Craig Groeschel
- You will face multiple challenging seasons in your ministry
- Churches tend to like to settle into what’s comfortable
- If it was just a little tweak, you would have done that a long time ago
- What got us to this point won’t get us to where we want to go
- You have to think different if you have kids
- If you are not generous, your people won’t be
- When you model it, your people start to do it
- Model being close friends with an alcoholic and your people will become friends with them too
- What died 5 years ago, but you keep doing it?
- Church Planters: You will be tempted to hire or get volunteers for where you are today and not where you want to be tomorrow
- God often guides by what He does not provide (Peter….”silver and gold…”)
- The difference in where you are and where God wants you to be is the pain you’ve been avoiding
- Set up a system in your church before people “fall.”
- You can get people to serve if:
- You honor them- Gifts, gift cards, banquets in their honor
- The ask is important- tap into their desire to be needed and known. Ask them, “Do you want to use your gifts to make a difference?”
- Would you do this for 3 months and then we’ll re-look at it?
- Big Pushes- Do throughout the year.
- Lead according to your values not the pressure of what others expect
- We are asking every adult to serve every Sunday morning
