“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.” 1 Corinthians 9:24-25

Part 1 – Opening the SWOT Google Sheet: (2 minutes)

• All group members are to open their Chromebooks

• Find your Small Group Link below and open it.

• B. Roseberry CLICK HERE

• B. Lawrence CLICK HERE

• C. Litteral CLICK HERE

• C. Raulston CLICK HERE

• E. Williams CLICK HERE

• E. Skinner CLICK HERE

• E. Herring CLICK HERE

• J. Channels CLICK HERE

• J. Hughes CLICK HERE

• J. Kittles CLICK HERE

• K. Allison CLICK HERE

• K. Cameron CLICK HERE

• N. Shropshire CLICK HERE

• S. Campbell CLICK HERE

Part 2 – List strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats on the Swot google sheet: (35 minutes)

• STRENGTHS: list as many ECA strengths in the SWOT sheet. Group members shout out your answers and at the same time, enter them in the SWOT sheet.

• WEAKNESSES: list as many ECA weaknesses in the SWOT sheet. Group members shout out your answers and at the same time, enter them in the SWOT sheet.

• OPPORTUNITIES: list as many ECA opportunities in the SWOT sheet. Group members shout out your answers and at the same time, enter them in the SWOT sheet.

• THREATS: list as many ECA threats in the SWOT sheet. Group members shout out your answers and at the same time, enter them in the SWOT sheet.

Part 3 – Rank entries: (10 minutes)

• Individual group members, rank the TOP TEN entries using his or her column.

• Use the #1 as your highest value. The bigger the number the lower the value.

• See below for a sample and page down for the reference guide.

SWOT Analysis reference guide

• Strengths: What’s going right for the school? What does Emmanuel do well?

  The first step is to identify strengths; that is, benefits which enhance the quality of Emmanuel.

  Examples:

  • Great teachers.

  • Students who care.

  • Family emphasis.

  We need to know existing strengths to keep them as strengths and to make plans on how to enhance them.

• Weaknesses: What’s holding Emmanuel back? What can ECA do better?

  Seeking out weaknesses can be tricky. Sometimes we try to minimize the effect of weaknesses because they’re issues we’d rather not see.

  To build a strong school and reduce impact, weaknesses must be acknowledged.

  Examples:

  • Not enough non-sports activities.

  • School size.

  • Too many clicks.

• Opportunities: What are positive changes for Emmanuel? What could ECA do that it is not currently doing?

  Opportunities have the ability to just happen. But why leave it up to fate?

  SWOT analysis helps us to identify opportunities to benefit the school. And we also have the ability to create opportunity -— especially now that we’ve identified weaknesses.

  Examples:

  • Very few clubs.

  • Not doing Science Fair.

  • Sometimes a lack of kindness between students.

• Threats: What threatens ECA from the outside? What could negatively affect Emmanuel or be and OBSTACLE?

  Threats aren’t weaknesses. Weaknesses already exist and must be dealt with. Threats might lead to complications… but they might not.

  Threats are to be on our radar at all times.  We need to create a plan of action to address these threats and hop to it.

  Examples:

  • Pandemic.

  • American culture turning against Christians.

  • Financial issues.