Week 6: Time-Management Advice>>>Trenton

Time Management Advice
God's House Ministries
I interviewed Pastor Ryan McCarty, the Senior Pastor
February 16, 2009

Boundaries:
Pastor told me he is not the best person to ask about this. I told him he is the best person to ask. The way God's House is structured, he is able to delegate so many tasks to others. He told me when he and his wife started, they were a part of everything. Now he said, the only thing he is a part of regularly is Sunday Morning worship. When people want counseling (which he defined as wanting multiple sessions of his time as opposed to just having a question answered) he refers them to a friend of his who is a counselor. Otherwise, so many people are involved in small groups, they just bring issues and discussions to their small group. That small group structure is exactly why God's House manages to remain effective with so little staff and so many people on so small a budget. He has very clear boundaries.

Management Advice:
1. Know your strengths: Pastor said he is not good at counseling and therefore spends little of his time doing it. He refers people to a professional counselor who is a good friend of his and who he trusts greatly.
2. Know your priorities: Pastor told me how much he makes spending time with his family a huge priority. When he is working some 30 hours at the medical office and then serving as a pastor, he is forced to be very strict with his schedule and his priorities.
3. Delegate: He reiterated what Coach said: if someone else can do it better, they should do it; if someone else could learn to do it better than you, you should teach them.