1) EXODUS - THE JETHRO PRINCIPLE: 2-3-10

Ø  Exodus 18:17 And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. 18. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is to heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

SOLUTION

Ø  LISTEN

o   Exodus 18:19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee:

Ø  TEACH

o   Exodus 18:20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws,

Ø  SHOW

o   Exodus 18:20 And shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

Ø  DELEGATE

o   Exodus 18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

IT’S PROVISIONAL

Ø  Exodus 18:23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

Ø  Jethro lays out a plan from his own flesh then adds if, “GOD COMMAND THEE SO.” We can lay out plans and dreams but ultimately God must approve and endorse our plans.

PASTOR’S TAKEAWAY

P.RIORITIES – The Six AU Values: Families, Discipleship, Evangelize, Worship, Fellowship, and Ministry. This year I am learning the word ‘NO’ if it does not fall under our V.I.S.I.O.N. then we are not going to get distracted.

A.LIGNMENT – Placing all of the ministries under one of the 6 headings to align with the AU vision.

S.TAFFING – We have been working on placing the right people in the right seats under each AU Value. We desire to have people exercising their 1Thing.

T.EACH – We will host over 8 ministry training seminars to train leaders in specific areas.
O.RGANIZE – We created a pamphlet that outlines the vision of AU for 2010. It contains a draft copy of the entire calendar for 2010 and goals that we are attempting to accomplish with God’s help.

R.EALIGN – While we started out his year with a strong vision, God has just created some exciting opportunities that we did not plan such as: Couple Counseling, intern program, and changing direction on Wednesday night teaching series.