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There are a lot of smart and hard-working people out there.  Some are both.

Have you noticed that power and influence most often seem to only be in the hands of a few who use this influence for personal gain or the destruction of others? There is a smaller percentage of influencers who genuinely seek the betterment of others.  These are “Ideators” - a simple word to capture the strengths of these inspired influencers. 

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Let’s face it, as a leader, no matter what you do, teach, how you lead, people are going to leave your church on a regular basis.  You need to be always be on the “connect, invite, include” path continually…  With you there are no strangers – period, ever.  You are the type that meets ten people daily. 

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Communicating to Change Lives, Pt. I  
Any pastor or teacher who still calls himself / herself a “preacher” is either in love with the terminology of the past or simply doesn’t understand the fullness of the comprehensive call to connect with the culture around us the God so loves.  

We will primarily look at the matter of upgrading the speaking skill level of each of us in these sessions.  

Among other focus issues we will look at:

•    Capturing the Vision God has for your people in this season     

•    Converting that vision into a series / several series in order to strategically direct the people in the direction God is taking them through your teaching gift

•    Learning how to lean into your teaching gift / how to hone the teaching gift that is already in you - by walking in the right attitudes that allow God to move through you

•    Linking tools that will give you a leg up from where you are to the next step - no matter where you are  (the secrets many of the best known communicators in the US use you probably aren’t aware of and how they hit a “home run” every week)

•    How to grow in confidence / naturalness regardless of how many times you have spoken - one of the huge keys to speaking profoundly

•    Learning to pick up on the nuances that come along as you are speaking - while this has happened to most of us already, how can we learn to increase the best of what comes to us “on the fly” in combination with carefully prepared notes…

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The Essential “Stay Alive” and “Expand” Skill — Networking
Whether you are a new church plant, mid way into the process of reaching your community or your story is long established, your group (or you personally) are only as effective as your capacity to connect with those around you.  
Some seem to have a natural skill at meeting and making relationships while others have to work at it to become fluent “inviters” into the life or your organization.  
The difference between those who succeed or fail… or those who barely survive by a thread, is this skill of being able to connect with others easily, fluidly, and with enthusiasm.  
Networking is not the realm of insurance salesmen.  It is the very language of Jesus and the kingdom of God.  As we learn it we can pass it along to our people who can be liberated to become inviters themselves throughout the city!   

Among other focus issues we will look at:

•    Learn to think expansively

•    Learn to think as a natural networker - fluency is attainable as with a new language - not translating in your mind then speaking in the new tongue but thinking in the new language in an instant, naturally!

•    Learn to see people as Jesus did - celebrating all he came in contact with - there are no longer any mere, common people - everyone is special beyond words because they are moving somewhere spiritually.  

•    Learn the habits of those who connect with 100% of those they meet; EVERYONE’S information is captured for future reference

•    Lots of tools for regularly connecting with your newly acquired friends (do you already have enough friends?  I will never have enough friends even if I continue to add several a day and life to be 110!)  

•    Learn how to coach those around you - those you lead - into building their network of connections into vast numbers so they begin to live differently than they currently live / see / think 

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Embracing Your Church’s Unique Focus

In my extensive travels throughout the Church world over the past 20 years in the US and beyond, this Bride that I love, this lovely thing that Jesus says will endure throughout all of eternity, is nearly always unclear as to what her unique focus is in the local context.  

In Rev. 2 and 3 Jesus spoke to the churches of Asia Minor.  One thing stood out to all of the churches focused upon - each had a clear and distinct, unique reason for being they had been called to carry out.  As leaders it is incumbent upon us to hunger and thirst and do whatever it takes to discover our seminal focus in God’s kingdom.  

Lots of practical tools will be looked at, dug into, shared and given to you as a leader that you can pass on to your leaders in turn to use in further digging into your team’s focus.   

Among other focus issues we will look at:

•    Defining your church’s unique calling to this time, this place, this people, this city

•    Tools for identifying your church’s unique spiritual history - that has a tremendous bearing on where you are headed in the spiritual realm

•    Tools for identifying your church’s unique people history - to gain an understanding of what has taken place among people - some things that may need to be addressed / set straight in order to go forward with full enthusiasm / strength

•    Hearing from God - his unique, distinct, clear and exciting invitations to bring change to your city, your people and to usher in the newness of life that comes with the kingdom of God going forward in your church.  

•    What to expect when the kingdom of God is at work in our midst in a strong way - the new realities that indeed will happen as we simply hear God’s invitations and reply with a “yes” as we go forward.  

•    How to negotiate the new realities with our leadership team / staff without losing our minds… or our friendships as intensity increases. 

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