PP012 Ministry Transitions and Awareness
How intentional are you about ministry transitions?
I think taking the steps towards greater personal awareness, lessons learned, and practical first steps is important. In my current transition, I have been thinking strategically about what those might look like. So I share the personal, the theoretical, and the practical in this episode.
So how am I planning my transition? I like to think of it as a journey from theory land to action land.
I think asking appreciative and exploratory questions about our own past experiences helps us to build out a tactical idea of what the transition needs to look like.
These are some questions that I asked myself and spent time processing over a couple of days.
What are my basic assumptions about how I pastor?
What are my core convictions?
What do I feel called uniquely to do?
What do I feel led to shape my ministry around?
What lessons have I learned?
The positive.
The negative.
What does vocational and organizational health look like in this new situation?
How do my personal values inform this?
The lessons I have learned.
My personal expectations and responsibilities.
What will I say yes and no to? How am I creating boundaries focused on health and effectiveness?
As I grow into my new ministry scenarios, I base my decisions and focus on the personal work I have done. I trust my own continued reflection and transformation to be one of the best decision-making matrixes I have.