turning a corner...again

When you're in church work, EVERY plan is the same plan...listen. Listen to the people, listen to the spirit, listen to your heart. And although i'm still in the midst of that process with multiple projects here in the Islands, i am moving forward with two very big and most recent ones:
1. St. Mary's, Virign Gorda. It looks like i'll be heading back ot the UK at the end of October (I had originally hoped to do this at the beginning of october, but we plan, and God laughs) . I'll spend the weekend there, and will run 4 workshops on Saturday, Nov 1. They are: 1)Acolyte training all morning 2) Technology and ministry 3) Adults who work with youth training and 4) worship design. Then i'll stayu over and come back to st thomas sunday. Tentative, of course, pending blessing by Canons and Bishops.
2. St. Andrew's with a program sized church list of things to do, St. Andrew's has possibly been one of the biggest challenegs i've faced in a long time. BUT we've come one step closer ot a plan of action, and i have now put together the backbone of what's happening the next couple weeks: 1) Meet with Youth Committee tomorrow night, find out "what's up" and figure out a way to streamline communication amongst 5 million youth programs at St. Andrew's. 2) meet with AYO (anglican Youth organization) friday night and run the meeting myself as a design team leader figuring out what our purpose and goals are...i have a feeling it might JUST become a new outreach ministry, based on conversatios so far, but who knows? 3) hang out with the AYO long enough so that they can live into this new way of being by themselves, and empower as many people as possible to take EQUAL responsibility. 4) Get the St. Andrew's adults and teacher together for a dinner or social time to try and get them becoming friends. 5) develop a training program to help sunday school teachers develop some teaching skills and techniques. and finally 6) hang around in the background long enough to make sure it's all working, then disappear into the wind mysteriously to begin work at the next congregatio Bishop Gumbs has for me.
Easy, right?
**Prays**