Feb
11
2012

Saturday Rewind: Of Cows, Planting, and Pharmacies

An article by Matt

The last seven days have found me in such exotic climes as Wilmington, Baltimore, and Columbia, Maryland (I know you are jealous). Here is some of what has gone on here on Church Thought, and the #3at3.

The week that was:

Goal Setting and Accountability. An update on my 2012 goals and a little conversation about what makes goals realistic.
What Planting a Church Taught me. I have been putting off launching into this story for about a year now. I am excited to finally begin the process of sharing what I learned in the process of planting a church.
Panic! At The Pharmacy. A recent visit to my local pharmacy has left me asking questions about how I, and church leaders all over, handle the times when things just don’t work as planned. Do you point fingers, distance yourself, or take ownership of your teams failures and work towards improving?
Church Planting: Before You Start (part one). I tried to make this one post… but you would have been reading it until next Thursday. So, because I care, I broke it into two parts. In part one I talk about Limiting Your Exposure to the things that can take down a church planter.
Finance Fridays: How Many Cattle? If we are honest with ourselves, how many times do we use a lack of resources as a convenient way to cover our lack of faith in God’s provision, or our lack of certainty to what we are called to do? We worship a God who owns the cattle on a thousand hills… what would it mean to really believe that?

Best of the #3at3:

A Hundred Little Things, from Seth Godin. What are the things about your church that make you who you are… but can’t be quantified?
Ten Ground Rules for Staff Meetings, from Paul Clark. Simple, straight forward, and clear. How do you lead staff meetings in your church?
The Worst Advice in Fundraising, from Jeff Brooks. Reading this only from a fundraising mindset would be a disservice to your church. Effective leaders know that they are leading people different from themselves.

What has been the most important thing YOU have learned this week?