In October of 2009 I was given the challenge as a layperson to get PLACE up and running in 90 days! WOW! At first it seemed impossible, but once I put a timeline together and began working forward, it’s amazing of how it has all came together.

I am proud to say that last Wednesday night I held my first PLACE class and we had 22 people in attendance. That is pretty good for the size of our church with very little adult programming on Wednesday evenings. Not to mention promoting it throughout the holiday season.

I taught the Personality Discovery section and will proceed teaching Learning Spiritual Gifts, Abilities Awareness, Connecting Passion with Ministry and Life Experiences in the following 4 weeks.

I still have a long way to go, but we are making progress. There is a big buzz about the class and I have had several calls and emails of more interest. Here are some things we have accomplished so far:

• Staff overview of the PLACE process
• Took paid staff and support thru a PLACE workshop
• Began building a PLACE team of Facilitators, Connection Coaches and Administration people to help with the process.
• Completed Ministry Involvement Survey throughout the congregation
• Completed a ministry guide
• Purchased Mobilyzr.com and the PLACE streaming video subscription.
• Entered all PLACE profiles into Mobilyzr.com
• Scheduled PLACE workshops for 2010
• Took deacons and other leadership through the PLACE Workshop
• Trained Connection Coaches
• Scheduled PLACE sermon series with Pastor
• Began out first “real” workshop with several others scheduled for members and new members.
• Plus a few more things!

I have worked for PLACE Ministries almost 10 years now in my profession and to have the opportunity to start it from scratch at a new church has truly been rewarding and has taught me many lesions. It has given me an opportunity to live out Matthew 16:25, you find your life as you give it away!

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