Planning Together, Target Dates, and Training Meetings

Synopsis

The booklet observes that 'people take better care of their own babies than the babies of others,' meaning members who help form a plan, set its goals, and evaluate its progress are far more invested than those merely told what to do. Left to set their own goals, members often aim higher than leaders would have dared to ask, while leaders still offer guidance and written plans that make later training much more effective. Regular review — weekly progress checks and monthly evaluation in home fellowship meetings — keeps plans sharp and generates its own motivating excitement. Working toward specific target dates, such as an evangelistic harvest meeting, gives cultivation and sowing activity a clear rhythm; the booklet sketches a full annual cycle from January cultivation through a May reaping meeting, followed by a rest period before a second cycle begins. Built-in rest prevents burnout, and those newly won in the first cycle become enthusiastic, effective witnesses in the second. Finally, ongoing support and training meetings — brief, prayer-soaked, led without lecturing, sharing successes before challenges — keep isolated workers connected, learning from one another, and steadily improving rather than fading out after an initial launch.