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 Teamwork
is one of the crucial ingredients in the future success of Congregational
ministry. One trend for organizational consulting today is putting a team in
a kitchen and having them create a meal together. The senior consultant in
charge noted the following relationships between kitchen and teamwork in
The Wall Street Journal.
People who don't read the recipe through are
micromanagers, not strategic planners.
People who prepare all the ingredients are more practical than visionary.
People who don't want to hold an onion are reluctant to tackle new things.
People who artfully arrange a dish are customer oriented.
People who make their own whipped cream or salad dressing are independent,
work on their own, and like control of their environment.
People who wash the dishes are team players, follow through, and are
reasonable and compassionate.
Keep this in mind as you consider who to have on your
ministry team. God Bless and Bon Appetit!
LIFE INCOME GIFTS ARE A WIN-WIN
Both the donor and the church benefit from life income gifts. This
is particularly true for the donor who is retired or approaching retirement.
This type of plan enables you to increase your income, avoid taxes
and gives you a great tax benefit. If you are interested in finding out
more about these life income gifts, you can call any one of the Financial
Service Advisors around the country (found in your NACCC Yearbook),
any member of the Financial Services Committee, or call the NACCC
office at 1-800-262-1620 and ask for Marina. You will be pleasantly
surprised what it can do for you!
ORDINATION
ANNIVERSARIES:
Craig Crossman 2/1/1992
Richard Vinson 2/14/1965
OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE
Henry Martyn Dexter reminds of the path to resolving Church conflicts and challenges:
Our danger then, as Congregationalists, is that, instead of trusting our system, thoroughly
familiarizing ourselves with it, and faithfully and fearlessly carrying it out—that is, instead of taking all our
troubles straight to God, and with child-like trust feeling in the dark after His great and wise hand to guide us,
and when once we have the sense of its leadings, following it whithersoever it may take us; we shall be
afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the keepers of the house tremble [. . .] and
the years draw nigh when every man will say: I have no pleasure in them.
(Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its
Literature. New York: Burt Franklin, 1970 (1880), p. 713.
Rev. Dr. Lloyd Hall is the Association's Historian
and serves Plymouth Congregational Church of Racine, WI
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