Posted on October 27th, 2011 by Dennis Beckner
Session 4 – Culture as it relates to your programming Your church is defined by environment, greeters, facility, etc by outsiders Because every visitor is going to evaluate us, we developed an evaluation tool for our staff and volunteers. It was important to create a language and filter for evaluation. Our goal is to create [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2011 by Dennis Beckner
Creating a Culure of Self Awareness How many of you have a really big problem with self deception? How many of you know somebody who thinks they can sing, but can’t? How many of you know somebody who thinks they’re a good leader, but are really a control freak? How many of you know… Preacher… [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2011 by Dennis Beckner
Catalyst 1-day conference at Saddleback Church, October 27, 2011 Session 2 – Building a Healthy Staff Culture 1. Healthy and productive staff cultures are characterized by mutual submission – The local church should be the best place to work – New staff orientation – I want this to be the best job you’ve ever had [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2011 by Dennis Beckner
Andy – What is the personality of your church culture – If you like it, you’re afraid of messing it up – It’s important for us to surface what’s working right – God’s blessing, but what is he blessing? – How do you lead a team into what God’s blessing and shed what he’s not? [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2011 by Dennis Beckner
- What is the personality of your church culture – If you like it, you’re afraid of messing it up – It’s important for us to surface what’s working right – God’s blessing, but what is he blessing? – How do you lead a team into what God’s blessing and shed what he’s not?
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Posted on October 27th, 2011 by Dennis Beckner
Tonight in my high school Bible study we were talking about worship and how sin can interfere with it. After all, the original sin is what separated us from God in the first place. Our key verse was Romans 12:1: “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to [...]
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Posted on October 26th, 2011 by Dennis Beckner
I’ve been trying to do this for a few years. This year it’s going to happen. I’m already seeing the pain and reward. Note: This post is in regard to my Wednesday night small group of high school students, not The Landing student recovery program which I lead on Friday nights Some background: The purpose [...]
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Posted on October 26th, 2011 by Dennis Beckner
I hear this question a lot from many of those that attend Celebrate Recovery (CR). The format of The Landing is similar to CR in that there is a large group session and small group session. The curriculum has been written specifically for students with the same guidelines and principles, just a different delivery. But [...]
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Posted on October 25th, 2011 by Dennis Beckner
I am a big fan of Simply Youth Ministry’s products. I’m an even bigger fan of them when they’re on sale! Load up!!!
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Posted on October 24th, 2011 by Dennis Beckner
At The Landing, I’m hearing some rumbling among some of the leaders of a specific gender to remain unnamed that their groups are struggling with crosstalk and not having enough time for each student to share. Being a guy, that means I’m a problem solver – a fixer if you will. I bought these timers [...]
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