One of the most important things about leading volunteers is recognizing that in order to really take care of that volunteer you need to do more than just care for that individual person. There is no such thing as a no strings attached volunteer. Everyone that you will ever have on your team represents an [...]
Posts Tagged ‘church’
The no strings attached volunteer doesn’t exist.
Posted: November 3, 2011 in family ministryTags: church, family, family ministry, ministry, team, thank you, volunteers, youth ministry
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Who God really is
Posted: October 24, 2011 in randomTags: church, doug fields, God, ministry, thoughts, truefaced
I saw this video on Doug Fields blog the other day and thought it was too good not to share. I wonder how we would live differently if we really understood the way God sees us.
wait, what did you say?
Posted: October 12, 2011 in leadershipTags: church, hear me, leadership, ministry, telephone
Remember the game we used to play when we were little called telephone? The one where one person would start by whispering a phrase into the person’s ear next to them and they would have to pass it down the line until it got to the end and you would have to see if the [...]
Just the hands
Posted: September 29, 2011 in leadershipTags: caring for people, church, hands, Henry Ford, leadership, ministry
Henry Ford once said: “why is it that I always end up getting the whole person when all I really wanted was just a set of hands?” One of my biggest convictions in leadership is to recognize the whole person not just the pieces of them that can benefit me. It’s so easy to focus [...]
It’s easier to stay well, than to get well
Posted: September 28, 2011 in family ministryTags: be well, church, healthy soul, ministry, spiritual health, stay well
Yesterday at the chiropractor I saw a sign on the wall that said: It’s easier to stay well, than to get well. Now this sign was referring to physical health but I think the same is true of our spiritual health. When we are daily spending time reading, praying and being in community with Jesus [...]
Just reading the dead sea scrolls, NBD
Posted: September 27, 2011 in randomTags: church, dead sea scrolls, google, interactive, nerd, new testament, old testament
Ok, so the nerd in me is pretty pumped about this. Thanks to the awesomeness of google anyone with the internet can now access and read the dead sea scrolls FOR FREE. Check it out for yourself HERE
9/11 are you running in or away?
Posted: September 12, 2011 in leadershipTags: 9/11, church, firefighters, helping others, september 11
Yesterday during our 9/11 service I couldn’t help but think about the firefighters and first responders that were running into the world trade center while everyone else was running as far away from the buildings as possible. The heroics of these men and women is amazing and I don’t think anyone could ever thank them [...]
GUILTY!
Posted: August 31, 2011 in leadershipTags: 3 c of leadership, church, conduct, God, guilty, leadership, ministry, youth ministry
Yesterday I talked about how as a leader, what you do will flow out of who you are. Today I am going to talk about the second “C” of leadership that Paul talks about it 1 Timothy 3 and that is CONDUCT…
Chaos or Christianity?
Posted: June 8, 2011 in family ministry, leadership, preachingTags: burn out, chaos, church, Gordon Mcdonald, order
When did it become the norm to run around like a chicken with our heads cut off? It seems like now a days if you’re not chaotically busy then there is something wrong with you. We’ve lost track of order in our lives and are living out of utter chaos…
Things you should never pray for!
Posted: June 2, 2011 in family ministry, leadership, preachingTags: church, dont pray, fear, ministry, prayer, prayer request
A few weeks ago we were in Virginia for Jen’s cousins wedding. At one point we were all sitting at the kitchen table and someone brought up the fact that there are some things you never want to pray for. Have you ever been there…
