https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle en-us 2021-12-06 16:22:43 UTC 2025-12-09 01:56:15 UTC hello@padlet.com jwalke62 https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1931663956 My Practicum is Restoration Christian Fellowship Church in Warren, OH. I have been a member of my organization for 14 years. I started out just playing the drums and now I have worked my way to becoming the Director of Youth and Director of Operations.  

]]> 2021-12-06 17:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1931663956 jwalke62 https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1931667579 Restoration was birthed on Sunday November 11, 2007 and was comprised of 20 members. Restoration began in the basement of Pastors Joseph and Kimberly Walker. Over the years Restoration soared to including over 200 members. Restoration moved to its more permanent home 7 years ago in the heart of the city.]]> 2021-12-06 17:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1931667579 jwalke62 https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1931699211 At the beginning of 2018, I had accepted a new position at the church as the Operations Director. My job was to implement new practices and different strategies into the church and create new goals to reach. ]]> 2021-12-06 17:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1931699211 jwalke62 https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1931710227 The toughest thing about this job was dealing with people in the organization who had been there for years. These people liked the way things were going and they weren’t ready for the change that I was bringing. I had to prove to them that the change was necessary. When I presented my strategy to them, they were very resistant, and they did not think the change was necessary. This presented me with an even greater task. How can I motivate them to move forward? How do I better speak their language?

]]> 2021-12-06 17:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1931710227 jwalke62 https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1934438858 One thing I think you should avoid doing is mixing work and pleasure. The one thing about the church is that it involves a spiritual and social aspect, so even though it is operated as a business, there is more at stake than just financial profit. There are often where domestic disputes get involved and you must know how to handle these situations without offending members or employees.]]> 2021-12-07 19:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1934438858 jwalke62 https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1934502298 There was a young lady and a young man who were dating. The young lady became a member of the church that the young man was employed at. After a period of dating the young couple broke up, but it was due to a problem with another worker on staff. The young man thought that the other staff worker should be fired, but this issue had nothing to do with the organization. The only issue with taking this stand is that just because it's not a direct problem with the organization, it transferred over to work and became an issue there. ]]> 2021-12-07 20:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1934502298 jwalke62 https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1934509500 The first lesson that I learned is that you won't know how to attack a situation until you have studied the people you are working with.
Learning how everyone likes to be communicated with is a tougher task than most give it credit for being. I had to learn that even though I thought everyone was lazy, they just lacked structure and organization. ]]> 2021-12-07 20:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1934509500 jwalke62 https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1934519472 The first lesson was that you must make sure you deal with problems at the beginning. If let them fester, you will only create a larger problem in the end.
The second lesson I learned was it is better to allow people to get their point across or their feelings out of the way before you correct them. ]]> 2021-12-07 20:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1934519472 jwalke62 https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1934580030 I believe that the strengths of my organization are the ability to gather a board to help vote on decisions. I also believe that it is a strength that we have established leadership positions. I think that it is a weakness that we don't have a balance of ages in the church leadership and enough people with leadership and management experience.]]> 2021-12-07 21:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1934580030 jwalke62 https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1934584650 I would recommend training for all leaders of the church as well as conflict resolution. I would also review all of the systems pertaining dealing with day to day situations. Finally, I would call look into ways to incorporate multiple ages of leadership. ]]> 2021-12-07 21:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke62/hx98kqb31twhjfle/wish/1934584650