MrsBills' Blog

Last night St Luke’s church hosted an evening with Phil Knox who works for evangelical alliance looking at reaching young adults presented a conversation thinking about how to lead millennials and the changing landscape that businesses, churches and other settings find themselves working with and supporting millennials (those born between 1982-2000). In the church Phil referred to this generation often being the ‘missing generation’ who have never been involved in church as a child. I went along because, as a millennial myself I find myself leading those of an older generation but will also soon be a millennials leading other millennials and those who are post millennial. The opening comment around millennials being those who often find job satisfaction hard and look for instant gratification is something that I can certainly relate to with those who I know. Those who never seem satisfied with the job they have and are constantly on the look out for something different or better. We ...

Romans 12:2 4-8 Be transformed by Gods renewing- God has placed me in this role not to hide my gifts away but to transform them. That being a leader is about stepping forward and showing others what God is doing. If your gift is to lead do it diligently- v8 what a challenge! My overnight reflections were mainly based on how: * People read me and know far more than I think.  * I need to take control of that and consider thoughtfully and prayerfully the change they will see when I return next week.  * To find ways to be a better servant leader.  * To focus on loving others, giving generously, to grow others. This led to me creating some Emerging leadership goals * to find ways to use key questions that I need to ask -to show vision is in practise and action within school * to feel more confident to answer those questions with gods help and to find different sources when needed * for both good teachers and great leaders questions are key!...