Context of Time Concept Past, Present, Future and Eternity Here is your easy way for organizing your blog and/or website

Why This Method? New people will encounter your ministry online in the future weeks months years Put yourself in their shoes Help them quickly get up to speed Use time as the core organizing concept Make it easy for them to understand Where you came from Where you are at now Where you are headed How this relates to eternity Timeline can be your friend keeping your online ministry organized enrolling prayer support

New people will encounter your ministry online in the future

weeks

months

years

Put yourself in their shoes

Help them quickly get up to speed

Use time as the core organizing concept

Make it easy for them to understand

Where you came from

Where you are at now

Where you are headed

How this relates to eternity

Timeline can be your friend

keeping your online ministry organized

enrolling prayer support

Context of Time Past What happened before the current conditions? Present What are the simple summaries of the current conditions? Future What are the short, medium and long term possibilities? Eternity Does your life and ministry have eternal consequences?

Past

What happened before the current conditions?

Present

What are the simple summaries of the current conditions?

Future

What are the short, medium and long term possibilities?

Eternity

Does your life and ministry have eternal consequences?

Past Background Your birth where when Major life events awards graduation marriage parenting ministry experiences Testimonies Salvation Calling to Ministry Answered Prayers Simple summaries What brought you to your current conditions? How can the data in your resume be stated in a friendly way? How has God been directing your path? What do you tell a new friend about your history? What is a thumbnail sketch of your spiritual pilgrimage to today?

Background

Your birth

where

when

Major life events

awards

graduation

marriage

parenting

ministry experiences

Testimonies

Salvation

Calling to Ministry

Answered Prayers

Simple summaries

What brought you to your current conditions?

How can the data in your resume be stated in a friendly way?

How has God been directing your path?

What do you tell a new friend about your history?

What is a thumbnail sketch of your spiritual pilgrimage to today?

Present Current conditions EXTERNAL family residence employment education recreation ministry other Current conditions INTERNAL passions priorities values needs wants challenges other

Current conditions EXTERNAL

family

residence

employment

education

recreation

ministry

other

Current conditions INTERNAL

passions

priorities

values

needs

wants

challenges

other

Future Hopes Dreams Visions Goals Objectives Next Steps What do you perceive about the future? What is your vision for ministry? What are the anticipated transitions that you will face soon? If you had “plenty of money” would you serve God differently?

Hopes

Dreams

Visions

Goals

Objectives

Next Steps

What do you perceive about the future?

What is your vision for ministry?

What are the anticipated transitions that you will face soon?

If you had “plenty of money” would you serve God differently?

Eternity How is Jesus Christ transforming you to glorify God to serve people to increase the Kingdom of God Your spiritual growth progress Prayer & intercession interests Evangelism directions Discipleship activities Church planting & church growth efforts

How is Jesus Christ transforming you

to glorify God

to serve people

to increase the Kingdom of God

Your spiritual growth progress

Prayer & intercession interests

Evangelism directions

Discipleship activities

Church planting & church growth efforts

Why use this view Starting Organizes your thinking Helps them track with you Structures Layout/Design blog website ezine Suggests Content headlines text summaries photos Continuing Take photos habitually View the past since your last update Tell the truth current situation your emotions faith is stretched looking to Jesus solicit their prayers Testify of how God has answered your prayers

Starting

Organizes your thinking

Helps them track with you

Structures Layout/Design

blog

website

ezine

Suggests Content

headlines

text summaries

photos

Continuing

Take photos habitually

View the past since your last update

Tell the truth

current situation

your emotions

faith is stretched

looking to Jesus

solicit their prayers

Testify of how God has answered your prayers

Places to Apply this Context of Time Blog entries Ezine (email newsletter) weekly monthly quarterly Podcast Vodcast (video podcast) Print newsletter (mailed)

Blog entries

Ezine (email newsletter)

weekly

monthly

quarterly

Podcast

Vodcast (video podcast)

Print newsletter (mailed)

Adapt as Needed These are general guidelines They are aids to assist in thought process This is not a batch of rules Use this to get your thoughts started Adapt these as needed for you Use, revise and refine as you need Put your personality on display Use it for a vivid reflection of the real you

These are general guidelines

They are aids to assist in thought process

This is not a batch of rules

Use this to get your thoughts started

Adapt these as needed for you

Use, revise and refine as you need

Put your personality on display

Use it for a vivid reflection of the real you

Review Past Background Testimonies Salvation Calling Answered prayers Present Passions Priorities Values Needs Wants Challenges Future Hopes Dreams Visions Goals Objectives Next Steps Eternity Spiritual growth Evangelism Discipleship Church planting/growth

Past

Background

Testimonies

Salvation

Calling

Answered prayers

Present

Passions

Priorities

Values

Needs

Wants

Challenges

Future

Hopes

Dreams

Visions

Goals

Objectives

Next Steps

Eternity

Spiritual growth

Evangelism

Discipleship

Church planting/growth

Your Next Step Revise and fine-tune with general guidelines practical applications valuable links Learn more Learning Online Ministry www.LearningOnlineMinistry.org

Revise and fine-tune with

general guidelines

practical applications

valuable links

Learn more

Learning Online Ministry

www.LearningOnlineMinistry.org