As this semester winds down and you hug students good bye and do some evaluation and planning, this is time to "calendar your summer." What does that mean? Someone once said, "Sometimes, life just gets so daily." Their point was that it is easy to just take things as they come and not be intentional about the use of time and days.
What are some things you would like to accomplish this summer?
-Read some specific things for your own growth or to develop the ministry.
-Paint that one wall in your Center or re-do the pitiful landscaping outside.
-Visit some churches and pastors in the area.
-Develop that new Bible study material for your groups.
-Write the outline of a better training for your group leaders.
-Take two days and go somewhere to dream and plan for the long term of your ministry.
-Lay out all your speaking topics for next fall and do a quick outline of each.
Okay.....now put those things on your calendar....so that the daily routine and things that just come up don't drown them out and SUDDENLY........IT IS AUGUST!
Make double sure that you have any Summer Orientations or other incoming Freshmen events or opportunities are on your calendar.
I would also suggest that you plug some "Golf Days" or whatever in there somewhere. I used to go play golf one day shortly before school started. It was my annual "Pre-school Tournament." I always won!
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