Hey Element Church! We have some opportunities for you to still serve the community through your church at SuperDay this Saturday. They are specific time slots to help with the inflatable games or the moms cool down tent. If you want to serve, please call the office or email us and let us know. We’re looking forward to seeing you out there.
Jeff
The next meeting another church planter (Damian) shared his 10 things he wish someone would have told him before he planted. This dude is a walking Leadership book, let me tell you. In the first 5 minutes I could tell that he bleeds leadership. REALLY cool to be around.
— Pre-Mature launch is the #1 cause of church plant failures.
— I will either become a healthier leader or I’ll stagnate. Every time I don’t pass a leadership test in ministry, the harder it will be to pass the next one. Church planting will bring out ALL your leadership weaknesses. It’s your responsibility to do something about it.
— God is more interested in me than He is in my church plant. (WOW)
— Be the first option. (If you’re not going to aim to be a church that can/will be peoples FIRST option in looking for a church. Why start one? This is subjective I know. But If you aren’t going to do church in what YOU think is the absolute BEST POSSIBLE OPTION, why do church?)
Much of his stuff was VERY church plant specific so won’t share all. He had some GREAT stuff on launch team vs. ministry partners (Core Group). Had some great stuff on core values. Public Relations. Office life. Great session! Share more later.
Stretched,
Jeff
I said in my Rumination I feel like the little duck in the big pond this week. Got some outstanding leaders and church planters around me and here I’ve been asked to give some of my “expertise” on the issue of planting. VERY humbling to say the least. This whole week is geared for us to help Dusty as he plants Connections here in Boise. Kudos to him for setting this up. I think it’s a phenomonal idea to bring in some guys who are doing it and pick their brain. I felt like some of todays sessions were as helpful for me as for Dusty. I LOVE learning, especially learning and being stretched in ministry. I opened up the first session with sharing my 10 things I wish someone would have told me before we planted. I really feel like we avoided a lot of mistakes because of the training and the AMAZING planting coach God blessed us with. I took some notes on some stuff the other guys had to say and here are some thoughts from it. God has been birthing some new ideas and passions in me while I’ve been away already. Great things are in store for Element Church.
One of the guys (Jim) talked about hiring staff in a church plant:
— Hire the person not the position.
— Attitude beats ability every time!
— Ask yourself two questions about them. “Can they do the job?” And “Will they do the job?” Will they is the more important question and is often worth the risk. Someone with all the talent in the world but no “will”, won’t work.
— Don’t hire someone part time you wouldn’t hire full time.
— There is a difference between developing people to do ministry and dumping ministry on them.
— If I have to dream for you, check up on you or ask the questions you should be asking why do I need you? (WOW)
— Don’t hire someone you can’t fire.
— If you have a concern in them now, you’ll have a concern five years from now.
More thoughts later.
Stretched,
Jeff
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