Stewardship Agreement

Yo, what's up? So this is Tim Pratt Jr., um, and I'm gonna go ahead and jump straight into this one here. I do want to really be quick with this, this content, and I think going forward after this, our pastor will set up a meeting and set up some time, and we just kind of get away right now. I think we have enough material, uh, right now. I believe the heart posture in prayer is just consistency, um, and a lot of times you probably heard me say this in videos or my podcast, uh, there, there's a possibility that we can be, uh, consistently inconsistent, uh, and I think right now, especially in this season, uh, we have to be consistent and, and allow the power of the Holy Spirit as well as our self-discipline. Because Paul, we see this in scripture, yes, it's a self-discipline, the fruit of the Spirit, but there's also a personal self-discipline that I believe enables us— well, will enable the Holy Spirit to to do what he desires to do. We have to make decisions, uh, choices and decisions that allow the Holy Spirit, uh, to, to really govern us the way that he desires to govern us. And, and again, I'm not going to unpack that right now. You know, I've taught on it through the power of God. I'm sure, uh, you've probably seen it taught elsewhere, uh, and I know Pastor Pratt is talking as well. So all that being said, I do want to get into this material. Uh, and I want to make it quick because I do have my daughter downstairs and she's, she's loud and keep calling for Daddy. Um, so let's jump into it. Let me, let me share my screen and I'll walk us through this real quick. And again, just stay tuned because more, more will be coming from myself, Pastor Anthony, uh, as well as Minister Lambert. I know where he's, he just recently onboarded. But, uh, but for sure, myself, Pastor Anthony, and of course Pastor Pratt, and our minister of music, uh, Brother JD. I just really call him Minister JD since he's the minister of music. Um, so let me, again, let me share my screen here. Um, so let me find the right one. Okay, cool. All right, so let me scroll up here and, uh, And I want to get rid of this. Okay, cool. All right, so what I'm thinking going forward, uh, with us as leaders is kind of enabling this thing what I want to call the, the stewardship agreement. And I'll read this word for word because I really want us to consider this because it might be a switch in roles, uh, switching, asking, you know, Pastor to, hey, I'm being— I believe that I'm being led to, uh, look into this area, uh, or maybe pass a shift into this area and things like that. Like, I'm looking for honesty and just, you know, difficult conversations. And what I mean by difficult, I'm not saying it has to be a conversation where it's like we're at odds or just high conflict, but the conversation, uh, if it's like, hey, I just— I believe my season is up in this area, uh, because the thing is we can figure it out. And, and in my heart, through the power of God, is that I don't want people burnt out. I, I, I'm— and Pastor Brad definitely knows where I stand with this— I just want people to be honest. It might just not be a for good step down, but just a sabbatical in the role, just a break, and someone temporarily doing it so we can figure all that out as a team going forward. But I believe as we kind of like bring in more of a tight-knit leadership group and spend time with consistently developing, it's going to be challenging because you don't want to burn out the faithful few. But again, we're going to get into this within this stewardship agreement and unpack this because the areas that I'm covering, uh, I believe these are the core areas that's intact right now. And, uh, in due time I'm sure we'll add more. So that being said, uh, as leaders of this local church under leadership of our senior pastor, we embrace our role as stewards with a deep sense of ownership and accountability. We commit to exercising diligent oversight, making responsible decisions, and fostering a culture of shared responsibility among our leadership team. Together, we will ensure that every area entrusted to us is utilized effectively, promoting the growth and well-being of our local church community in alignment with our shared vision of being the hands and feet of Jesus Christ in today's world. And of course, it's a note. These responsibilities may vary depending on specific context and structure of the church organization. So again, I'm not trying to be real prescriptive here. I believe that as a leader, it should be autonomy to kind of figure out. But certain things, guidelines have to be there so you can have something to measure against. Hey, this is the expectation, because if I don't clearly state my expectations, then how can I hold you accountable? Um, unspoken expectations or expectations that are not clear. And leadership, it is, it is hard to hold someone accountable if the expectations aren't clearly