Pre-Eval

I shouldn’t be surprised…I found out the reason the elders met for two hours before I was invited was to plan an evaluation of me.

It is not an anniversary.  Why now?  Oh.  I guess it would be the heretical teachings lately.  Namely the parts where we talked about grace.

They told me on Monday they would be evaluating me next month.  Get ready.

Today I got an accidental email.  One of the elders (M2), the least critical of all the elders, accidentally sent me his private evaluation of me.  It was not flattering.

My preaching, though factual, lacks an emphasis on the New Testament pattern for the church.  i.e. I am not adequately preaching the sectarian doctrine of our church.  Instead, I have been methodically working through the book of Mark.  It is notably non-sectarian.

So I get low marks on preaching, relationships and attitude.

I get some average marks on overseeing our budget.  That one is interesting.  Under their leadership, we budgeted and spent more than $40,000 more than we brought in last year.  This year, at the budget meeting, I insisted we should budget what we think we can actually bring in.  It was hailed as a lack of faith.

We budgeted $13,000 more than we bright in last year.  And I need some work on budgeting.

This was a rant.  I recognize that.  I also recognize that this blog sounds a little far out.  It is.  It is my life.