The Cost of Community
During my staff team’s first get-together before the new school year, I felt impassioned by the Spirit to share about how crucial unity would be for us as a team that year. Little did I know what that unity would cost, and who would need to pay up. Spoiler: it was me. A few weeks […]
Flipping the Map
“If you flip the map over, you’ll get a bigger picture of where we are,” I suggested to my teammate. His response? “I actually like to only look at the little square.” Surprised, I mentioned that he might be missing out on a lot by seeing only one piece of the whole. But that’s my […]
Teamwork According to Ants
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6:6-8 A friend and I were talking about working with others. I wasn’t at all surprised when he commented, “I recently […]
Teaming in the Cities: An Interview with Patriece Johnson
Why is a team important to the mission of your city team? Teams are important because there are so many aspects of ministering in the city context that one person will miss. We have some amazing leaders on campus and they have a unique skill set that allows them to do that well but as […]
Teamwork
My idea of teaming was significantly impacted when I read the first four words of I and II Thessalonians: Paul, Silas and Timothy. Three individuals with decades of shared experience were writing a letter as a ministry team. For 47 years, I have served with ministry teams on college campuses and military bases in Massachusetts, […]
Conversations on Teamwork with the Collegiate Executive Team
Noah Haas, Melissa Nugent, Ben Nugent, Deb Proctor Hosted by Norm Hubbard A good team can make or break your experience of job and ministry. During the Navigators National Collegiate Conference in 2021, Norm Hubbard interviewed the Collegiate Executive Team about some of their thoughts on teaming. Ben and Melissa Nugent, Deb Proctor, and Noah […]