communicated. Remember, communication sent, communication received, communication understood. And so my expectation is that as I go over this with you all virtually, you know, this on-demand video going forward, rolling in questions, let's get to the heart of this and, and how do we go forward in a healthy way. Like, let's, let's for the most part forget about the past with respect, but let's just forget about the past and what was. But how do we move forward as of 2024 through the power of God and align and making sure that we are stewarding well? Uh, so I don't have a foundational verse for this one. I'm just going to jump into the content if that's okay. Uh, so number one, uh, the reason why I'm saying building and ground leader pastor, because One of the shifts that might be taking place here is a pastor might be assigned a certain area, paired up with a deacon or another brother or sister of the local church. So for example, I use this one: building and ground leader pastor. So right now, Deacon Marks, Burgess Marks, is— he's the overseer of the building and the ground here at our local church. Uh, but now I believe Pastor Anthony is going to help as well lead that charge. So it'll be like a co-leadership, a dual leadership thing going on and going forward to just kind of help and then making sure that we're covering all of that, you know, going forward. So again, uh, I'm gonna just read these real quick. Oversee facility maintenance, communicate and coordinate with the maintenance staff or volunteers to ensure that the church building and grounds are well maintained and safe for use. Scheduling, coordinate events, manage the scheduling of church cleaning. So like a cleanup day, this might be quarterly or it might be twice a year, but then the building and ground leader or pastor, they will be responsible for scheduling that. That's the expectation, you know. Events, activities, including coordinate with other ministries and external groups to ensure smooth logistics and use of space. Uh, safety and security, implementing enforced safety protocols, emergency procedures and security measures to safeguard the church property and its occupants. Now again, I know that we have certain people that might be skilled more in safety and security. We might have people that currently already clean. I know like the women of our local church, they already help with like a lot of the logistics and coordination. Like, you know, for example, Sister Lady Kim and Sister Courtney, Sister Linda, Uh, Sister Deborah and, and others, you know, Alice, and I'm just naming names. I know some of this is also with the kitchen committee, of course, Lady Pratt, um, and others again will help with, um, setting up tables. And, uh, Sister Gina, like Sister Carol, I like— I can go on and on— will help, uh, with like, again, with setting up the tables, doing decorations. So somehow, some way, they're playing a part in that. Uh, but however, uh, when, when they're doing this, it's just talking or making contact with Pastor Anthony and Deacon Mark. So one of them has an awareness of, okay, I know this is going to be going on at the local church. I know this, like, I might not physically be there because, say for instance, Sister Courtney might say, hey, I'm going down there, or like, just say this is her sister Courtney Lady Kim, Poco, Sister Sting all go down to do some decorating for an event. Well, they— Deacon Marks or Pastor Anthony, they might not be there. They might say, I don't even need to show up. They're just decorating the Life Center and getting the tables along with Sister Linda, Sister Thomas. So, but it's good to let them know because they're responsible again for building the grounds. So so they can, however they use to schedule, and then they might want to be there. They, they might want to be there just to help, or it might be something that, uh, these sisters or ladies might need from them, uh, again. So it's just good to communicate and say, hey, like for example, even if I was saying I'm gonna come down and I'm gonna be running a 2-hour camp and all I'm gonna be doing is using the goals So even the goals are already in place, the tables have been moved out of the Life Center, and I'm doing training sessions for the next 2 hours and just training young men. Pastor Anthony and Deacon Marks again might say, I don't really need to be there for that, but I'm going to let them know because they will be spearheading down the building and grounds, uh, so that includes the entire campus of the, the ministry, the local church., as well as the grounds, just going forward. So that's, that's that area. And then again, they might tap on, um, Terrell for safety and security. They might say, hey, you know, we, we need to come up with a plan, but they will be the ones ultimately responsible for ensuring people are trained in that. And, uh, if something happens, if someone walked in the church, a threat walked in the church, are