why we do what we do

Not too long ago, someone told someone else, "we have to do it that way because that is the way that Jeff wants it done."  As a general rule, this is not a healthy thing to say.

I will not be here for ever.  I will die, retire, or be moved by the Bishop.  The Woods Chapel Church and it's staff will surely outlive me.  What we do here at Woods Chapel has to live on past Jeff's presence.  The reason that we do what we do needs to be because we are pursuing our mission of connecting people to Jesus Christ, and we are doing it while exhibiting our values of joy, authenticity and excellence.

If Jeff's ideas fit our mission, then let's do them, for the sake of the mission.  If Jeff's ideas are off-mission, then let's get him straightened out.  But at any rate, when we talk amongst each other about what we do, let's remember that we do what we do because we are called to God's mission, not because the pastor said so.

I hope that the Pastor is usually spot on with ideas that are on-mission.  But we do what we do because of the mission, not because of the pastor of the moment.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.  Not because I said so, but because God desires us to see the good.