Test #2 Flashcards
It’s time to ___ your ___ when you can no longer be your ___’s ____!
leave, church position, pastor’s cheerleader
It may seem that the pastor gets all the ___, but he/she also catches all the ___.
a) attention, blame
b) money, dirt
c) respect, flak
c. respect, flak
Like a ___, a church staff relationship must be based on ____.
Marriage, trust
Name 5 of the 7 easy steps to betray a pastor
- discuss disagreements between you and your pastor with members of the congregation
- Challenge his/her leadership publicly
- Spread abroad news about who came for pastoral counseling, what was said in a staff meeting, and other areas of confidentiality
- Don’t follow through on assignments or projects you’re asked to do
- Take your youth choir to Las Vegas
It’s vital for pastors and associates to pray together and not just over plans and programs but ovre personal and family needs as well
true
WHat are 3 reasons it’s good to pray together?
- helps you see the pastor and associates as more than department heads
- helps us decompartmentalize our views of each other and see ourselves as a team.
- Short circuits jealousies and resentments.
No matter how good our relationship is with someone, it is hard to accept A) Insults B) gifts C) criticism D) Affirmation
C criticism
There are pastors who never feel threatened by successful associates
False
What are 3 things we can do to difuze threatening a Pastor with our success?
1/ Often express your support and compliment them
2/ Subtly let them know if I do well, it makes them look good
3/ assure them you’re on the team and for them.
What is easier said than done?
Glean from criticism, constructive or otherwise, what there is to glean and try to let the rest go.
What are the 3 options available to us when relationship problems arise?
- Confront them (the biblical thing)
- Stay put
- Leave
In choosing an option to resolve relationship problems, how must we choose?
Carefully and prayerfully
Collossians 3:23
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Even over ___, ____ can actually have a very thin veneer that is often brittle and easily shattered,
confident, overachievers
One of the biggest shocks in ministry has been the discovery that people are A) Sinners B) not supportive C) Supportive D) fragile
D) Very fragile
I find that __, ___, ___ singers in volunteer choirs and Christian schools have a much ___ assessment of their musical abilities than I.
good, competent, talented, lower
But for most people, nothing is more emotionally transparent than the
A) heart
B) face
C) Voice
C Voice
Unfortunately the same climate that cultivates ____ _____ is also a hothouse for ____, ___, and ___ attitudes.
musical excellence, competitiveness, pride, temperamental,
People need people who ___ __ them, ___ them, and ___ ___ __ them.
believe in, trust, expect much of
The challenge when dealing with People-related problems is to ___ the problems with out ____ the person
correct, alienating
We never have the right to publically embarass someone in order to curb their undesirable behavior
true
What is the sandwich method?
Positive, negative, positive. If you come with bad news/ confrtontaiont, sandwich it between 2 positive things
What are the 4 ways to stay out of the middle?
- recognize psychological games
- Pray for wisdom
- Know where your loyalties lie
- Encourage face-to-face discussion
If an issue has to do with pastors wife, do what?
handle carefully
what are 5 things about when you have to confront
- Realize timing is important.
- understand that privacy is necessary
- begin with a positive statement
- listen to the other person
- be specific
Humor can be used to patch up differences, apologize, say no, criticise, gain cooperation, etc.
true
What are 4 ways to put laughter in your life
- Smile, laugh, be cheerful
- Spend time with people who laugh
- Collect things that make you laugh
- try to See humor in everything.
matthew 10:16
I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.”
You can’t expect to be a valuable employee if you don’t make yourself valuable
Donald trump.
Graduating from college is a beginning and not an ending
donald trump
What are 3 places to get music
praisecharts.com
IBC live
UPCI music
