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Nothing Beats Hand-Picked
11/30/07
We’re starting Capital Stewardship Campaign soon. In process of starting the campaign up, I pulled together a Stewardship team. I intentionally tried to bring an eclectic group together: some with people skills,...
Uncovering Gems
11/25/07
Not long ago we interviewed a pastoral candidate at an elders meeting. The candidate was talking about motivating others and brought up some corporate experience he had. After talking about the lesson he learned on...
Church Planter or Crossing Guard?
11/17/07
My name is Ben, and I am a church planter. Sounds like an introduction I would give at a 12 step program. Maybe you have to have a problem to be a church planter. It is tough, but rewarding. I think that...
Volunteerism
11/10/07
Why can’t we just salary Sunday School teachers?
The other day at staff meeting we were praying for one another and one staffer after thinking long and hard about what he needed prayer for finally cracked: “I just...
Unlikely Heroes
11/04/07
Leadership is often learned in the earliest years of our lives. My best leadership lessons were learned by observation. Scott H. was the biggest, baddest boy on my block. He made (and broke) the rules, picked the teams, and...
