What they really think about serving
Tuesday November 16, 2010 | Cara MartensDo you ever wonder what kids really think about serving? Deep Justice in a Broken World: Helping your Kids Serve Others and Right the Wrongs Around Them by Chap Clark and Kara Powell mentions a 2006 nationwide survey conducted by MTV to hear from students directly on why they help others. *70% think it’s important […] Read more
What was your WIN this weekend?
Monday September 20, 2010 | Orange LeadersA new family came this past weekend. They’d searched for some time to find a church they could call home. As their mom came to pick up their daughter she was overwhelmed to tears as her girl gave a huge hug to her small group leader. They found their home. Win. A Saturday night music […] Read more
The Traveling Salesman Approach
Monday August 30, 2010 | Tom ShefchunasThis week we continue our conversation with Coach Shef on recruiting: There are basically three main ways to get leaders: a Big Push, catching “Show-Ups”, and leaders replacing themselves. I tried to keep with the sales theme from last week’s post on “Selling What’s Important” and I will unveil a different approach over the next […] Read more
Awkward Conversations
Monday August 23, 2010 | Tom ShefchunasI recently had a member of my team ask me for 5 minutes… We began our conversation and he started with a lot of prefacing. That’s never a good sign. As you might have gueseed…after the prefacing…he called me on something I had done that made him uncomfortable. I had fallen short as a leader […] Read more
5 Types of Leaders
Wednesday July 28, 2010 | Orange LeadersWhen all five … functions (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers) are present, the church operates at peak performance. To use Paul’s terms (in Ephesians 4:11), it “grows,” “matures,” “builds itself up,” and “reaches unity in the faith.” Sometimes it is easier for people to see the wisdom of this fivefold structure when it isn’t […] Read more
Rest to Refuel
Friday July 16, 2010 | Carey NieuwhofOver the last number of years I’ve had to work a rhythm of rest and refuelling into my life. It’s meant huge changes. In fact, we’ve programmed Connexus so that staff and volunteers are home most nights. I actually take my vacation now. I have work from my home Mondays and Fridays because I write […] Read more
Real Leaders Rest
Thursday July 15, 2010 | Carey NieuwhofI was terrible at this for years. Rest was for people who just couldn’t handle a real workload. If you went home at 4 p.m., it was because you really weren’t committed to the cause. There was a strange justification that happened in the back of my mind that told me the harder I worked, […] Read more
Be Bold
Thursday July 8, 2010 | Cara MartensWhere do you need to be BOLD? I have a friend who just started in ministry and we’ve been brainstorming on how to get consistent weekly leaders for the fall. After a few weeks of making lots of phone calls, piecing together a schedule and closing rooms, it was hard for her to imagine such […] Read more
Underpromising Leadership
Tuesday July 6, 2010 | Tom ShefchunasI was once told that a definition of leadership was “letting people down at a rate that they can stand.” In some ways, I get that. I think there is a bit more to it but…here’s my problem…I love saying “yes.” I’m still a people pleaser. And, though I say “yes” too often, I still […] Read more
3 Ways to be More Orange by Fall
Thursday June 17, 2010 | Orange LeadersFor many leaders moving to an Orange approach means navigating change. Talking to Family Ministry leaders, I think that there are some simple, practical changes you can make that get you further faster in shifting to ORANGE. Over the summer, here are three practical steps you could take to catalyze a shift to a more […] Read more