we prepared? Again, Terrell might help draft that up, or he might bring somebody in that's more skilled or whatever to draft that up. But like I say they are the ones enforcing it and keeping up with it and making sure that we are accountable to it. It's what I'm trying to say, because in leadership, again, you're not called to know everything. Leadership is always tapping into the wisdom of the group, true leaders. Now you have some leaders that's ego tripping. That's a whole nother story for another day. And, you know, every idea, they have to plan everything, even if they incompetent, because they feel like they're the leader. They have to know everything. That is not leadership. Leadership is just knowing, okay, this is the issue, this is what's going on, and I'm going to help touch the right people, uh, facilitate a group or whatever to ensure that the area that I'm responsible for, uh, it's going to be consistent and I'm going to meet the expectations of our senior pastor, uh, because we believe that our senior pastor hears from God and it's better when most of his time is spent feeding the flock, hearing directly from God. Now that he can't be accessible— so I know I spent a lot of time on one because it'll be a similarity, and these other ones will go faster. Number 2, our worship leader, uh, or pastor. So again, depending on the context, uh, some churches, some local churches now call it worship pastors, worship leaders, minister of music, minister of music, and things like that, that nature.. But we know that we have Minister Jetty for that, uh, Minister Jetty Pratt for that, our minister of music and his team. Uh, he's responsible for that area. And it, like I said, again, could be a deacon, uh, that's working with him to help him behind the scenes, or it could be a pastor. Like I said, we'll get into that as we kind of just redo things just going forward. Uh, but his thing is to plan and organize worship services, coordinate with the musicians, singers, and technical teams to plan and organize, engage in spiritual uplifting worship, worship service. Communication with worship team: facilitate effective communication with the worship team, providing clear direction, song selections, and rehearsal schedules. So again, it might have to be some workshops there. It might have to be a combination of praise team versus the choir. But this is going to ultimately be his responsibility. Again, it's not a dictatorship. But if the expectation that's coming down from the pastor, it's like, hey, you know, this is the expectation. Maybe, maybe we have a theme coming up for this Sunday, so it might need to be songs centered around it. Yes, obey God, but it's nothing wrong with communicating and praying and talking and coordinating things. Again, this comes from communication. And like, I, you know, I'ma just say this, and I think this is just a challenge everywhere. Most of the things break down for a lack of communication. Let me raise my hand and share a personal example. Uh, right now, as of this video recording, Wednesday the 28th, uh, it's 6:21 PM. Uh, Sunday, Sister Collins asked me, who's over the kitchen committee, um, or inform me that she has not heard from the team, uh, of people that will be helping with Port Ian. So not to cause blame or anything like that, I quickly— I thought it was done. I thought everything was already coordinated in the background when I reached out. It wasn't. Hey, I apologize. Breakdown of communication. I assumed that they had— everybody was on the same page. Brought to my attention that it wasn't. So reached out, still nothing. And I just gathered both together. And then shortly after that, a conversation as— this is Kyles, I hope she don't mind— she text me, said that all is good. I heard from them. And things like that. So what am I saying? If I look at myself in this situation, uh, it's— I can start myself. I'm sure, uh, Sister Collins can say, well, you know, it's probably something she could have done, I could have done, or whatever. It's not a blame game, it's just showing like, hey, communication, communication, communication. Maybe going forward, what that teaches me is that if I'm responsible for an area Um, I don't need to make assumptions. Hey, I'm going to call, I'm gonna get in contact with XYZ and say I'm not— I haven't heard from this person, or, or just whatever. Or hey, this wasn't planned, or I'm not sure what we're doing, I'm not sure of the songs that we're singing. Kind of stick with the worship. Again, it's just communication. I'm not trying to be all over the place. It's just all I'm trying to prove is that it's just simply communicate, communicate, communicate, communicate. Communication sent, communication received, communication understood. Uh, just know, just make sure you know and never make assumptions. Ouch. Okay, number 3, um, Executive Associate or Assistant Pastor. So this person, and this honestly, truthfully, I'm