{"id":1383,"date":"2019-10-20T17:30:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T23:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2019-10-20T16:22:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T22:22:57","slug":"learning-by-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=1383","title":{"rendered":"Learning by Doing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June and I have been on the quarterly rotation for \u201ccoffee host\u201d at our church which involves preparing snacks and making coffee for the before and after fellowship. In the past, we have always been paired with someone who knew how to make the coffee&#8230;until today, and I was in charge of making 5 pots of something I don\u2019t even drink!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve been briefed, and I knew there were written instructions, but I\u2019ve never before today taken the first action. So I got through it, but not without the following errors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The pot of hot water and the first pot of coffee were only half pots since I didn\u2019t see the \u201cfull\/half\u201d buttons until the third pot, and the system was set on \u201chalf.\u201d (Yes the coffee was too strong, I\u2019m sure, with the full amount of coffee in half a pot of water, but I rectified my mistake before anyone drank it!)<\/li><li>The coffee they intended for us to use was in red containers in the cabinet I didn\u2019t look in. I found coffee in the original bags in another cabinet.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I say, I made the coffee, no one complained, and the last thing I did before leaving the church was brief the person who was going to be making coffee next week! I showed her the instructions, told her where the red containers were, and pointed out the full\/half buttons.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lesson? We learn only by doing, and it\u2019s OK to let someone do <em>before<\/em> they are ready. That\u2019s part of the training. At 8:30 a.m., I had little idea what I was doing, and at noon, I was briefing my replacement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus sent out the 12 long before they were ready (Matthew 10). The woman at the well invited the townspeople to hear Jesus (John 4), and Jesus sent out the formerly demon-possessed guy to tell his story (Mark 5), both with no training.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I believe in training. Training is a foundational part of our ministry. But let\u2019s not let be too slow turning them loose! If I can make coffee on minimum training, anything is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles&#8230;Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. (Acts 8.1&#8230;4, ESV,<\/em> and I bet their training wasn\u2019t finished!<em>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June and I have been on the quarterly rotation for \u201ccoffee host\u201d at our church which involves preparing snacks and making coffee for the before and after fellowship. 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