{"id":7891,"date":"2006-03-10T17:24:18","date_gmt":"2006-03-10T22:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7891"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:30:29","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:30:29","slug":"want-something-done-try-type-a-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/03\/10\/want-something-done-try-type-a-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Want Something Done? Try &#8216;Type-A&#8217; People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ATLANTA, GA (March 10, 2006)  &#8211; Tim Rodgers, pastor of New Life Covenant  Church, knows how to get church property spruced up in a hurry &#8211; find a  team of Type-A personalities and let them go at it. This time, though,  the team found him.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As a prelude to their recent annual leadership retreat, executives from  Covenant Retirement Communities (CRC) wanted to devote a weekend to a  mission project. The organization is developing a diversity initiative  and sought to make the mission project a complement to its exploration  of racial reconciliation that was scheduled during the retreat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/tk\/9J\/tk9JoTkp-Zpv_mxslJ-S3Q\/1275.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Johnson\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"15\" align=\"right\" \/> They decided that New Life, an urban church located in an inner city  neighborhood just northwest of the Georgia Dome, was the perfect  location. The church has been the final destination for many Sankofa  Journeys, welcomes many volunteers, and has a lot of work that needs to  be done on its well-worn warehouse location. The weekend mission was  arranged by CRC in cooperation with Rodgers &#8211; then the scheduled  business portion of the leadership retreat commenced.<\/p>\n<p>The 20 CRC leaders arrived on a Saturday and immediately found they had  their work cut out for them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Waterproof and paint the 15-foot walls of the 2,000-square-foot area  to be used for an after-school program, fellowship hall and coffee bar  where members could hang out (lower photo)<\/li>\n<li>Paint the ceiling<\/li>\n<li>Decoratively enhance the cream-colored warehouse walls of the  sanctuary by painting the bottom section blue up to chair-rail height  (top photo shows Tim Johnson painting the chair rail section)<\/li>\n<li>Paint all the doors in the church navy blue<\/li>\n<li>Pick up trash in the neighborhood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A small church with just 40 regular Sunday attendees, New Life has been  using its sanctuary for its after-school program. They wanted a place  the kids could call their own and looked like it was designed for them.  The church also would not have to rearrange the furniture every week for  Sunday services, which was one of the reasons the 12-year-old church  moved to the warehouse location seven years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Church members have been working on the job for six months. Working with  six church members, the CRC team finished everything on its to-do list,  thus making significant progress for the congregation. The church now  needs to complete the electrical work, acid stain the concrete floor for  a groove-free tile appearance, and install the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/6m\/bS\/6mbSyPvliekQ_cC6BeJUrw\/1276.jpg\" alt=\"Painting the Walls\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"15\" align=\"left\" \/> &#8220;We got a lot more done than we anticipated,&#8221; says Rodgers. &#8220;They&#8217;re  very obviously self starters and self motivators \u2013 Type-A personalities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The experience had added benefits. Not only did the CRC vice presidents,  national directors and campus administrators fulfill their mission, they  also experienced first-hand the work of a racial reconciliation ministry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to see people reconnect across class and race boundaries,&#8221;  Rodgers says. 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