laughing because it's probably going to be my, my area that I, that I strongly focus on in addition to one more of these. But strategic planning, assistant development, implementation of church strategic plan, aligning ministry goes with the overall mission and vision of the church. Uh, administration oversight, just provide leadership in the day-to-day, uh, administrative operations, and so on and so on. You, you can read this for yourself. And then liaison with the leadership, serve as a liaison between senior pastor and other staff members, help to facilitate communication, collaboration, and so on and so on. Um, so again, uh, this probably more likely going to be a shared responsibility, but something that's going to be high on, uh, my area or my list. And I'm sure Pastor Anthony and Minister Lambert will, uh, as well as Pastor Pratt, will have some say-so in that as well. Uh, but again, I know we're not typically doing day-to-day right now, but I, I work a lot in the background when it comes to the context of the ministry, uh, at Willow Chapel Ministries a lot. I spend probably about 5 to 10 hours a week, uh, as of right now and that's not including like material like this or, you know, getting ready for service or Sunday service and things of that nature. Uh, but again, like, I'm always for the most part praying, you know, trying to make sure I'm talking with Pastor Pratt as well as the feedback that I'm getting from the congregation and just continually trying to move things forward. Like, for example, one of the things about Sister Verdine Johnson with the outreach. I want to start back working with her to, to help focus on an outward focus, an outward goal, to do some things in the, the community, um, just to go forward, uh. And that strategic planning, you know, of course it's praying, it's hearing from God, and then it's just unpacking it and making sure that it's aligned with the other ministries and departments going forward. This is the other one near and dear to my heart. So you see youth or family, family. But I believe, like I said, if you hit family, that's just considering the husband, the wife, the children, or the father, the mother, the children or child. Because, you know, as much as we would love everybody to probably to, you know, be married and flourish in families, that's not the case. You have people that are divorced, you have people that are remarried, you have co-parent relationships, you have single parent relationships, you have single mothers, you have single fathers, you have child— children out of wedlock. This is the world that we live in. So I just believe that we have to be agile and adaptive, and we have to have programs that can be agile enough to help in whatever state that person is in. Not trying to push or rush people to get married because that's— that's Jesus Christ. But, you know, just being there to support them where we can. We can't do everything. We can't replace parents. We can't replace fathers. We can't replace mothers. But however we can come along and support. So youth program development. Uh, plan and coordinate age-appropriate programs, events, and activities. Work with the youth we have. Discipleship and mentor— that's one area that I'm kind of doing now with some of the members that we have in our local church, and some are not, but I'm, I'm open. It's kingdom, because these kids might eventually want to come to this local church and be connected. Uh, integration with church activities— again, collaborate with other church ministries to integrate youth into the broader church community. Um, this could be ushering, you know, letting them just be a part of service, not waiting for a youth service. Family ministry development, uh, parental support, parental support and education. Uh, so it's helping educate parents, helping talk to them. Uh, it might be through Zoom, it might be through a phone call or whatever of that nature. Uh, and then family-centered events. Of course, like I said, we have family night Uh, this is something that we need to just relook at and not just being so glued to always, you know, I know bingo is big, so maybe not take out bingo, but again, we need to kind of take a step back and say, is this something we want to do all the time? Is it skating? Or like, should we switch it up? Dodgeball, uh, Connect Four, board game nights, um, basketball shootout, the kids playing the men in 3-on-3, whatever, or the women, just whatever. We, we need to just try and not making sure that we are staying holding on to something and not wanting to change because things can stall out, things can get boring. So we just want to be mindful of that and make sure that we are looking at all things to accommodate as much as we possibly can. So it might look different month by month or it might be something themed, you know, are we reaching out to the schools? Are we advertising to other local churches? Because again, a lot doesn't go