The PF Women Team at our Annual Team Retreat ~ 2018 Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said: It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way. Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director. Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year. God has done amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory! I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started i...
Today I'm preparing for an amazing Thanksgiving! This is my favorite holiday. I enjoy special times like this and extending hospitality ALL the time, but especially on this day. Aside from one coaching meeting, all day I will be cooking, cleaning, and getting all in order for 14 people to be with us for the big day tomorrow. Somehow I finished 11 projects I had on the burner for church in just a few days. Seriously. God's grace , that's all there is to it. That was in additon to the busy weekend that we had with our workday, Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas decorating day. It was a fabulous weekend, just exhausting. I do have one more project that has to be done by Sunday...it'll get there. Last night Larry suggested we move everything into the formal dining room so we put our kitchen table in there as well as some tray tables. Last night I stayed up late ironing tablecloths an...