Thursday 2/5/09
Randi Meyer
4. Staff Report to Board
Writing reports to the board is a very important task. It not only keeps you accountable to others concerning your ministry, but is also allows you to testify to them how God is working through your ministry. There are several and specific things a staff report should include and accomplish.
First, in the heading of the report you should include the time period that this report is covering. In this section, you should also list facts such as attendance, number of conversions, number of recommitments, and the budgeting of your ministry. It can also be beneficial to outline growth over a period of time in these areas. The report then should contain stories of your specific ministry. This section should be written as a story for the history of the ministry, rather than just for the here and now.
The report needs to include God stories or testimonies of the ministry too. This is the most exciting part, because it reveals to the members what God is exactly doing. When reporting these things write it in story form with as many details as possible. Another aspect that may be wise to include in the report is a simple list of the most important jobs you have been working on or hoping to accomplish until the next report. This allows the board to see you future plans, and it reveals to them that you are working hard. It is a good way to keep one in the ministry accountable too! Other helpful hints are to keep the same format for each report and to keep it at one page in length if it is only a monthly report. At the end of the report, it should contain your name with signature. Then following this state your title at the chu