Questions for every Student Ministry Part 1
Do we have a clear, elevating goal that compels people to serve?
THE 3 KEY WORDS: 1. CLEAR 2. ELEVATING 3. COMPELLING
~Is what you’re asking of your leadership teams clear?
~Is the trajectory you’re leading people going up, flatlined, or declining?
~Does it compel people into action
Question is from :
~Carl E. Larson & Frank M. J. LaFasto, Teamwork: [...]
Where do you gather?
I often think about the different places we “gather” and why they matter so much. Places we hang out, places we make memories, places we go to share our lives.
Above is a picture of one our my teams gathering places. This is the “Ding Dong”! Jeff’s got a few pieces of killer furniture in his [...]
The teammate who gets no love
One of the most productive members of my team never gets any credit but as far as I’m concerned deserves all my credit. So much so, that im writing a blog post about it. The teammate is pictured below. Can u guess the teammate?
Yep u guessed right! It’s my trusty 17inch Macbook Pro! [...]
From a veteran Worship Leader
FOUND THIS OVER HERE.
It’s a good and interesting read. Bob Kauflin wrote:
“I remember when 55 seemed really old. Right now it feels like the prime of life. What does a 55 year old worship leader think about? Here’s a sample…
1. The years I have left for fruitful ministry are dwindling.
Used to be I never thought much [...]
Branding should…
(We used the ‘Dirty Jobs’ brand to talk to our students about Mission Trips)
I read recently about what branding really is and what it should do and it reminded me of why we changed the name of our student ministry to GSM (Granger Student Ministry).
The article said, “Branding should…”
1. IDENTIFY YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION.
“Having a [...]
Can you separate these two?
Been thinking about a handful of leadership things.
Trying to figure out how to separate talent and skill. (through more than mere definition)
I’ve boiled it down to this: (I could be wrong but it’s how I see it now)
~Talent is natural
~Skill is developed over time through relentless training. (this is what most people fail to do.)
I [...]
Leadership: Doing life together makes it easier
I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership stuff over the last two weeks and I’ve been recalling lots of things that make the task of leadership challenging and fun.
This morning all I can think about is the reality of where I’m leading now. I’m not the captain of the Notre Dame Football Team anymore, I’m [...]
The reasons I do evaluations
In churches we don’t like to do evaluations sometimes because people feelings can get hurt, but what about the other side, what if our people are knocking the ball out of the park and we never see it because we never take the time to evaluate them.
I’m not a huge fan of hard metric evaluations [...]
The greatest thing about the GSM Staff team
I believe one of the greatest characteristics about my GSM staff team is this:
They’re not into helping build ME a kingdom.
I love that they love working for me, I love that they would go through fire for me, I love that they’re some of the most loyal people I know….BUT (this is a BIG [...]
REPOST: Control by Craig Groeschel
Loved this thought from Craig Groeschel, makes me even more thankful for the way we do ministry around GSM these days!
When we control everything:
We train people to do what they are told rather than think.
We build followers instead of leaders.
We put a lid on our ministries.
We put our faith in our abilities to manage rather [...]
