Results May Vary
February 10, 2010 Leave a Comment
A recent event invitation I received on Facebook brought me back to an annual decision that has to be made among a college ministry leadership team. Here’s the deal: the ministry holds their large weekly gathering on the same night of the week a big Christian concert comes to town once a year. What to do, what to do . . .
I’ve seen and heard of how this scenario will play out with various solutions. The option I can picture being presented the most is to hold a shorter version of the weekly gathering, and go from there to the concert. There’s also going on with business as usual and giving people the choice of what they want to do, or just calling off the gathering and meeting at the concert. This year, the last choice prevailed in what has the potential of being a weighted decision-making process.
Seeing an invitation to join the ministry at the concert almost two years after graduating college brought back memories for me of the times I’ve been involved in the discussion on what to do on that particular night of the year. Honestly, there’s no wrong answer among the options.
What a learning and growing experience this is for the ministry’s student leadership team each year! It presents them with the opportunity to work together in coming to a consensus and moving forward with it. This year, the consensus was to hold off the gathering and everyone go to the concert. The details I read also showed me thought was put into what should be done for the people who can’t or don’t want to pay the admission. It was a great consensus that will leave very few to no people who would normally go to the gathering out in the cold (great job, team!).
Next year, the decision may be different. What happened this year may or may not be taken into consideration. The important thing is the team will once again work together on a solution, even though the results may vary.
The idea of having teams is to be a team. Everyone in the team has something to bring to the table. Every detail goes into the finished product. Hardly anything remains set in stone, but that’s not the point. A team should move forward with what it agrees is the best solution. When you’re working as a team, you can take on anything. There may be challenges to your decisions, but if you’re a team, you’re ready!
