1. Complacency in Our Personal Lives; Rule Zero

Revelations 2:2-5

Relevant questions to reject complacency in our personal life:

How we can help ourselves have more awareness and improvement?

2. Complacency in Ministry; What is a 10?

Luke 7:36-47

Relevant questions to reject complacency in ministry

Are teen in my parish growing spiritually?
Are my core YM activities drawing more teens than 6 mo ago?
If there isn’t growth, what is keeping us from growing?
If there is growth, what is my succession plan for next year of teens? For when my best volunteers move on to next stage in life? For when my pastor move on to next stage in life? For when God calls me to what’s next?
Who does this better than we do and what I can learn from them?
Who is succeeding right now in YM and what’s the story of how they got there?
What is the vision for YM in my parish, that possible and better future that God is leading us towards 2-5 years from now?

How we can have more awareness and improvement?

New YM: write down all the stuff that is lame, bad, or broke
Be real about what’s not working; write it or better, find someone to talk it through.
Get off the tracks! Freight train of activities, events, crises. You need time out of office and routine to look at big relevant Q.
Find God’s vision for your ministry in your parish.

3. Complacency in Teams; What's Not Working

1 Samuel 2:12-13a, 22-24, 29, 31; 3:11-14, 18; 4:10-11, 17-18.

Relevant questions to reject complacency in teams

What matters most in my parish right now?
How much do I trust my team? How real can they be with me?
If I asked for help or said I was struggling, what would happen?
When was the last time we had a conflict about something that mattered and came to a relevant, wise resolution?
If the Holy Spirit inspired someone on my team with a fantastic idea for our parish, and idea that would make a huge difference for us, what’s the probability that we would notice, get excited, and actually execute that idea?
What would make us work better as a team?
What would make us more receptive to the Holy Spirit’s direction and help?

How can you help your team have awareness and improvement?