Be Strategic
From day one of engaging with Orange (more than 4 years ago), the word strategy was a word I heard often. It’s not a new concept, but it was something that was brought to my attention again last Friday and I’m glad...
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How I’m dealing with Halloween
So, three years ago I wrote a post about Halloween titled, “Halloween = Satan?” I had almost forgotten that I wrote it. Since Halloween is coming in a few days, I figured I’d address it. Like I said before, I...
Read MoreService project versus teaching kids to serve
Our mission for Next Gen mirrors the mission of our church. One of the components of our mission relates to serving. Specifically, here’s how serving supports our mission. Be the Body (Serve) We help kids realize that they...
Read MoreGutsy or stupid about your mission
I’ve been thinking a lot about mission the last few weeks. One of my goals for this year is for pervasive saturation of the vision and mission in the heart and minds of our volunteers and leaders. Actually, it’s not...
Read MoreValues terminology help
Okay, I’ve been working on our ministries vision, mission and values. We’ve settled on our values, but I need help witht he wording with one of them. Currently our values are: Safety and Security Relevant Teaching...
Read MoreOrange Leadership Forum (Part 5)
Reggie is a big fan of Apple computer. He equates ministry and leadership to Apple. Between the Macintosh Plus and the MacBook Air, there have been 80 system upgrades. The technology has changed dramatically, but the mission has...
Read MoreMission review (Surge Part 4)
Typically after every event I do, I make notes for the following year. On the server where we keep all the files, I’ll usually open a folder under “Surge” called 2008. In it will be a single word document with...
Read MoreStaff Retreat – Developing Mission, Vision and Goals
A few weeks ago I took my staff on a retreat. We rented a great lake house on Lake Travis just outside of Austin, Texas. Initially I was taking the team to the PDCM conference… but it was cancelled. So I found this place...
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