For those of you that are planting churches, Nelson Searcy is hosting a free conference on launching a church from scratch in New York City on January 22-23 2007. You can get more info on Nelson’s website. Nelson’s stuff has helped us tremendously. I’m sure this is going to be well worth the time spent! Nelson is also going to be one of our keynote speakers at our Momentum Conference in March.
Pastors’ Getaway
We did a Pastors’ getaway today where myself and our Pastors did some strategic planning for 2007. I find these things hard to plan and very fulfilling once we get there. These meetings become the steering wheel for our church. It’s where we have some heated discussions but we walk out more united than ever. I’m amazed by the people that I get to serve with who share the same heart I do. We made some pretty big decisions today. We made some small decisions that I’m pretty excited about. Like this one: I’m not going to run our staff … Read More
Book Review: Spiritual Leadership
I just re-read Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders. I love this book. I have recommended it 100’s of times and I want to recommend it again to anyone who is in spiritual leadership to any capacity. This book is just a powerhouse of truth and wisdom. Here are a few nuggets that I got from reading it a second time around: – “Pessimism and leadership are at opposite ends of life’s attitudes.” – “We can only lead where we ourselves have traveled.” – “A leader know how to exploit momentum” (Great name for a conference, isn’t it 🙂 – … Read More
Preaching Odds and Ends
I had a great meeting with John our other teaching Pastor, and we finalized our preaching calendar for the first 1/2 of 2007. It’s great feeling to know where you’re going. I usually work ahead, but I was challenged to put together a calendar and I’m do glad I did. I’ve been praying and thinking about this for the last couple of months, so it’s nice to see it all on paper. I see a nice mix of topical and exposition. I’m looking forward to our January series that will cover a couple of minor prophets (Does anyone else have … Read More
