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New Year, Same You (But Maybe a Little Better)

Embrace the Power of Small Changes for a Sustainable Ministry - Discover how focusing on small, achievable steps can lead to significant changes in your ministry and daily life, helping you achieve lasting success and growth.

New Year, Better You

Embrace the Power of Small Changes for a Sustainable Ministry

Happy New Year! As we step into a new year, it's common to think about new beginnings, fresh starts, and ambitious resolutions. This New Year, we're advocating a different approach to make a significant impact in your ministry - small, sustainable changes.

Focus on the Small, Achieve the Big

When overwhelmed with the demands of ministry, grand resolutions can seem daunting. This year, rather than the lofty aspirations, consider the little tweaks and adjustments that can impact your daily life and ministry. You might find these small changes, as simple as they may be, will have the most significant and lasting effects.

Three-Step Formula for Success

  1. Start Small: Instead of overhauling your entire life, pick one aspect you'd like to focus on. It could be anything - improving time management skills, deepening your spiritual journey, or spending quality time with your family. Remember, it's the accumulation of these small steps that leads to great success.

  2. Sustainability: Don't set unrealistic or too-drastic changes that set you up for failure. Begin small and gradually build on your achievements. Consistent, incremental steps often result in a sustainable change that is easy to maintain in the long run.

  3. Celebrate Wins: Every step forward, regardless of its size, is worth celebrating. Acknowledging your progress fuels motivation, and keeping a positive perspective ensures you keep moving forward.

New Year, New Approach

Your challenge for today is simple - choose one small, sustainable change you want to implement in your life or ministry, write it down, create a plan, and take the first step.

Listen to more healthy church staff tales and how small changes can lead to sustainable growth in the latest podcast episode. Let's start this year by focusing on the small, achievable steps that lead to significant changes. Celebrate those small wins - for they are the stepping stones to your bigger achievements. Happy New Year!

Todd Rhoades

Todd Rhoades

Todd has invested over 30 years in serving churches, having served as a worship pastor for over 15 years, a church elder for more than a decade, and in various ministry leadership roles in both the business and non-profit sectors. As the original founder and developer of ChurchStaffing.com, Todd fundamentally changed the way thousands of churches search for pastors and staff on the internet. Todd is a graduate of Cedarville University, and lives in Bryan, OH with his wife, Dawn.

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