Leslie and I recently announced to our church body that God is calling us to a new work. It is a big announcement that will likely be moving us to a new state and will definitely be changing the way we do ministry. The shortest description is "Church Consulting". My desire is to help churches find and fulfill the purpose that God has planned for them within their community. I believe every church was designed to answer a specific question within their community, and in doing so we become relevant. Everyone wants to be relevant these days, and it is really not that hard, you just have to answer a question that people are asking.
I have seen that come to pass here at North Point these last 12 months, and now I believe God wants to use me to help other churches experience the same thing. If you would like to hear more about this, I am sure I will be blogging on it over the next few months. We will still be at NP until May 31, 2009. After that the location is still in God's hands, so please be praying for us.
If you would like to listen to the first part of the message series I preached on this, check it out at www.northpointonline.org.
PS - Please also pray as we put our house on the market that everything connected to that will go well. And, we are also trying to find a home for our incredibly cute dog!
On Leadership, Church Health, and the hope that God will change the way we do Church in America.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
What bothers me
Looking at my blog and seeing that it has been over a week since I had anything to say... and not feeling like I have anything worthwhile to say again, that bothers me :). To be honest it is more that I have so many things going through my head and none of them are really coalesced yet to the point where I feel like I can express them in a way that will be helpful. A few people have had the chance to listen to my brain-talk, you know the way that you talk to yourself before you actually make sense to other people. If you understood that last sentence then perhaps you can understand some of my brain-talk.
Right now my brain is talking about future, vision, risk, obedience, and a number of other cool topics, so many that some evenings I find it hard to rest.
I recently had the opportunity to go through a "coaching session". This is a rather new concept to me, as coaching is not about giving people answers so much as helping them discover answers on their own. So, this person just kept asking me questions and waiting for me to answer them. I have to say that even in the 10-minute sample session that I had it was incredibly helpful. It was so helpful, in fact, that I am going to do it again on a regular basis. I would recommend it for all of the others out there who have a lot of ideas bouncing around in your brain that need a little nudge to coalesce and come out as plans and projects.
Right now my brain is talking about future, vision, risk, obedience, and a number of other cool topics, so many that some evenings I find it hard to rest.
I recently had the opportunity to go through a "coaching session". This is a rather new concept to me, as coaching is not about giving people answers so much as helping them discover answers on their own. So, this person just kept asking me questions and waiting for me to answer them. I have to say that even in the 10-minute sample session that I had it was incredibly helpful. It was so helpful, in fact, that I am going to do it again on a regular basis. I would recommend it for all of the others out there who have a lot of ideas bouncing around in your brain that need a little nudge to coalesce and come out as plans and projects.