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Jay Contributes a Sweet Bit of Words to His Church
July 23, 2024


It is July 2024. Our church has formed a committee to update its bylaws, and there is a draft product which has been reviewed by a lawyer. It is now time for the congregation to review the document, and our pastor has provided copies for us to review. We have been asked, rightly so, that if we have suggested revisions, we also include the words that need to be added for the revision.

After reviewing the document, I made a suggestion and got feedback from the pastor, and later, received from him some supporting information regarding the church's mission, strategy, values, and indicators. It was a five page document, well written, and something many churches would probably like to see.

But I had some difficulty in seeing how these four elements were related to each other, so I suggested that his five page document should have a three-quarter page preamble added that would describe this linkage. And I included a suggested introduction of about 750 words. The reply I got back said my work was awesome. I replied with a humble thanks

Just for the record, here is a small extract of my submission from where when I linked the terms and concepts:

    How Mission Values, Strategy and Indicators are Related:
    • Mission sets the foundation by defining the church's purpose.
    • Values ensure that the mission is pursued in a manner consistent with the church’s principles.
    • trategy provides a roadmap for achieving the mission, guided by the values.
    • Indicators measure the success of the strategy in fulfilling the mission.

Question: Should I have mentioned that the 750 word document was generated in about two minutes by AI on my computer and needed less than five minutes of editing before it was ready to be sent?



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