Looking for a great way to start the new year?  Start designing a winter camp for your church to help your members get spiritually charged!  If you're thinking... yea, that is a good idea, our group would really benefit from a new year's re-charge...  Start making plans by setting a spiritual goal or mission that the event needs to accomplish.  Then build objectives that will help you to meet those goals as you plan in the details of your event.  Let the goal of the event drive your choice of property, dates, ...

No matter what you do, you will encounter people as you live out your day. I'm thinking about my family, my kids went back to school this past week. It reminded me that we have to work together! Even in our regular routine to get ready for school in the morning; the kids can help with making their beds, Paula or I make breakfast, someone has to take out the trash and then we have to get bags packed and the car loaded up.

As I thought about these different interactions with people I began to realize how critical teamwork is to...