You Don’t Have To Know What’s Next To Let Go of What Is
Are you a “what’s next” oriented person?
I definitely am. It’s hard to be content with what is when you’re constantly focused on what’s next. Or what could be next.
In this post, I give you two strategies to leverage when you find yourself focusing on what may be next.
Reactivating the “Quiet Quitters” in Your Church
“Quiet quitters” aren’t just quitting at work. They’re also quitting at CHURCH.
They may show up occasionally, but they aren’t engaged. They have no plan to engage. And good luck changing their mind.
It seems our best option is to reengage by making engagement easier. People today need more incremental opportunities to take easy steps.
BTW: This is how discipleship works. Discipleship is a journey of incremental progress that requires incremental steps. In the past, these steps could be longer, but today, people need more help.
In this NEW POST, I give you some ideas, including how you can regrow your VOLUNTEER TEAMS.
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FYI: I recently shared a FREE VIDEO RESOURCE with all my current followers specifically addressing the volunteer movement in today’s church environment. You can access it in the “FREE RESOURCES” section here: https://gavinadams.com/church-discipleship-model/
10 Rules to Keep Creative Meetings Creative
There’s nothing worse than a creative meeting that destroys creativity.
I’ve seen this happen. I’ve caused it to happen.
Whether you’re a business leader hoping to improve a product design or a pastor designing a church service experience, opening the creative funnel is required to leverage a team’s creativity. Unfortunately, it’s too easy to limit creativity than create space for it.
How can you ensure creativity remains present in your creative meetings?
Try establishing creative team meeting rules. These rules aren’t suggestions but guardrails to ensure you or another team member don’t eliminate creativity.
10 Creative Meeting Rules
1. Don’t kill a bad idea too soon.
Bad ideas often birth spectacular breakthroughs. There are no bad ideas at the beginning of the process. Yes, there are bad ideas for sure. Any bad idea that makes it to implementation is a mistake. This is a “creative meeting,” not an “execution planning session,” therefore, bad ideas are allowed.
Rules 2 – 10 are available in the post.
How Being Less Responsible Can Grow Responsibility in Others
Could being overly responsible increase your team’s irresponsibility?
Because leaders are typically very responsible, they tend to act responsibly. When a problem needs to be solved, a decision needs to be made, or a system needs to be implemented, the responsible leader jumps right in. It’s just natural.
But consider this: If you always step in to take care of problems, your team will let you.
In this NEW POST, I give you 4 strategies to give away responsibility to reduce your team’s irresponsibility.
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We MUST Stop Creating Selfish Christianity!
I’ve always loved this quote.
“You win them to what you win them with.”
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
It’s been repeated with slight deviations over and over again.
I believe this quote sums up much of our current Christianity problems.
In this NEW POST, we’ll evaluate the attractional church and what we are seeing today in its place. Both are doing the same things: Creating Christianity in the image of culture.
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Also, I’m working with churches and church leaders in 6 specific areas of ministry leadership. Two are:
1. Remodeling the Church Model: https://gavinadams.com/church-discipleship-model/
2. Fully Funding the Church: https://gavinadams.com/growing-generosity/
Check out the FREE RESORUCES on these pages and let me know if working together would help you.
Fixing, “The Church Just Wants My Money!”
“In just two months, 122 people gave to Centerpoint Church for the very first time, and we added 18 new recurring givers! Working with Gavin on our generosity system gave us a plan to grow giving and fully fund our church.”
– Bryant Golden, Senior Paster, Centerpoint Church, Tampa, FL
This is why I’m offering my new MASTERCLASS: The Giving Funnel that Funds Your Church – https://gavinadams.com/givingmasterclass/
This giving post may help your church, but if you’re looking for more, check out the Masterclass Experience.
NEW POST: Fixing, “The Church Just Want My Money?”
“The church just wants my money!”
How do you overcome that obstacle as a church leader?
