Fighting Blue Monday: Be Helpful, Not Great

Blue Monday.

If you are a ministry leader at any level of the local church, then you are familiar with something like a “Blue Monday.” In a preaching ministry, Blue Monday is the Monday after Sunday when a pastor reviews the past Sunday’s sermon and begins to think about next Sunday’s sermon. In a Sunday school ministry, it can be when the teacher thinks about last Sunday’s lesson and begins to prep for the next Sunday’s lesson. In small group ministry, it is the day after the meeting when the small group leader begins to plan for the next meeting. The same goes for student ministry and children’s ministry.

And in each one of these crucial ministry areas, there is a content provider who will inevitably experience a sense of panic and concern, asking themselves, “What in the world am I going to say next week?” Keep reading