Strategic Visioning in a Congregational Setting?

In our church, the church calls ministers to serve. In a weekly review, it becomes part of a year's worth of responsibilities that are broken into manageable projects. Andy armstrong is in the thick of a world seemingly rampant with constant input that mands his response and yet he comes across as such a calm and peaceful person. David quotes an old asian proverb: "The more you sweat over war, the less you pleed in peace"