Strategic Planning

Jeff and I finished the stategic plan online. We then printed it out and cut up each of the individual objectives. We were then able to more easily see how each of them fit together and within the overall plan. We edited the plan online to arrive at a final version. "Final" is a somewhat relative term though since this will likely be a living document; it will need updated as changes occur.

Worship Conference Participants

The Worship Training Conference we held last week had over 60 people in attendance. Here is a group photo the last day.

This Weekend

Friday afternoon I had the privilege of working with Jeff and his team. I presented an Instructional Systems Design (ISD) model to them. This will help them with much of the training they are involved with; it will also help them with planning and implementing many other objectives.

Saturday morning Jeff and I worked on his strategic plan. In the afternoon we drove out to a village in the middle of a tea plantation about an hour and 15 minutes away. We traveled with Rajesh Hans, a local church leader Jeff works with. Rajesh works with eight church planters sent out from his church. He also works with several other discipleship groups. We met with one of those groups on the tea plantation. It was a great blessing seeing someone present a Bible story to a group believers, even though I could not understand the language.

As an aside, we saw several monkeys sitting or walking beside the road. We also saw a lynx that jumped out in front of us while we were on the return journey. He decided to turn and exit the road quite quickly once he realized there were so many cars around.

Today, Jeff and I spent several hours working through his strategic plan. He now feels he has a good working plan.

Conference Completed

The conference was completed on Wednesday. We finished with a great worship session led by Jeff Moore. On Thursday we visited a local church where we helped them reposition their sound system and speakers. We then drove up into the Himalayan foothills for some sightseeing. It was simply stunning. The rest of the team left on Friday to return to the states. They are all back home by now. I am staying on for another six days with Jeff Ward. I will write more about that in another post.