Thursday Report #3 People

One thing that a minister cannot get away from is people. People are at the heart of ministry. When performing administrative work, a minister must do this with people in mind. One way of incorporating people into administrative work is to allow a person (or persons) the opportunity to observe you do these administrative tasks. This could serve a teaching tool on how to do administrative work. Also, a minister could simply do his or her administrative work with the thought of serving others. For example a worship leader when reading a book on worship should think about how he or she can use what he or she is learning in order to benefit the worship team. Another way to do this is to incorporate others in the actual planning process. This means allowing an intern or a volunteer to actually help you plan a service or do other administrative tasks like paperwork. Finally, when attending meetings, ministers could act as the voice of the people. By this I mean that ministers could focus on how the decisions that are made in meeting will affect others.