What Would You Do with $1,000,000?

I love sitting down with a team of youth and young adult leaders and encouraging them to think about the future of their ministry. I encourage them to dream big and be as creative as possible as they come up with their ideas. A standard question that I use to get the discussion started is the following:

If we had $1,000,000 to put in to your youth or young adult ministry, what would you do?

The limitless potential allows our brains to not be constrained to logistics and cost, but rather frees them to come up with things that are exceptional and crazy! I make a rule that no idea is wrong, and we just throw out ideas, suggestions and dreams one after another. With a limitless budget and possibilities our minds can go anywhere; and they do, and this is the core of the creative process. It is so important the realists hold back, as the creative dreaming process relies on freedom and safety to say anything!

After 20 to 30 minutes of shooting ideas back and forth the group typically starts to focus in on one or two ideas that can be developed that are not too expensive or a liability nightmare. Often times thinking creatively with no limits will foster ideas that are free or nearly free and you will be blown away by what your team comes up with.

 Coming up with new events, games, skits, and activities does not have to rest on your shoulders. Involve your team and you will be amazed at what they come up with.

So what would you do with $1,000,000