Bob Franquiz had a conversation starter on “Staff meetings” (read it here).

I thought I’d share how we do staff meetings at Northgate!

A couple of organizational points first…

• Every Monday we have an “All-Staff” lunch. This is for everyone on staff!
• Our Support Staff meets on Monday with Jeff (Director of Operations).
• Our Ministry Staff meets with their individual supervisors on separate occasions (e.g. children’s workers meet with Pastor Vern – Director of Discipleship)
• Our Management Team (Pastors and Director of Operations) meets on Tuesdays from 8-12.

The agenda for our Management Team meeting…

• 8-9 = prayer and worship. This has been the best decision we’ve ever made! “Management” decisions that flow out of prayer are the best decisions. We pray together, sing together, and saturate in the presence of our Leader (Jesus).

• 9-9:30 = book study. We take turns picking out a book to read and study together. This keeps us all growing together and helps to stimulate some pretty incredible conversation! It is also cool to see what kind of books each team member picks! It’s a great way to learn and learn about each other!

• 9:30-10:30 = “BIG” Study. During this hour we tackle big church issues (e.g. Discipleship process; when to add a new service; etc.). We do SWOT analysis’, invite people in to address issues (see here for example of this). This hour provides us time for focused planning and thinking on one topic.

• 10:30-11:30 = “Data Dump” – This is where each member of the Management Team brings his/her “stuff” to the table. This is a great time for communicating, clarifying, asking questions, and getting help from one another.

• 11:30-12 = Worship planning – During this last half-hour we wrap up any last minute details for the weekend. We do most of our detailed planning in our monthly worship planning meetings (see here for more info). In this last half hour we nail down announcements, last minute adjustments, etc.

And now you know the “Rest of the story…”