Craig Groeschel » Mission Church Church Leadership Planning Community

Most churches experience a “summer slump.” Attendance drops, giving slows, volunteers miss, and general interest fades.

What should a leader do during down times? Although I can’t answer the question for you specifically, I would say, do something intentional!

You might:

• Challenge the church to host summer neighborhood block parties.
• Ask your small groups to take the summer off meeting as a group and devote one weekend a month to a mission project in your city.
• Write devotionals for people who will be traveling on vacation.
• Do a summer-long overview of the Old Testament.
• Experiment with a different style of worship.
• Spend half a day a week mentoring your younger staff members.
• Take some extended time off.
• Commit to read a book a week.
• Challenge people to devote a week of their vacation to minister on an international mission trip.

Whatever you do, don’t miss this great opportunity to pray, seek God, and do something intentional! Even though many are distracted, God still wants to do something powerful through your ministry this summer.

 

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This post originally appeared on Craig’s site, Swerve. Pastor Craig will be speaking at our upcoming Resurgence 2012 Conference. Super Early Registration ends in a week, so be sure to sign up now to get the best price.

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