According to Kenneth Blazier and Linda Isham in The Teaching Church at Work, "Task-oriented groups tend to neglect group maintenance. The usual tendency is to assume something like this: "we have a job to do; our time is limited; let's get on with it." But we need to pay attention to the life of the group itself, not just the job it does. In fact, the health of the group's life is critical to a group's functioning.
Randy: This is sooo true of the Sunday School. We tend to get on with the work, but forget to develop the health of the group of Sunday school teachers. Superintendents, that's the task God calls us to. He wants us to help create a climate of care and comraderie between the teachers of our church!
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Did you ever think about the fact that we are always building relationships... sometimes we are building a pattern for the good and sometimes we are establishing patterns that are difficult to overcome? The question becomes how do we practice the love of Christ in the middle of all the work... I suspect it has something to do with being willing to lay down our personal preferences and agendas and listen to the concerns of others not just when it's easy but when it is most challenging to do so.
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