Tag: professional

  • See you After Sabbatical!

    See you After Sabbatical!

    There are a lot of reasons that I love working at Sun Valley Community Church. It’s the best staff culture I’ve ever experienced on a church staff team, every week there are incredible stories of life change, over the past 6 years we’ve opened 4 new locations and there have literally been 1,000’s of people…

  • It’s Time to Join a Leadership Coaching Network

    It’s Time to Join a Leadership Coaching Network

    I recently caught up with Micah Hutchison who serves as the Executive Pastor at Harvest Community Church in Mesa, AZ. Harvest Community Church started in August of 2009 with a small core team and in less than five years has grown to more than 900 people in attendance. Micah participated in one of my Leadership…

  • 5 Articles that will Help You Make Vision Real

    5 Articles that will Help You Make Vision Real

    Thank you for making May a great month here at Helping Churches Make Vision Real! It’s great staying connected with you through social media and hearing about how helpful different articles have been. So, thank you for connecting with me through the content on this blog! You made these the top 5 Posts from this…

  • Don’t Take my Word for it

    Don’t Take my Word for it

    A couple of weeks ago I shared that my next Leadership Coaching Network will be beginning in October. I’m currently receiving applications and the network will probably fill up before the end of summer. I understand that it’s one thing for me to share all the details and benefits from participating, but why take my…

  • Stop Paying People to Do Ministry

    As they grow, many churches eagerly anticipate the moment when they’re finally big enough that they can afford to hire more staff and offer more ministry options for people. For example I’ve heard churches say they can’t wait to hire a Men’s Ministry Pastor. Nothing against Men’s Ministry per se, but that’s an expensive model.…