Pastor’s Guide: How to Lead Your Church Into the New Year

You’ve just completed a Christmas season full of joy and celebration, but you and your leadership teams’ responsibilities aren’t finished yet! There’s still plenty to do before you can truly wrap up last year—including taking some time for yourself—and then comes reinvigorating your congregation and plotting a course for the coming months. But as always, you don’t have to do so alone; the resources below will point you in the right direction, and hopefully spark some inspiration as you usher in an exciting new chapter for your ministry.

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Avoiding Burnout

Nobody can maintain the long hours and incredible sacrifice that church leaders selflessly give during the holiday season. Taking time to relax and reset is critical to setting a positive groundwork for your church’s new year.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

After working through some best practices for giving thanks to the community members who made the previous year possible, you’ll find guidance and reassurance that taking a moment to breathe isn’t an indulgence, but an essential respite so you can recover and effectively lead moving forward.

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Revisit Mission and Values

There’s no better time than the winter months to reflect on your vision for ministry. Look back at the successes and struggles of your past year, and place emphasis on exploring how this next year could be elevated and amplified.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

Set goals and feel confident about your intentions by exploring resources that could reaffirm your tried-and-true practices—or perhaps lead you to a new way of thinking as you plan upcoming ministries.

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Forward Progress

Improvement requires change, and the best time to implement new practices—including technology solutions—is during the slower winter months at the beginning of the year.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

Find ideas that will help you refine your ideas about your journey into the new year, with proven forward-thinking strategies that could spark an evolution in your ministry that leads you where you were always destined to go.

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Learn more about how Pushpay’s solutions can help you serve your congregation into the new year and beyond.