The PF Women Team at our Annual Team Retreat ~ 2018 Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said: It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way. Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director. Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year. God has done amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory! I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started i...
We got home at 1:45 AM from ministering at Gulf Coast Assembly of God Campmeeting. The pastors of this great church in North Port, FL are Keith and LaDonna Jones . They have two wonderful young adult daughters, Kimberly and Jessica. Their campmeeting this year is “Breakthrough 2009” and we were blessed to be the guest ministers last night. God moved in a powerful way and lives were TRANSFORMED! We also had wonderful fellowship with the Jones before and after the service. We went over to Gulf Coast early and spent several hours together and enjoyed a terrific meal at a place called the Old World Restaurant in North Port. They had some of the most amazing French onion soup that we have ever had. After several hours of experiencing some real breakthrough at the service, we went to Applebees. It was so good just to talk and encourage one another in our calling, and enjoy some “ironing sharpening iron” time. They are SUCH a a great pastoral team and it was just great to talk shop, a...