Empowering Leadership

Moses, with the advice of his father-in-law, decides that he can't do it all. He appoints other judges to handle the smaller cases and he deals with only the big ones, along with probably Aaron and a couple of other priests.

Right now, we have a 15 member Council, led by an Executive team of 4. Our 10 other adult members cover our 10 teams (and the youth member is mentored by one of them, as they work together on one team):
1. Christian Ed
2. Evangelism
3. Fellowship
4. Finance
5. Property
6. Senior Ministry
7. Social Ministry
8. Stewardship
9. Worship & Music
10. Youth Ministry

In the 9 days since I posted about having...
spiritual disciplines, so that we can remain connected to God: prayer, Bible study, worship, and confession
AND
a spiritual lifestyle, so that we can remain connected to each other and who we are as God's people: simplicity, service, fellowship, and witness
...I have been thinking a lot about simplicity.

What if we took our structure and simplified it?
1. On Sunday mornings, we learn, worship, and fellowship. Could Christian Ed, Worship & Music, and Fellowship work together to plan the best Sunday morning experience possible, each handling their own parts?
2. We are sent from worship, "Go in peace. Serve the Lord." We are meant to have Sabbath rest, so why don't we do our team meetings during the week, in order to make the main thing the main thing on Sunday mornings? The other six days are meant to be about living out our lives of faith in the world. Could Evangelism and Social Ministry work together to plan the best outreach possible, again each handling their own particular emphasis?
3. 25% of our members are under 18. Of the remaining, half are between 18-55 and half are over 55. Could the Youth team morph into the Children, Youth, and Family team, covering everything related to that age group not having to do with education. In other words, Christian Ed would handle Sunday School/Bible Study, VBS, Confirmation, etc and the CYF team would cover worship, fellowship, and outreach. Likewise, Senior Ministry would cover their age demographic. Could Children, Youth, and Family and Senior Ministry work together to tie the two groups together as much as possible? Several families at Faith represent all three generations.
4. Two teams do incredible maintenance work behind the scenes. Could Finance and Property work together to keep things running smoothly?
5. That would leave Stewardship as the umbrella team, encouraging everyone to sacrificially give of their time, talent, treasure, and touch for the kingdom work God has given us to do.