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How To Make Vision Stick With Your Guest Services Team

In a recent post I mentioned the importance of repeating the vision over and over. And over and over and over. Because the harsh reality is that vision leaks. I’m always shocked that I’m shocked by...

Never Shut Up.

My pastor is fond of a particular saying: When you are sick of saying it, the leaders in your ministry have probably just heard it. When your leaders are sick of hearing it, then everyone...

Flashback Friday: I Need A Sign

Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you!   Over the last few days I’ve been hanging my proverbial hat in...

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 big bold print to read the...

Q&A: Casting Vision Via a Volunteer Team Blog

Q: Every few weeks we send some material (blog post/article/etc.) to our Connections team as a way to cast vision and remind them of the “why” that dictates the “what” of our ministry. Usually it’s...

Danny Recommends: Assistant.to

Every so often we dip our toes into a series called Danny Recommends:, posts that tip you off to the stuff that I…you know. The recommendations might be products for use in your ministry, resources that will...

10 Ways to Make Your Seating Team More Effective

If your church has a seating team, you’ve seen seaters who are too pushy. Seaters who are too passive. Seaters who panic at the first sign of a backup of guests. It doesn’t have to...

Flashback Friday: The Reason Our Volunteers Disengage

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’m a few chapters in to Simon Sinek’s latest book, Leaders Eat Last:...

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 big bold print to read the...

Take Ten.

I am what you would call a maximalist. Now in fairness, I’m not 100% sure that’s a word, nor am I 100% sure that if it is a word, I’m using it correctly. So let me explain...

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