[Kid Inspiration]

There are two things I have negated to do here on this blog:
1. Talk about what my parents are doing in India (building an orphanage).
2. Brag on my awesome team.
Allow me to rectify the second… I will fix the first soon!
How to be a great volunteer: Sarah Petchell
I cannot remember when Sarah started on our [...]

Some notes from a message to our key team…
(Some of the points may not make much sense, but you should get the drift)
TAKING THE MINISTRY FROM GOOD TO GREAT
The Flywheel - No one action is going to make into a GREAT ministry. It is 1,000 brilliant ideas. It was a ton of consistent [...]

One of my favourite books is Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybels. And my favourite section in the books talks about the fact that Bill’s key team/close ministry friends who have worked side by side him for years all have houses in the same area. They are growing old together near each other.
When longtime friend T. [...]

So I have had a bit of a writers block as of late, so I thought I might put up the structure I am using this year (at least the first part of this year) for our primary (elementary) leadership team.
We have 8 services over a weekend and they can be kinda blocked in groups [...]

Gina McClain from jabberfrog.com posts on the Swerve blog:
Read the post here: Guest Blog
…We live in a time when more people exist on this earth than ever before! Today is the day to mobilize the generation that could see more people come to Christ than were walking this earth one century ago.
Children’s Ministry is not [...]

Andy Stanley, one of my brain heros… (I love the way he thinks and communicates) writes some solid advice to keep me on track in 08 in Ministry Today Magazine
Andy Stanley - Leading from beneath
The fine art of challenging organization decay-without compromising your integrity.

When an instruction is given, follow through now; debrief later.
Never verbalize [...]

There is a community developing of sorts amongst blogging pastors — which makes sense right? If you are writing a blog on a specific topic you are bound to attract like minded people, and in turn be attracted to like minded people.
I read a bunch of blogs from lead/senior pastors all over the world, guys [...]

“If there’s one thing I just don’t have time for, it’s delegation”…
No one would admit to agreeing with that statement, but we can often act like it. There are too many people sitting in churches doing nothing, that will find their purpose by serving children. Ask and keep on asking, knock and keep on knocking…
Found [...]

Pastor of CityLife church in Brisbane Mark Conner has a blog you should check out. Latest post is about speaking in the Kidshaper Conference, in Melbourne.

There is nothing like pressure to bring out the real person inside.
All it takes is a couple more tasks added to your plate to make you realise that this ‘ministry thing’ you have devoted your life to is far too big for a one man band.
Ministry is an orchestra. Each member playing their part. [...]