Next week my church does their annual “employee self-appraisal and job assessments.” Even though I’ve only been here a little over two months, it’s that time of year for them so my evaluation interview with the Sr. pastor takes place next week anyway.
I have a self-appraisal evaluation form that I need to fill out beforehand and the very first question makes me stop and think:
Please list, or attach a list of, your significant work accomplishments (in the past twelve months).
Hmm… Kinda goes back to my post about defining success in youth ministry. I have two observations about this question.
1. The way this question is phrased almost assumes a list of tangible programmatic and numeric accomplishments, just like a business model evaluation would reflect. (”How many sales did you make last year?”)
2. How I answer this question reveals a lot about me and my view of ministry.






















April 26th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Based on number two, I REALLY want to hear your answer to the question.
April 26th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Well, maybe you’ll find out later when the assessment is over.
April 28th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
I dare you to answer the question with the following:
“I prayed”
And leave it at that!
April 28th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
I’m thinking about putting, “I moved to Minnesota” and nothing else.