Undo the past thirty, forty, or fifty years of Christianity? Too bad that’s not an option! One simple solution is to stop talking about money, which certainly would fix the problem. Of course, that could create many more. If you never taught or mentioned money, nobody would complain and nobody would give. Worse, nobody would begin to trust God with their financial life. Yet, when you talk about money, people both complain and leave.
It’s unfortunate the perception exists. But it is for legitimate reasons. We, as church leaders, have done a terrible job talking about money and stewarding what we’ve received…
Why A Lady at Church Told Me to “Get Out of Her Seat”
If you want to maximize year-end giving, join my FREE 30-MINUTE WEBINAR on November 9 at 3:00 p.m. EST. Register today. Even if you can’t make it, sign up so you’ll receive the replay and other free resources.
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On to today’s new post…
People are creatures of habit.
When I attend meetings, I like to sit in the same place. I remember walking into high school and college classrooms, taking a seat, and then sitting in that seat the entire semester. Every student sat in the same seat that we selected on day one.
This behavior extends well beyond church pews and classroom seats. Most everything in our life functions from patterns, rhythms, and habits. That’s a good thing. Our brain is wired for patterns, thus creating habits.
We can get back on track when a habit is interrupted, but a new pattern forms if the routine is interrupted long enough. New behaviors take over.
Perhaps this is why people aren’t coming back to church.
Before the pandemic, many church attendees, even those who were consistent and engaged, followed a pattern and rhythm more than the mission and vision.
How are you responding to the challenge?
The A.B.C. of Year-End Giving
How to Maximize Year-End Giving: My next FREE WEBINAR happens THIS WEDNESDAY at 3:00 p.m. EST! Don’t miss “How to Maximize Year-End Giving.” Learn more and REGISTER HERE: https://gavinadams.com/webinar-growing-generosity/
NEW POST:
If you’re a church leader (or non-profit leader), you know the importance of year-end giving.
The metrics prove the point:
* Nearly one-third (31%) of annual giving occurs in December,
* 12% of all giving happens in the last three days of the year, and
* December 31 is the biggest giving day of the year.
Any way you look at it, December dollars matter.
So start making a clear and compelling ask! Don’t cast vision without adding a call to action.
In this post, I give you 4 ways your can A.B.C. (Always Be Closing) your year-end giving.
People Don’t Give To JUST Vision
QUICK NOTE: My next FREE WEBINAR happens later this month. Don’t miss “How to Maximize Year-End Giving.” Learn more and REGISTER HERE: https://gavinadams.com/webinar-growing-generosity/
Now, on to our post…
Have you heard the phrase, “People give to vision”?
As a new lead pastor, I was told to leverage vision to generate giving. More, people told me that my congregation would serve to vision, invite to vision, and connect in groups from vision.
So I studied vision casting. I worked hard to become clear, compelling, and concise. And I assumed, from what I had always heard, that vision would be sufficient to engage our church.
Seventeen years later, I’ve come to believe this is true, but only partially true.
In this NEW POST, I tell you what to do beyond vision to inspire participation. AND, I’ll offer you 6 simple ways to celebrate wins to inspire engagement.
5 Ways the Current Financial Tension Can HELP Your Church
Are you feeling the financial pressure at your church?
Several things are culminating at once: 2023 Budget planning. The stock market reduction. And the fear of a recession, to name a few.
Most churches I know are looking ahead cautiously. And I get it.
Plenty of churches have already seen giving reduced. And they are simultaneously watching expenses rise. This is happening in our church and in the homes of our congregation.
Here’s what I’m wondering:
What if you leveraged this financial tension to grab their attention?
In this NEW POST, I give you five ways to use the financial tensions to help your congregation pay attention…
P.S.: I’m launching a new MASTERCLASS COHORT GROUP soon — “The Giving Funnel that Funds Your Church.” If you want more information, just shoot me a note!
And check out more resources here: https://gavinadams.com/growing-generosity/
