Week 2 in Recap

  "The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today”
          Elbert Hubbard

          As we started our second week together as a new team, we were gifted a scholarship to Klamath County’s Chamber of Commerce’s 3 day Academy for Business Excellence. It’s this author’s assumption that we would all much rather have clients out in the field which would help fulfill our mission: to help people remove barriers to spiritual progress in their life, to help free them from destructive and captive ways of thinking, and to help them be restored to an abundant and God honoring life. Clients would also help pay the bills.

          But, the Academy couldn’t have happened at a more appropriate time as our team is sitting down and figuring out the details of what exactly our mission and vision is and where we see ourselves going as an organization in the future. In one of the courses on business planning, the instructor said that without goals our ship could sail in any direction and get lost in the winds. We believe that God will guide our ship, but we are responsible for manning the sails and being good stewards of the boat He’s given us.

          Classes included training on proposal writing, marketing plans, creating contingency and succession plans, discussions on social media, in depth training on using Facebook, a panel on the Affordable Healthcare Act, and much more. In addition, politicians from the state and county were present for lunch-time presentations on how legislation affects local and state-wide business, as well as how the community can get involved in the political process. Needless to say, not all of these forums were necessary or enticing for all of our team…

          In addition to time spent in seminars through the week, we also spent time together outside of classes hammering out our own vision, mission, and marketing strategies. We discussed what our different skills and gifts are and what we think we can contribute to this organization to get Tree of Life operating to a capacity where we can help up to 100 clients a year and hopefully more in the future! We’ve also learned that in addition to the unique gifts and skills that we can contribute, we will all be called outside of our comfort zone to be grown, stretched, and eventually be able to help this ministry grow in the way that God desires.

          Please continue to keep our team and ministry in your prayers – they are the foundation of any success we may accomplish.

        “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” Proverbs 16:3