skunk’s response to danger: 1. Face danger 2. Raise tail

5. Parable of the Skunk Skunk’s response to danger: 1. Face danger 2. Raise tail 3. Turn

6. Parable of the Skunk Skunk’s response to danger: 1. Face danger 2. Raise tail 3. Turn

7. Parable of the Skunk Skunk’s response to danger: 1. Face danger 2. Raise tail 3. Turn 4. Fire

8. Parable of the Skunk Skunk’s response to danger: 1. Face danger 2. Raise tail 3. Turn 4. Fire 5. Safe

9. Parable of the Skunk Skunk’s response to danger: 1. Face danger 2. Raise tail 3. Turn 4. Fire 5. Safe

10. Parable of the Skunk The Environment Changes: Roads

11. Parable of the Skunk New Threat: Trucks

12. Parable of the Skunk New Threat: Trucks Skunk’s response to danger: 1. Face danger 2. Raise tail 3. Turn 4. Fire

13. Parable of the Skunk Result: 1. No learning 2. No change 3. No skunk

21. The Trauma of Change

24. “ You’ll never get me up in one of those butterfly things!” Two caterpillars are conversing and a beautiful butterfly floats by. One caterpillar says to the other:

28. Change Is….

30. Global

31. Constant

32. Inevitable

33. Stressful

34. Do you like change? Does it matter?

35. What are the risks of not changing?

36. Watch the Video

46. Early Adopters Innovators Early Majority Late Majority Laggards Everett Rogers - Adoption/Innovation Curve

47. We can’t control change… We can control our attitude towards change…

48. Deny Resist/React Explore Commit

49. Deny Resist/React Explore Commit

51. Deny

52. Deny Resist/React Explore Commit

54. Resist

55. React

56. Deny Resist/React Explore Commit

58. Explore

59. Deny Resist/React Explore Commit

61. Commit

62. Change can be difficult

63. Personal change precedes organizational change

65. Negativity

66. Contagious

67. I can learn and I can change and I can do it quickly.

68. What can you do to deal with change?

69. Accept that change is an attitude

70. Create a personal vision

71. Focus on what you can do… …… not what you can’t do

72. Develop a perspective of opportunity

73. Create a willingness to learn & develop

74. Learn to love ambiguity

75. iChange Survey Discuss Results

79. Change Response Styles

80. Change Response Styles

81. Change Response Styles

82. Change Response Styles

83. Change Response Styles

85. Embracing Change in a Church Setting

97. “ So last night we of the decorating committee were able to hammer out our differences and agree on a plan.”

100. Dealing Successfully with Transition

101. “ IT ISN’T THE CHANGES THAT DO YOU IN, IT’S THE TRANSITIONS” WILLIAM BRIDGES in MANAGING TRANSITIONS P.3

103. RULES FOR SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION A. YOU HAVE TO END BEFORE YOU BEGIN .

104. RULES cont. B. AFTER THE ENDING AND BEFORE THE BEGINNING THERE IS A CONFUSING IN-BETWEEN TIME CALLED THE “ NEUTRAL ZONE”

109. AVOIDING DISASTER DURING CHANGE

110. “ THERE ARE TWO FUNDAMENTAL BASES FOR CONFLICT”

120. A Fifth "P"

142. Achieve Avoid Preferred Future Preserve

143. Present Situation Picture the difference... Preferred Future

150. Force Field Analysis Enhancing Forces Inhibiting Forces People for change People against change Values for change Values against change Structures for change Programs against change Benefits for change Benefits of no change

152. Practice with Field Analysis

153. and Ministry Management Focuses On... preserving and enhancing relationships accomplishing the mission

154. Ministry Management Matrix I Urgent & Important Important Not Important III Urgent & Not Important IV Not Urgent & Not Important II Not Urgent & Important Urgent Not Urgent

155. Ministry Management Matrix Urgent Matters: + usually visible + insist on action + popular with others + usually right in front of us + we tend to react to urgent matters Important Matters: + has to do with results + contribute to the mission + reflective of values + usually are priorities + usually not urgent + require more initiative + more proactivity I Important Not Important III IV II Urgent Not Urgent

156. Ministry Management Matrix + Deals with significant results that require immediate attention + Crisis or Problems + Consumes many people + Can enlarge so much that it dominates our work + Always putting out fires + Relationship Building + Planning + Exploring new opportunities + Looks to the vision + Long-range planning + Short-term focused + Urgency usually based on priorities and expectations of others + Majoring in minors + Busy work + It’s only the basics + Irresponsibility to mission "Effective people are not problem minded; they're opportunity-minded." I Important Not Important III IV II Urgent Not Urgent

157. Ministry Management Matrix On the Matrix worksheets you received, work in your small group identifying the different components of your meetings and where they might fit. Have someone serve as a recorder. I Important Not Important III IV II Urgent Not Urgent

158. Ministry Management Matrix Key Words: I Important Not Important III IV II Urgent Not Urgent Delegate Empower Permission-giving Trust Bible Study & Prayer

159. Ministry Management Matrix ...what one or two things you could do in your meeting(s) that, if you did on a regular basis, would make a tremendous positive difference with your group and in your congregation . In your small group discuss... I Important Not Important III IV II Urgent Not Urgent

160. Ministry Management Matrix I Important Not Important III IV II Urgent Not Urgent with a focus on the important from a center of sound principles from a knowledge of our mission/purpose with an eye on our preferred future -- vision How do we strengthen our work in Quadrant II Ministry Manage- ment:

161. Identify Roles Select Goals Mission Statement Meeting Schedule Making Assignments

162. If the past was wonderful -- Celebrate it! If the past was miserable -- lament it and have hope in the future. One option God never gives us: one can never live in the past! “ Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!” Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19