May 2010
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“Change of Pace + Change of Place = Change of Perspective”
– Mark Batterson
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Everyone's A Coach
In the book Everyone’s a Coach by Ken Blanchard and Don Shula, there is an acronym that helps us think about how we’re doing as leaders.
C stands for Conviction-Driven: Do people understand what your values are and where you’re going? Because leadership is about going somewhere. Lead with conviction.
O stands for Overlearning: There’s no such thing as teaching a good thing too much. You...
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The Opposable Leader
The following are some key points from a talk that Andy Stanley gave at the Drive Conference entitled The Opposable Leader: Why organizational tension is essential to progress.
The idea of this talk is that as a leader, you have to differentiate between tensions your organization will always manage vs. problems that need to be solved.
Every organization has problems that shouldn’t be...
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Drive 2010 Highlight Video
Last night I returned home from spending a few days at North Point Community Church attending the Drive Conference. It was amazing, to say the least. I gained a ton of insight and clarity for Kids Ministry and ministry in general. I came back full of vision and direction. I look forward to putting in to practice some of the principles and ideas that I took away. I’ll share some of what I...
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Book Review - Plan B
Plan B by Pete Wilson is a book that helps you gain clear perspective when the circumstances of life become unclear. It addresses the question: “What do you do when God doesn’t show up the way you thought he would?”
Each of us either have or will experience a time in our life when we must answer this question. Pete Wilson does a great job of using stories from both the Bible...
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Top 10 Reasons to be a Kids Ministry Volunteer
One of our rockstar volunteers, Mike Koehler, sent me his Top 10 Reasons to be a Kids Ministry Volunteer at People’s Church. Even if you don’t go to People’s Church I think you will agree with some of these reasons for your church as well.
10. Who needs caffeine on a Sunday morning when you have a room full of 3-year-olds?
9. Six-year-olds never leave you hanging for a...
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5 Catalyst of Spiritual Growth
I recently listened to a teaching by Reggie Joiner of Orange Leaders on the topic of spiritual growth. This is an important subject for those of us that are ministering to the next generation. It really encouraged me to be more strategic about creating environments that cultivate spiritual growth. We can assume because people are showing up that they are growing. Here is a brief summary of his...