Are you casting vision?

When I joined the New Life team a month ago as the Family Ministry Pastor, I was invited to join a group of men in the Church for a weekly Wednesday morning gathering for some lay leaders in the church.

At first, what I thought I was joining was some sort of Book club with Brett, the Lead Pastor. But to simply say that it is just a book club would not be completely accurate. See what they do is to go over books, a few chapters at a time and then discuss how it applies to New Life and the church we are building. Most everyone shares as we discuss, including Brett.  It has been great to be apart of this meeting and even greater to see how Brett uses that to cast vision and empower people of the church to be apart of the direction of the church.

As I watch Brett invest in these men, it brought the question to me: What am I doing to cast the vision of the church to others.  So, as I ask myself, I ask you, what are you doing to cast vision for your ministry to others? One of the things Brett is doing with these men is investing in these key leaders at New Life. He is sharing his heart with them and trying to give them the vision of where he feels the Lord is leading the church.

With this in mind, I want you to TAKE A MINUTE and examine what your circle of influence is.  No matter what position you have in the church, you have a circle of influence.   It could be some key student leaders, parents, volunteer leaders or other staffers.   After you discover your group, my encouragement for you is to invest your time in them, sharing your heart and passion with them as you share the direction you feel the Lord is leading. By sharing this you are hopefully motivating these leaders to be missional (thanks AND 10 for some great ideas on this) and ministering to their own circle of influence.