on in Palm Bluff. So have we created about 50 flyers, and some of us that took time to just ask, send these out to other churches and say, hey, if you would come fellowship with us, have the prices on there. Just don't rely on Facebook, like actually put a flyer in another— in the mail for another church, or give it to whoever that administrative person is for that local church, um, finance committee. So just budget management, financial reporting. So prepare and present regular financial reports to church leadership, providing transparency and accountability regarding the financial health of the church. Again, you can see Pastor Val Cadence there, uh, but listen, you know, one of the things that I've learned is that you never want to be moving forward as a leader and don't have accurate data. Because if I'm moving forward as a leader and I'm not in the know, and then I'm making decisions, I'm doing things, but my data is not up to date because of a lack of transparency or whatever, I can truthfully make things worse. So no matter how difficult the conversation is, we have to have those conversations. And it needs to be a cadence that works for everybody because you don't want to overburden the finance committee, even its members. You know, when we go to them, give them time if you need to. Hey, I want to look at X, XYZ, could you have this done for me? Don't just go to them and expect for them to like give you reports in 2-3 minutes. Um, give them time, talk to them, and remind, you know, remind and reach out. Um, but that, that's a big one there. Kitchen committee leader, uh, plan and coordinate meals, work with volunteers, kitchen staff, and organize meals for church events, services, and gatherings. We, we do that now. Inventory management, uh, this is just a little note: be mindful of dietary restrictions and preferences within congregation and communicate the menu. So, they can take into consideration. So that, that's, again, sometimes it might be good to say, well, this is what we're having. You know, we might not be in a position to, to have all different options, but people can kind of know, like, oh, I, I can't eat that certain food, so I'm not. And, you know, they might come but still, like, they might fellowship but might not eat. Um, so, uh, that's just something that we have to look at going forward with the kitchen. Then things like preparing meals, maybe we might only be able to prepare 30, 40, 50 meals and go hand them out or go contact the homeless shelter beforehand and say, hey, Willow Chapel Ministries are looking to prepare some small to-go plates. Would it be okay if we prepare down at the local church or whatever, load them up and come and hand them out to people? Um, number 7, beautification committee. Uh, so again, pretty much self-explanatory. Interior decoration, seasonal displays, um, maintenance and things of that nature. I believe, again, we're already doing that. Of course, we see the lights now, and I told them the Christmas tree that they all— just most of them participated in decorating, man. I would love to have that Lorisville on the stage during the Christmas season this year. A long ways away, but you never know with the way these months fly by now. But again, thinking things, you know, are we— do we have a family and friends thing coming up? What can we control or do there to just help? Outreach committee. So community engagement, fostering connections, identifying needs, evangelism. Communicate impact, encourage involvement. Sometimes that's just what outreach can do. One of the things that I was thinking about is, what if we could just, like I said, do 4 $25 gift cards and just randomly say, with a card that we can go get from Dollar Tree and personally sign and say, man, this is just a small token, and just catch people randomly in line or at the gas station, all of us responsible for doing it. We could raise that. In-house and it's nothing. And just saying, hey, this is $25 gift card, nothing much, would love to invite you to service, but, uh, no strings attached, just want to bless you with this. Maybe it might pay for lunch, maybe it might help pay for your kids' lunch, maybe it might help with gas. We don't know, we never know, but we can be the hands and feet of Jesus. And sometimes, uh, like Andy Stanley, I believe I already— he said, do for one that you wish you can do for all. Listen, I wish I had a checkbook I'm not big enough to just go do things I see on social media when a person walk in there and just get a whole Lil' Ways out and just all kind of stuff, pay off with the cars and things like that. But just because I can't do that now doesn't mean that I can't do something else. And so that's all a part of outreach. So, and we all can participate in that, but I think it should be kind of led up again by a committee that's kind of gauging and letting us know what efforts. And right now, uh, like I say, maybe that's something that again