So I started this blog after GUPY, but I have been really bad at updating it. I have had ideas of what to write but I don't really have a vision for this blog. So since this is the break of vision seeking I will be trying to see about this too.
But here is what I am planning to do this break:
- Define the responsibilities, authority, role and of Vision Team
- Define the responsibilities, authority, role and of each position of Vision Team
- Define the responsibilities, authority, role and of Small Group Leaders
- Figure out how to keep all these people accountable for their positions
- Figure out how to increase communication between the Vision Team and the Chapter
- Figure out how to increase communication in general
- Define the vision for the InterVarsity Chapter at Virginia Tech (err... my vision :) )
- Develop a plan to fix Small Groups at Virginia Tech
- Develop a plan for a sustainable Chapter at Virginia Tech
- Figure out who I am, and who I want to be
- Figure out what happened this semester (I like to evaluate my semesters)
I recently was reading (still am actually) a book about men in the church. And he said something I believe to be true that "Men need vision - not just relationships to stay motivated in church." Now I am not trying to get into the whole argument of is IV the church or not, but I look around and I see almost every other chapter in our region being almost all girls. And In IV at VT we have been praying for women for years and we are finally about 50/50. The only problem... it is both from an increase in women and a decrease in men, at the same time. We have had several visions floating around in the last year or so, for the first time we are trying to have a vision for the chapter, but I do not feel that we have focused on one or a few such that the chapter knows the vision. We have not been communicating with the chapter well. I want to fix that. Or try. So I have huge aspirations for this break, we shall see what happens. I have a goal, I can only set it up over break, but I have been given another year on vision team to start to make it happen. God put IV on the campus of Virginia Tech for a reason, for a long time, arguably still, that reason has been for ourselves. Our growth, our community, our enjoyment, and IV is all of those things. But it is also a place for us to learn how to develop a vision, where the leaders can help provide the resources and authority to make the vision happen. A place where people can learn how to love and care for people well, how to interact with people well. And finally and most importantly a community that exists to share the gospel with those who have not heard it, or need to hear it again, or in a different way.
That is what is on my mind. I hope to blog more over break, so if you want a preview of what will be coming in the next year in IV this is the place.
PS- This is not even considering the fact that my co-Small Group Coordinator is as opinionated as me, more of a visionary than me, with a stronger personality than me. The SGLs are in for an interesting year.
I can't wait!
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Allen - I appreciate your passion for the ministry there and your desire to lead with vision and to lead men to step up to the plate. I can't help but read this, though, and get the feeling like you're putting a lot of things on your shoulders, determining to make things happen and fix things. I can't fully explain it but the vibe I get is that this is your thing to figure out and implement and fix, which doesn't sound like dependence on Christ, which is where we are created to live. Now, it is impossible to read tone and heart into words typed on a web page, so I may be off base. But I want to caution you about thinking that it's all up to you, or even that you can do this if you just think hard enough, analyze enough, plan enough. Turning hearts towards the Lord is a Spirit work, and our plans are best when we cooperate with the Spirit's leading and the things that He is already doing. Just be wary of the subtle temptation to live in the flesh in the midst of doing "good" things for the Lord.
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