Flashback Friday: Holyween
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! It’s baaaa-aaaack. The day is here. You know the one: it’s the day...
Monthly Archive: October 2015
Thursday Three For All
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the bold print to read the entire...
You Need a Skeleton Crew
What happens when a guest shows up late to your church? What do they see? What do they experience? What do they do? Where do they go? Not long ago I arrived at one of...
Think Through It Before They Think Through It
We’ve talked before about the importance of absorbing the awkwardness for your guests. That means we want to think through their experience before they arrive in order to help them avoid any embarrassment. But as you...
Maybe You Can’t
Leading in ministry isn’t for the faint of heart. There are budgets that need to be stretched, visions that need to be expanded, and volunteers that need to be recruited. Nearly every time our team...
Flashback Friday: When Do You Do and When Do You Delegate?
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! I believe that a fundamental principle of leadership is this: a leader should never...
Thursday Three For All
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the bold print to read the entire...
Back to the Future: The Volunteer Quiz Edition
It’s October 21, 2015, kiddies. Which – if you’re a child of the 80’s – can only mean one thing: The future is here. That’s right. Today is the day that Marty McFly traveled to...
Pick Up Your Junk
No matter the experience you provide for your guests on the weekend, a dirty facility is going to leave a bad impression. It doesn’t matter how friendly your greeters are…it doesn’t matter how long your...
Lousy Announcements Lead to Lousy Events
During a recent session of Connections Confab, our Small Groups Pastor David Talbert led a discussion on Starting Point, the newcomers event we host here at the Summit. As an aside, he referenced three reasons that...
