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What’s your question about communications?

There is no silver bullet: ultimately your pastor will either embrace this or they won’t.

But, there are things you can do to make it easy and attractive to plan ahead.

1. Identify projects where planning ahead would be most helpful and initiate the first meeting

• Create an annual calendar with alerts that remind you when you should start the planning process. Then bring that up with your pastor. 

2. Manage reality 

• Recognize that everything won’t be perfect.
•  Unrealistic expectations will only lead to more frustration.

3. Find or develop tools that help make planning easier

 The Sermon Series Development Plan: https://www.lunchtimeheroes.co/weekend-series-development-guide

• Download it and send it to your pastor. Frame it not as “the solution”, but a potential help for them.
• Follow up with a conversation. Call out how planning ahead helps you and other support ministries

4. Call out “plan ahead” wins when they happen.

•  Non planners usually can’t see where planning helps.

5. Do as much of the planning work as you can. 

• • You can't expect non-planners to be planners. Look for ways to help drive organization and planning.

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