[Kid Inspiration]

Evan Doyle over at the Way We See It Blog, posted about the 10/40 window yesterday. Now I am not accusing him of anything here, but I was thinking of posting some thoughts about that very topic at least two days ago.
So here my take on the 10/40 window (stolen in part from Joel A’Bell [...]

 
“People don’t do what you expect, they do what you inspect.”
 
That’s all I really want to say on that.

Dave Ferguson over at his blog posted this last week about the leadership lesson he learned at McDonalds.
He noted a poster describing the seven-step career path that McDonalds offers.
This is a great lesson for all companies and churches!  You need a career path or a leadership pipeline and leaders need to know about it! One [...]

Right now over at the swerve blog (from lifechurch.tv) Craig Groesche is writing a 5 part series on mentoring. I was talking to a friend of mine who I thought would be right with me in the need for every leader to have great mentors in their lives.
He hadn’t really thought about it.
Apart from [...]

So our church has a number of Youtube accounts now… one for United and one for rest of church life.
Check them out and subscribe so you can get updated on new videos being released.Here is the Hillsong Conference highlight video I linked to in the last post.

WPvideo 1.10
Hillsong Conference 2007 Friday Video Blog + Week [...]

I think I stole this from Jim Wideman’s Blog… but I just had to post something on this because the last entry was written while Jesus was still turning water into milk.
“It doesn’t take leadership to change something that not’s working. It does take leadership to change something that’s going good and make it great.” [...]

You don’t need a title to be a leader — by Mark Sanborn — This is the kind of book title I love!
Haven’t read the book yet… but it is on my to read list!
Great review from Kem Meyer, the Communications Director at Granger Community Church.
(Post is from May 06, but better late than never).
Read [...]

Others tell. Leaders sell.
Others impress. Leaders influence.
Others try to be heard. Leaders strive to be understood.
Others explain. Leaders energize.
Others inform. Leaders inspire.
Others relay only facts. Leaders tell stories.
- Mark Sanborn, You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader (WaterBrook, 2006)

At my church I currently Pastor 5 - 11 year olds.  We have 5 services across a weekend and at each of these I oversee two seperate programs…one for 5-7 years (Fun House) and another for 8-11 years (All Stars).
Obviously I can’t be at two places at once and cannot personally run 10 programs so to take [...]

It’s cool to see this stuff online… here is a manual online to have a look at…
http://www.sonlifeafrica.com/children/index.htm