Someone asked me the other day, "So is the Vision Meeting, really just the annual business meeting?" The answer is yes and no. This person was obviously familiar with what an annual business meeting is like for any corporation, but we find ourselves in a slightly different place. We are not an autonomous church, and because of that the church's business is overseen by a couple of other boards; firstly the oversight board at Pasadena A/G and secondly the board of presbyters for the Potomac District. So the business in this startup phase is actually handled by them, and will be until we're self-sustaining. (You'll find out on Sunday that as of right now we're not.)
The Vision Meeting though is really more than that to me. It is where we coalesce and align around a shared picture of the future, and if we don't we're in for a miserable year. Seen vision leaks and drifts. Vision is poured into an organization and from that moment on it is steadily leaking no matter how fast or slow. Because of this phenomenon it has to be refilled as often as possible. The Vision Meeting is a purposeful effort of refilling that vision.
Vision also has a problem of drift. That means that on the towards the bullseye we begin to drift of course ever so slightly. The problem is that once you start drifting you can't fight the inertia that pulls you off course. It's then that you need a course correction. The Vision Meeting enables us to correct our course.
--Ben
1 comment:
Well Said, Ben.
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