31 October 2010
STICKY QUOTES
11/02/10 10 Filed in: LEADERSHIP
We took our church staff to the “Sticky Team” conference in San Diego last week, and spent time with a couple GHC Network Church planters there. The event was well done. Here are some of our favorite quotes from the time:
From Wayne Cordeiro:
The true test of a servant is how you respond when you're treated like one.
It's not a lack of resources that kills a church, it's a lack of resourcefulness.
Servants have to be great: Great in patience, great in forgiveness, great in love. Pass thru the service entrance.
I can learn 50% of spiritual growth through studying, reading and listening to sermons. But the other 50% of spiritual growth only comes through serving.
Career is what I'm paid for, but calling is what I'm made for.
People are waiting for a genuine touch from Jesus--Luke 8:40. The whole world is waiting for Jesus. I don't want to keep them waiting.
From Larry Osborne:
Winning teams guard the gate, losing teams let anyone in. Never ignore a lack of character because of an abundance of giftedness. Never ignore a lack of people skills because of an abundance of Bible knowledge. Never let a contentious Christian on your leadership team. And cut out the cancer of disunity as soon as possible.
Winning teams make unity a priority, losing teams treat unity as an afterthought
Winning teams focus on their mission, losing teams focus on their successes
Winning teams focus on empowerment. losing teams focus on excellence and tenure. Winning teams find a way to keep their eagles
Winning teams adapt for the future losing teams long for the past.
Be a Barnabas: Generous with your stuff; very quick to forgive; focusing on anointing not pedigree, resumes or tenure; defending the right to be different; and willing to take second billing.
Empowerment will always be in tension with excellence.
From Brad Graves:
If people can't trust you, then God won't trust you with his people.
Things in your life you feel you can't share are already spun out of control.
The resources and strategy for your church plant are on the field already (Luke 10:1-9).
Too much money will saturate a church planter and cause him to relax. Too little money will starve him and cause his to not take risks. Find the right level of support.
From JD Larson
An expectation that goes unsaid will always go unmet.
From Michael Lwin:
With vision, the “who” often comes before the “what.” Our team came before our vision.
We ask every family in our church to give up at least one family vacation for a mission trip.
Instead of setting S.M.A.R.T. goals, why not dream audaciously?
Think you don’t have enough leaders? They are there. Your future staff are in your volunteers.
From Charlie Bradshaw:
Things surrounded by unpleasantness are seldom surrounded by people. Create pleasant, fun environments.
All staff are Important but not all are the same - only hold the hands of the 5-10% who need it
Find out what their need is and do it.
The best time to fire someone is before you hire them. Have two to three interviews to see the real person. Get as many people involved as possible, with as many females as possible - for intuition.
Sticky is not always good - if someone is on the bus and shouldn't be there or is in the wrong seat it will hurt morale.
When there's a problem look at Satan first and the people second.
Traditions are okay, but routines are deadly. They become white noise. Change demands attention and newness motivates. The worst method is the one you use all the time.
Three things lead to happy campers: Respect; Honesty; Clear communication.
From Chris Brown:
If King Saul had taken the approach that David “was my hire!” and shared leadership, instead of becoming jealous, 1 and 2 Samuel might be known as 1 & 2 Saul.
This conference was an excellent reminder about empowering others and taking team unity seriously. Our tam appreciated it and came back with some specific implementations tools. We recommend it!
From Wayne Cordeiro:
The true test of a servant is how you respond when you're treated like one.
It's not a lack of resources that kills a church, it's a lack of resourcefulness.
Servants have to be great: Great in patience, great in forgiveness, great in love. Pass thru the service entrance.
I can learn 50% of spiritual growth through studying, reading and listening to sermons. But the other 50% of spiritual growth only comes through serving.
Career is what I'm paid for, but calling is what I'm made for.
People are waiting for a genuine touch from Jesus--Luke 8:40. The whole world is waiting for Jesus. I don't want to keep them waiting.
From Larry Osborne:
Winning teams guard the gate, losing teams let anyone in. Never ignore a lack of character because of an abundance of giftedness. Never ignore a lack of people skills because of an abundance of Bible knowledge. Never let a contentious Christian on your leadership team. And cut out the cancer of disunity as soon as possible.
Winning teams make unity a priority, losing teams treat unity as an afterthought
Winning teams focus on their mission, losing teams focus on their successes
Winning teams focus on empowerment. losing teams focus on excellence and tenure. Winning teams find a way to keep their eagles
Winning teams adapt for the future losing teams long for the past.
Be a Barnabas: Generous with your stuff; very quick to forgive; focusing on anointing not pedigree, resumes or tenure; defending the right to be different; and willing to take second billing.
Empowerment will always be in tension with excellence.
From Brad Graves:
If people can't trust you, then God won't trust you with his people.
Things in your life you feel you can't share are already spun out of control.
The resources and strategy for your church plant are on the field already (Luke 10:1-9).
Too much money will saturate a church planter and cause him to relax. Too little money will starve him and cause his to not take risks. Find the right level of support.
From JD Larson
An expectation that goes unsaid will always go unmet.
From Michael Lwin:
With vision, the “who” often comes before the “what.” Our team came before our vision.
We ask every family in our church to give up at least one family vacation for a mission trip.
Instead of setting S.M.A.R.T. goals, why not dream audaciously?
Think you don’t have enough leaders? They are there. Your future staff are in your volunteers.
From Charlie Bradshaw:
Things surrounded by unpleasantness are seldom surrounded by people. Create pleasant, fun environments.
All staff are Important but not all are the same - only hold the hands of the 5-10% who need it
Find out what their need is and do it.
The best time to fire someone is before you hire them. Have two to three interviews to see the real person. Get as many people involved as possible, with as many females as possible - for intuition.
Sticky is not always good - if someone is on the bus and shouldn't be there or is in the wrong seat it will hurt morale.
When there's a problem look at Satan first and the people second.
Traditions are okay, but routines are deadly. They become white noise. Change demands attention and newness motivates. The worst method is the one you use all the time.
Three things lead to happy campers: Respect; Honesty; Clear communication.
From Chris Brown:
If King Saul had taken the approach that David “was my hire!” and shared leadership, instead of becoming jealous, 1 and 2 Samuel might be known as 1 & 2 Saul.
This conference was an excellent reminder about empowering others and taking team unity seriously. Our tam appreciated it and came back with some specific implementations tools. We recommend it!