Welcome to Mayflower Operations!

Adopted by the Servants Council on May 30, 2026.

Purpose

This shelf is Mayflower Church's operational playbook, organized around sixteen operations systems — the 12 systemstwelve identified in Michael Lukaszewski's Streamline: How To Create Healthy Church Systems., extended with four further Mayflower operations books. It is a living resource — pages start as overviews and grow into procedures, templates, and decision records as each system matures.

Mission anchor: Building a discipleship community rooted in the knowledge of Christ, driven by faith, empowered to share the Gospel, and committed to welcoming and equipping others in Love and Truth.

How This Shelf Is Organized

• Each of the twelvesixteen numbered books on the Mayflower Church Operations shelf covers one system in the rollout sequence.
• Each book begins with an Overview page using the Principle + Mayflower Practice format, followed by the procedures, templates, and directories that belong to that system.
• Status tags on each page indicate whether the system is Completed, Active, Upcoming, or On Hold.
• Open Questions at the bottom of each page are deliberately unanswered — they mark decisions still to be made.
• This Welcome book sits first (numbered 00) so it is always the starting point for someone new to the Streamline system.

The TwelveSixteen Systems

1. 01 – Priority Ministries — the ministries we guard, and what we say no to.
2. 02 – Program Evaluation — the recurring framework for evaluating ongoing programs.
3. 03 – Event Evaluation — the process and template for evaluating individual events.
4. 04 – Master Calendar Integration — the annual calendar, its planning process, and the downstream Communications and Operations calendars.
5. 05 – Financial Plan & Generosity — annual generosity plan, language, and giving touchpoints.
6. 06 – Organization Chart & Access — who serves where, reporting relationships, and how leaders access the tools they need.
7. 07 – Role Clarity & Standardization — the 3331 standard Position Descriptions.
8. 08 – Hiring Process (Non-Pastoral) — the workflow for hiring non-pastoral staff.
9. 09 – Decision-Making Framework — thresholds, authority by threshold, and escalation exceptions.
10. 10 – Employee Handbook — time, communication, confidentiality, and conduct expectations for staff.
11. 11 – Performance Evaluations — annual evaluation structure and template.
12. 12 – Leadership Transitions — short-term absence plans, emergency coverage, and long-term transition principles.
13. 13 – Church Safety — RSO attendance policy, mandated reporter policy, and volunteer screening for service with minors.
14. 14 – Management Plan & Annual Goals — annual goal-setting templates and the active fiscal-year plan.
15. 15 – Church Discipline — formative and corrective discipline, the biblical process, and restoration.
16. 16 – Funeral Operations — the procedure for funerals and memorial services.

Rollout Status

The phased rollout is complete. The Servants Council adopted the full manual wholesale on May 30, 2026 (see Adoption above). The table below is retained as the April 2026 build snapshot.

Week	System	Status	Due
1	Priority Ministries	Completed	—
2	Program Evaluation	Completed	—
3	Event Evaluation	Completed	—
4	Master Calendar Integration	Completed	—
5	Financial Plan & Generosity	Active	Apr 22, 2026
6	Organization Chart & Access	Active	Apr 19, 2026
7	Role Clarity & Standardization	Active	Apr 22, 2026
8	Hiring Process (Non-Pastoral)	Upcoming	Apr 29, 2026
9	Decision-Making Framework	Upcoming	May 6, 2026
10	Employee Handbook	Upcoming	May 13, 2026
11	Performance Evaluations	Upcoming	May 20, 2026
12	Leadership Transitions	Upcoming	May 27, 2026

Source Material

• Michael Lukaszewski — Streamline: How To Create Healthy Church Systems
• Mayflower Church Constitution and Bylaws (October 2024)