The document contains 50 ideas for a minister transitioning to a new position to establish himself on a firm financial footing. The ideas range from getting donations of household items, taking on additional work or side jobs, asking family for loans, to more disruptive ideas like winning the lottery or driving around on trash day to find discarded furniture. The summarizer selects three ideas: working overtime at an existing job as the most practical, scavenging discarded furniture on trash day as the most disruptive, and praying that it will work out as their personal favorite idea.

1. 50 Ideas to help the Minister
transition
Ideate Assignment for the Design
Innovation Lab
By Cathy Luders

2. The Problem Statement…
The Stakeholder needs a way to start his new life
on as firm a foundation as possible because there
will not be time or resources to catch up later.

3. 50 ideas to solve the problem
• Get donations of
household items from
friends and family
• Buy them from the
goodwill or salvation
army – that way they
don’t cost much
• Ask if the university
students are moving
home and don’t need
their furniture
• Get overtime at the
Mercury car
manufacturer job
• Take on another job or
two
• Deliver papers in the
morning before work
• Work at an icecream
stand where plenty of
parents bring their kids so
you can ask for donations
from strangers

4. 50 ideas to solve the problem
• Ride a bike to work to
save money on gas – so
you have more to spend
on buying furnishings for
your new home
• Iron the clothes of your
classmates so you can
make money
• Offer to mentor or tutor
younger students
• Offer to watch children in
the evenings to make
more money
• Have your wife watch
children in the evenings
to help earn extra cash
• Have your wife work at a
store where she could get
a discount on home
furnishings
• Drive around the
neighborhoods during the
trash pick up day and pick
out used furniture that
people are throwing out

5. 50 ideas to solve the problem
• Ask the new
congregation to furnish
the home/parsonage
• Get a loan from a bank
to buy the furnishings
• Take a loan from your
fraternal life insurance
that you pay back
yourself (like a 401k
loan)
• Get a loan from your
parents
• Win the lottery
• Get a loan from the
new congregation
• Get a pay advance from
the new congregation
• Panhandle
• Borrow money from a
friend

6. 50 ideas to solve the problem
• Have a baby shower at
the school (state A)
• Have a baby shower at
each of the
grandparents towns
(states B & C)
• Have a baby shower at
the new congregation
(state D)
• Have a going away party
in state A (gifts)
• Have a graduation party
in state A, B and C
(gifts)
• Have an ordination
party in state D (gifts)
• Have a house warming
party in state D (gifts)

7. 50 ideas to solve the problem
• On Saturdays and
Sundays when not
working at jobs – do
side work like officiate
at funerals (perquisite)
• Officiate at weddings
(perquisite)
• Perform baptisms
(perquisite)
• Have your wife do
others ironing jobs for
pay
• Have your wife do
sewing jobs for pay
• Don’t go out to eat –
stay home to save
money
• Make your lunch every
day

8. 50 ideas to solve the problem
• Pray & assume it will
happen the way it should
• Do good deeds for others
– law of reciprocity
• Sell college books that
you will not need.
• Sell clothes that you will
not need
• Sell other items you will
not need
• Collect bottles for the
return deposit
• Collect newspapers for
the return price/recycle
price per pound
• Collect cans for the return
deposit
• Collect scrap metal for
the bulk recyclers
payment

9. 50 ideas to solve the problem
• Go on the radio and
give the nightly radio
signoff prayer (for a fee)
• Save money
• Ask for a raise
• Ask for a better job
where he could make
more money
• Ask for more
responsibility where he
could make more
money

10. 3 picks for solving the problem
statement
Ideate Assignment for the Design
Innovation Lab
Cathy Luders

11. My Three Picks
1. the most practical idea
(one that could be easily
implemented)
2. the most disruptive idea
(one that would make a
huge impact, regardless
of how feasible or
affordable it is)
3. your favorite idea (one
idea that you are excited
about for whatever
reason... you don’t have
to justify why)
1. Get overtime at the
Mercury car
manufacturer job
2. Drive around the
neighborhoods during
the trash pick up day
and pick out used
furniture that people are
throwing out
3. Pray & assume it will
happen the way it
should