The perfect planner doesn't exist.
But that doesn't mean you can't make the most appropriate one. Let me teach you the strategy of "a working notebook", and then give you 25+ templates to fill it up. It can manage sermon preparation, yearly planning, meeting notes, and managing every other part of your ministry life!
Say no to pre-made planners that don't fit your ministry.
What can a working notebook and this template system do for you. Imagine having a 100% customized notebook integrating ministry planning, a calendar, meeting notes, and sermon preparation all in one place. That's the power of a working notebook!
Bio section
For the past 20 years, I've been focused on healthy ministry through strategic productivity. For the past 10 years, Productive Pastor has been teaching and resourcing pastors of normal-sized church in the best habits, tactics, and methods to create more margin for ministry through intentional productivity in ministry.
The working notebook is a culmination of years of templates and my quest to find a planner that allows me to manage not just my day, but all of ministry.
The perfect planner for ministry doesn't exist. But that doesn't mean you can't create an appropriate one.
Congrats!
You wanted to make the best ministry planner you can imagine. You are now in the right space!
This first section is focused on the templates you can use to develop the action side of your working notebook. 100% attention to ministry productivity. They include worksheets to help you grab a yearly vision and plan ministry, all the way to my favorite tools I use to manage daily tasks.
I've got two types of templates for you in this section. Ministry Planning and Ministry Projects.
Becoming Productive is my course on developing a personal strategy for ministry productivity. This module is so valuable for yearly and quarterly planning for ministry I have to put it as part of this pack. It both informs and explains my approach to yearly and quarterly productivity, as well as gives you even more information on why quarters are a strategic part of planning ministry.
Do you like meetings? I have to focus on both leading great meetings and being a team member when I am in meetings. Each of these sheets was developed to help me do my best job, regardless of my role in the meeting.
One of the biggest strengths of a working notebook is keeping ALL of your work inside it. That includes your sermon preparation. These sheets are focused on preparing and preaching focused sermons. I pull some content in from an older course to help you hit this goal.
You've got the templates, so let's build out that working notebook.
I walk through how to use the Weekly Layout PDF as a starting guide. After that, I start adding in the additional templates I will need for that work cycle. I also take you through my current working notebook and show how I build and organize it.
I'm convinced the resources in this template pack can get you 80% to your goal. But that last 20% is up to you. Let's talk about how you can create your own templates.
These additional resources are part of the Working Notebook Template course. They will help understand parts of the process, as well as help develop your sermon preparation process.