Making the Most of the Summer

1. Making the Most of the Summer OC Preachers’ Luncheon May 20, 2014

2. Routine vs. Redemption of Time

4. Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15-16

5. Making the Most of the Summer Congregationally Pastorally Personally

6. Congregationally • (maximizing summer for your church) • Don’t reinvent the wheel; improve it • Evaluate, assess, and ask (when? why? still relevant?) • If “yes,” then repurpose, refocus, and recast • If “no,” then redirect, reallocate, and recycle • Declutter; maximize by minimizing • Do something bold, risky, and outside the box

8. “They just dove in and started creating, discarding anything that didn’t work…. By trying and failing, they learned what didn’t work, which it turned out, was all the knowledge they needed to figure out what did.” (Peter Skillman)

9. Ask for more spaghetti

10. Pastorally • (maximizing summer for your ministry) • Set some concrete, attainable goals • Read (one book; two; three) • Memorize (Sermon on the Mount, James, • Philippians, selected psalms) • Invest in someone • Seek out a sage (younger or older) • Shake it up • Schedule a sabbatical

12. Personally • (maximizing summer for you and your family) • Family • Fitness • Forfeit

13. Making the Most of Your Summer

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