we can talk to Sister Vernice Johnson about since she was leading that effort with the, the, uh, the food program with the children backpacks thing. Um, and then here are just some other things. Again, like I say, building and building ground and beautification. Uh, so this might be like a combination with the beautification team and building the ground team, uh, just looking at our outdoor spaces, you know, seasonal landscape, exterior cleaning. So like power maybe once a year or whatever of that nature. Again, leaving that up to them to kind of talk and coordinate. Uh, and then like I said, beautification, helping with— man, like, you know, should we kind of plant something there in the front? Like, I don't know. Like I said, it's open to, to that team. That is definitely not my area, uh, and I won't even try to pretend like it is. But I know that we have people in this local church that can figure that out if, you know, if if we have the necessary people and resources, of course. And then just a little note here, event program and planning. Uh, so outreach events, uh, marketing promotion. So a lot of this is done through Facebook. I kind of lead this up and then just follow up, uh, implement strategies for follow-up and relationship building after outreach events. So this is just more so like just reaching out, sending little cards, giving personal text messages, personal calls. If you invited 5 people, Ask them for feedback, like ask them, you know, what did you like? What did you didn't like? And don't take it personal. I'm not saying we're going to accommodate everything and every time somebody says something we're switching because that's not what this is about. But I do feel like we should have a heart posture to hear every, everyone. With that being said, so that's that. And then I'm going to go over this one real quick. Again, we'll get more in details with this. Going forward. So let me get this bar thing off. So I believe I'm still— let me just stop sharing again, share again. So stop sharing. Let me share again here. All right, so again, um, I'll go here. So this will also come out too, but maybe this is something we can talk about together as a team. But, uh, this is just a Ministry Wellness Survey that I would like to intact here. So thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and experience. Your feedback is crucial in ensuring the health and effectiveness of our ministry. Please answer the following questions honestly. Anonymously. Uh, so role clarity, uh, and maybe it don't have to be anonymous if you don't want to, but what I'm trying to look for is that just on a scale of 1 to 5, and you can like say again read this, do you understand what you're doing in the role that you have been, uh, placed in or that you have agreed to serve in? Um, how do you feel about the level of collaboration within your ministry team? Um, vision clarity, you know, is it clear? How well do you understand the overall vision of our church? Um, how well do you feel the vision is communicated, broken down to your specific ministry team? That's sometimes we don't, you know, because I feel like it's views. You have the 30,000-foot view, uh, you have the view, okay, now I'm coming in, so I understand the organizational view, but I quite don't understand how my team, or even me just personally, uh, how this rolls up into that. We, we need to know, we need to talk about it. And, and because, you know, just again, you know, get understanding. We have to get understanding. Uh, ministry workload. Do you feel like the ministry workload is manageable? Um, if you feel like the workload's too much at times, what aspects or tasks can contribute to this, uh, perception? Again, feedback. Like, don't say no, Pastor, or hey, someone is up and all things are good, and then behind closed doors it's like, oh my God, this is just too much. Like, let's be open, candid, respectful, because we might have to do some things by committee. Again, you have to have that person that's kind of overseeing it, but it, it might have to be by committee. We might have to table some things as of now and only focus on a few ministries. Uh, and work with it. And then as we grow through the power of God, he adds to the church, we can revisit some things. Um, supporting resources— do you feel adequately supported in your role? Again, honesty, yes or no. Are there specific resources or support mechanisms you believe would enhance your effectiveness in ministry? I'm a firm believer that we need more coaching. Uh, I'm a certified licensed coach. Um, within the secular, within leadership, team dynamics, with the enterprise level as well as the individual level. And I'm not saying that to boast, but this is what I do every day, uh, in the technology and leadership space. Um, so I can help with that. Um, again, our, uh, and then general comments, you know, please use this space to share any additional thoughts and concerns, suggestions