1. Equipping Counselors for Your Church Want to Change Lives?

2. The Best Laid Plans…

3. Sometimes Working the Plan Doesn’t Work!

4. Not Legal Stuff!!!

6. Empowering Godly Ministers for Ministry Preparing for the Race  Organizing the Organism: What excites you? What scares you?

7. Where We’re Headed in Lap Four

8.  Orchestrate the Ongoing Organizing of the Organism…  Care Carefully through…

9. The Big Picture: Spontaneous Structure!  The Invisible Institution  “Arrangements are then made for conducting the exercises. They first ask each other how they feel, the state of their minds, etc. The male members then select a certain space, in separate groups, for their division of the meeting. Preaching in order by the brethren; then praying and singing all around…. The preacher usually commences by calling himself unworthy….”

10. The Big Picture: Spontaneous Structure!  The Early Church  “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer…. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people” (Acts 2:42, 46- 47).

11. The Big Question: Keep Plates Spinning—Relationally?  LEAD: My Story  You Are Not Alone: Other Stories

12. The Big Question: Keep Plates Spinning—Relationally?  God’s Story and God’s Glory

13. Launching Ministries Built to Last: Ad-ministrating Ministries  Evaluate  Graduate/Congratulate  Designate  Create (Launch)

14. Launching Ministries Built to Last: Ad-ministrating Ministries  Automate  Formulate  Communicate

15. Leading Ministries From Good to Great: Mentoring and Supervising  Mentoring/CE  Supervision

16. Leaving a Legacy of Loving Leaders: Passing the Baton of Ministry

17. Orchestrating Ministries

18. Running the Race: For Discussion and Application  Which of the seven principles…?

19. Practicing Ethical and Legal Wisdom: Caring Carefully  Paranoia and Naiveté  The Law of God and the Law of the Land  Obey the law of God and the law of the land in the fear of God not the fear of man.

20. Practicing Ethical and Legal Wisdom: Caring Carefully  Scope of Care  Quality of Care

21. Practicing Ethical and Legal Wisdom: Caring Carefully  Propriety  Humility  Referral  Confidentiality  Church Discipline  Documentation  Supervision

22. Practicing Ethical and Legal Wisdom: Caring Carefully

23. Running the Race: For Discussion and Application  What do you need to do in your ministry to assure that you care carefully?

24. Conclusion: Want to Change Lives?  “These are your grandbabies!”

25. Running the Race: For Discussion and Application  What one or two specific action steps…?  Of everything we’ve reflected on today…?

26. Appendices: Practical Equipping Resources

27. Your Next Steps: Resources for Your Equipping Journey  www.rpmministries.org, www.churchequipping.com, www.prpbooks.com www.rpmministries.org www.churchequipping.comwww.prpbooks.com  Equipping Counselors for Your Church: The 4E Ministry Training Strategy: http://bit.ly/EC4YC4Ehttp://bit.ly/EC4YC4E  Consulting: rpm.ministries@gmail.comrpm.ministries@gmail.com

28. Equipping Counselors for Your Church Want to Change Lives?