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Time Management for MIP

Time Management for MIP. Changes in Your Schedule and Routine. New Church. New Practices. New Church. New acquaintances New worship style New facilities New location. New Practices. Discipling: an intentional experience Studying: a directed experience.

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Time Management for MIP

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  1. Time Managementfor MIP

  2. Changes in Your Schedule and Routine New Church New Practices

  3. New Church • New acquaintances • New worship style • New facilities • New location

  4. New Practices • Discipling: an intentional experience • Studying: a directed experience

  5. Recognize That Change Will Have Consequences Change will disrupt schedule and routine Change will take time for adjustment, but adaptation and routine will occur

  6. Recognize the Benefits of MIP Preparing to fulfill your divine call Going to another church will help you and your family to experience a “pastoral change” Discipling from a different pastoral perspective Being exposed to ministry practices at another church Relating closely with a mentoring pastor Networking with other ministers and MIP candidates Developing lasting relationships

  7. Visualize the Next Eight Months Family: how you and your family adapt to the changes. Employment: how you integrate your work with the changes. MIP: How you adapt to . . .

  8. MIP Academic studies—completing four CIMS courses Supervised practicum—discipling from a supervising pastor Seminars—participating in MIP seminars

  9. Recognize Demands on Time Fixed time demands Flexible time demands

  10. Fixed Time Demands Employment Monthly seminars Weekly meeting with supervising pastor

  11. Flexible Time Demands Family Spiritual disciplines Academic studies Weekly ministry assignments Physical activities Personal items

  12. Create a Weekly Schedule List tasks for the week based on goals from fixed and flexible time factors. Estimate time to complete tasks. Set schedule. Complete schedule.

  13. Summary: Habits of Productive Ministers* Habit 1: Be Proactive—Make Your Own Choices Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind— Exert Leadership! Habit 3: Put First Things First— Personal Management! Habit 4: Sharpen Your Saw *Adapted from Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Cover

  14. Habit 1Be Proactive—Make Your Own Choices! • Choose your own mission, goals, actions, and schedule—what you will do with your time? • Guide choices in time management by your mission. • Develop your proactive muscles through day-to-day choices and actions.

  15. Habit 2Begin With the End in Mind—Exert Leadership! • Create all things twice—first, mentally; second, physically. • Visualize your mission. • Divide the mission into components. • List the tasks and actions needed to accomplish the components. • Prioritize tasks and actions to maintain balanced life.

  16. Habit 3Put First Things First—Personal Management! • Control tasks and time by deriving them from your mission. • Recognize the four quadrants of time • Focus time schedule on “important but not urgent” • Write a weekly schedule based on “important but not urgent”—the concentration on your mission. • Divide the weekly plan into daily assignments. • Complete the daily assignments.

  17. Recognize the Four Quadrants of Time Important and urgent—for example, dealing with an accident that requires immediate medical attention. Important but not urgent—for example, acquiring ministry knowledge and skills Urgent but unimportant—for example, ringing telephone Not urgent and unimportant—for example, watching television

  18. Focus Time Schedule on “Important but Not Urgent.” Concentrating on completing MIP—”important but not urgent”—is necessary. “Urgent but unimportant” and “not urgent and unimportant” activities distract from completing MIP tasks. You are required to discipline yourself in order to use time for the important matters. Doing so will enable you to manage your time during MIP, as well as enable you to be more productive and healthy in life.

  19. Habit 4Sharpen Your Saw • Stay sharp—you will be more productive—by maintaining your . . .

  20. Stay Sharp by Maintaining Your . . . • Spiritual self through spiritual disciplines • Social self through depositing into relationships with others • Mental self through reading, writing, and thinking • Physical self through proper nutrition, exercise, and rest

  21. Review Pinpoint personal mission—complete the MIP. Identify the three components required to fulfill the MIP. Identify the tasks and actions necessary to complete the three components in the MIP. Schedule daily tasks and actions—include estimate of time to complete the tasks and actions. Complete daily tasks and actions list.

  22. Identify the Components Required to Fulfill of MIP Academic studies Supervised practicum Seminars

  23. Tasks and Actions Necessary to Complete MIP Components Daily assignments Weekly meetings with supervising pastor Weekly ministry assignments Monthly MIP seminars Visits to new and large church

  24. Daily Assignments Spiritual disciplines—Bible study, prayer, and journaling Academic studies—CIMS courses Physical exercise

  25. Schedule Tasks and Actions Family time Employment Daily assignments in MIP Weekly meeting with supervising pastor Weekly ministry assignments Monthly seminars Visits to new and large church

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