regarding experience in ministry. So what I would say, like, if you don't get this handout, I would just look through this and just maybe on a piece of paper, just fill it out and, and talk about it, you know, with someone that's in the ministry. Uh, and then if you don't want to put your name on it, that's, that's fine. But we need to collect this data because I'm just one of the firm believers, I don't like just throwing, uh, Jell-O, uh, at the wall and hoping to stick. Or no, I said I don't like trying to nail Jell-O to the tree. Um, I want to know like, hey, like this, this is where we are. This is the gaps. So let's work on closing these. Uh, yes, I understand we have the Holy Spirit, uh, but at the same time, some things just come from conversation. Because I can show you this again with the scripture paraphrasing it. A lot of times Paul was able to write to the depth that he was able to write to because people made him aware, uh, and he was— he dealt with that through the power of Holy Spirit. But if you look at sometimes when Paul opened up his letters Uh, he would say basically in so many words, this was brought to my concern, um, or such and such made me aware. Uh, so sometimes we just have to be made aware so we can sit with it and pray and ask the Holy Spirit with our skills and with our knowledge as leaders to start tapping into and figuring out how can we do these things. But if we're not aware, we can't help fix what we, uh, what no one doesn't talk about and communicate. So that is something that I really I like, listen, I, I like, I don't care if somebody tell me, man, I feel like your preaching sucks and I don't ever understand your teaching. That is fine. Does it hurt? Yes, it hurts. It does. Because I'm like, man, I think I put in a lot of time in this and I pray and I nurture. But you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna feel it for a minute. I'm like, wow, that sucks. But then I'm gonna go get help. I'm gonna reach out to Toastmasters. I'm gonna crack open— matter of fact, I got a book right here. Uh, share with you, uh, that I'm reading now. Because communication is a skill. So I'm like, man, well, if I'm teaching the gospel, yes, the word of God, it's like a double-edged sword. But also too, how am I wielding that sword? Am I wielding it in a way where it's effective, or am I wielding it in a way where it's not effective? Uh, it's not that the word can't do what it, it's going to do, but I can wield it in a way where it's not producing what it, what it, what it can produce because I'm an ineffective communicator of it. So I'm not going to unpack that a little bit more, but just that's talking about communication. Let's look at our leadership. So I just want to see it in a position through the power of God where Pastor Pratt and others, they don't— he don't even have to like— it's just things are running the way and it's accountability. It's not about getting in trouble. It's not about trying to dictate or nothing like that. I tell— I'm open. If I can't be there, I can't be there. But for the most part, uh, no, I communicate. But when I can, I can. Like I said all the time, there's plenty of other ministries that I pass when I'm leaving. Right now, my house, Conway, is about an hour and a half drive to there, an hour and a half back. 3 hours of driving total time. Um, but I, I just— I love the ministry and I believe in it. You hear me say that all the time. Uh, but again, I just communicate, hey, I'm not gonna be there for the next 2 Sundays. Like, I'm, I'm out this Sunday, and then the following, I'm just going to spend some time with my wife, but I'll be there, Lord's will, the next, the, the third one or whatever. Uh, it's just, it's just communicating, um, and going forward with that. So again, we will get into this more. I hope these handouts can come in PDFs with this video, but if not, just take some time, pause the video, and just ask these questions to yourself, uh, and then just write it out on, on a piece of paper and just be prepared when Pastor calls the next leadership meeting, or myself, you know, we're just ready to talk and we're ready to, to unpack some things. And we might not solve everything in that meeting, uh, we might have to do some Zoom meetings. So I can help make sure everybody is set up with that. But going forward, uh, we, we gotta— we have to start somewhere because I believe that by faith and we do our part, I believe the Lord is going to increase this ministry like we've never seen before. But it's going to require work, uh, like never before as a team, so one or two people aren't carrying a burden by themselves. So, man, I love you all. I pray that this helps in some capacity. If it don't, give me feedback, uh, but I pray to God this helps in some capacity. I love you all. Man, be blessed. Always praying for you all. And again, um, let's get it, let's get into it, man. Uh, so I'm out. Praise God for y'all.