Planning on the Edge

Just a minor diversion – mostly for my own benefit – as I think through our new youth work project. Some notes from Church on the Edge:

• Purpose: what are we here for?
  • everything else should be measured up against this
• Values: what is important to us?
  • values are often not what you make up, but are what you observe about yourselves and the way you do things…
• Vision: where are we going?
  • vision should be imaginable, desirable, feasible, focussed, flexible and communicable
• Strategy: how will we get there?
  • plans to make it work – reality is shown up when you think about strategy
• Goals: what will we do and by when?
  • goals help you to make a start

Strategy and goals are likely to change as you travel along the journey – they are contextual – and change because they are based on the latest information – as you learn lessons and build up knowledge your strategy and goals are likely to change.