Tag: sun valley community church

  • 4 steps to effective vision casting

    4 steps to effective vision casting

    An old Japanese proverb says, “Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” Many churches are stuck not because they don’t have a dream or a vision, but rather because they don’t know how to break that dream down into tangible implementable steps that build culture and drive the church towards…

  • managing the tension between marriage and ministry part-2

    managing the tension between marriage and ministry part-2

    Some time ago we set aside a Staff Training Day at Sun Valley Community Church and invited a couple of area churches together to invest in our Staff and their spouses. If you haven’t noticed lately the statistics are telling us that leaders in ministry are checking out every day on their families and their…

  • “it’s my pleasure”

    A couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity to have a couple of Operators from Chic-fil-A spend a half day training the Staff from all three Sun Valley Campuses on what they’re best at, customer service. When it comes to great customer service there are a few companies that consistently come to mind Southwest…

  • a fathers day interview with my dad

      He’ll be the first person to tell you that he wasn’t a perfect Father, but he left his sons something that most Dads never leave behind. He left a legacy that’s worth repeating. From a long line of abusive alcoholics my Dad, a first generation Christ-follower, changed his legacy. This past weekend I had…

  • life on the run

    What if Dr. Seuss told the story of Jonah? It might sound a little bit like this… The Lord’s word to Jonah came quite unexpected: “Go down to Nineveh. You’ve been elected.” But he didn’t go. Instead he ran right away. Listen up, don’t you mimic. It will ruin your day! Cause, you can’t run…