Recently I have had a couple of great experiences with others in prayer.

Today we had our weekly Management Team meeting. Typically we meet from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Recently we have been discussing shortening this meeting.

After the previously mentioned experiences in prayer I went to the MT with the suggestion that we NOT shorten our weekly meeting, but rather that we spend the first hour of our time together (from 8-9 a.m.) in prayer. They unanimously agreed. So, from now on we are going to be starting our weekly meetings with intense prayer! We have always begun in prayer, but now it will be the cornerstone of our meeting!

As pastors/leaders we are charged with wrestling with administrative “stuff” regularly. For instance, today we heard a presentation regarding adjustments to our sound system; discussed the monies being spent for snowplowing; discussed volunteer recruitment methods; discussed the position of the church on homosexuality and abortion (over lunch); and discussed a new campaign to pay off one of the loans on our new building; and that’s not all!

What we believe is that our “job” is primarily spiritual in nature and therefore, the more we are “in touch” with God through prayer, the wiser and more effective our administrative decisions will be.

I love leading with this team and am looking forward to the increased time in prayer that we will be spending together for our church!