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While there are many benefits to evaluation, there are some pitfalls that we must be aware of and avoid. If we are overly active in evaluation, and mostly focus on the negatives, there is the potential to create a critical environment that will discourage and decrease your pool of volunteers. To avoid evaluation being perceived as criticism, it must be accompanied by genuine affirmation. Indeed, most often we forget to affirm our workers, particularly those who have served in their chosen ministry for a considerable time. They are always there and always do the job, and we come to expect that they always will be there and do the job. Evaluation will give you the opportunity to affirm them.
What affirmation do you see in the following verses? In what ways could such affirmation be given today to individual workers or teams? Acts 16:1, 2; Rom. 16:1; 1 Cor. 11:2; Phil. 4:14.
Acts 16:1, 2 Timothy Joins Paul and Silas
16 Then he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek. 2 He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium.
Romans 16:1 Sister Phoebe Commended
16 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,
1 Corinthians 11:2 Head Coverings
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.
Philippians 4:14
14 Nevertheless you have done well that you shared in my distress.
On many occasions the apostle Paul had to set the church or individuals straight in matters of attitude, behavior, or doctrine. This shows that some evaluation had taken place. Whenever he could, Paul also affirmed people for their support of Him personally or for their faithfulness to God or for the faithful performance of a specific ministry.
To be fair in evaluation, we must evaluate not only the outcomes but also the processes. Outcome evaluation asks if a program achieved its planned results. Process evaluation reviews internal project management.
Carefully read Hebrews 10:24, 25. What does it mean to
[size=x-large]Evaluate Kindly[/size]
While there are many benefits to evaluation, there are some pitfalls that we must be aware of and avoid. If we are overly active in evaluation, and mostly focus on the negatives, there is the potential to create a critical environment that will discourage and decrease your pool of volunteers. To avoid evaluation being perceived as criticism, it must be accompanied by genuine affirmation. Indeed, most often we forget to affirm our workers, particularly those who have served in their chosen ministry for a considerable time. They are always there and always do the job, and we come to expect that they always will be there and do the job. Evaluation will give you the opportunity to affirm them.
What affirmation do you see in the following verses? In what ways could such affirmation be given today to individual workers or teams? Acts 16:1, 2; Rom. 16:1; 1 Cor. 11:2; Phil. 4:14.
Acts 16:1, 2 Timothy Joins Paul and Silas
16 Then he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek. 2 He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium.
Romans 16:1 Sister Phoebe Commended
16 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,
1 Corinthians 11:2 Head Coverings
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.
Philippians 4:14
14 Nevertheless you have done well that you shared in my distress.
On many occasions the apostle Paul had to set the church or individuals straight in matters of attitude, behavior, or doctrine. This shows that some evaluation had taken place. Whenever he could, Paul also affirmed people for their support of Him personally or for their faithfulness to God or for the faithful performance of a specific ministry.
To be fair in evaluation, we must evaluate not only the outcomes but also the processes. Outcome evaluation asks if a program achieved its planned results. Process evaluation reviews internal project management.
Carefully read Hebrews 10:24, 25. What does it mean to