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...
Category: Staff Stuff
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...
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...
Mommy, Where Do Leaders Come From?
Volunteers. Depending on your background or current situation, that word can either strike fear into your heart, fill you with dread, or – if you have had great experiences – make you imagine that you’re...
“Please” is Never Enough.
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! If you’re a pastor, no doubt you say “please” a lot. “Would...
How Deep Does Your Trust Go?
In a recent post, I talked about our staff’s desire to assume the best: that the people around us are smart and have good intentions. And that’s an outstanding mantra…one that belongs on one of...
When it Comes to Your Volunteers, Assume the Best
As far as coaching moments go, it wasn’t my best day. I was hanging out on a Sunday morning close to the main entrance of the building, observing our first time guest process. You know, the...
Desperate Measures
In a recent conversation with a friend, we were bemoaning growth of all sorts: volunteer ratios. Attendance numbers. Waistlines after polishing off a fourth of a pecan pie. (Oops. Wrong blog post.) We concluded that...
Get the Story.
I spent part of the weekend devouring Bob Thomas’ Walt Disney: An American Original. One, because I’m a certified nerd, and two, because my friend Bob Adams – a Disneyphile in the truest sense – told me it was...
