Let’s Meet

Most people I come across say they hate meetings. I must be weird, because I actually like them…well most of them. I'm like you, I have been in some snoozers and time-wasters with the best of them.

I value teamwork and collaboration! Good meetings allow for teams to be built, tasks to be accomplished, great ideas to be implemented, and dreams to be dreamed. And it is a good thing I like meetings because I found myself in a ton of them. Thankfully, I am a hands on with this and this great team and surrounded by a staff full of great friends and great thinkers who are passionate about our mission. I am fortunate to be at place that leverages the ability of each team member and encourages cohesion and not silos in our organization. At former stops, this was not valued and those former organization were filled with apathy, little creativity, and marginal unity.

Over and over again, I walk out of a regular weekly meeting or special meeting I facilitate for a new strategy, event, etc. and I am blown away by the creativity, synergy, and building upon one idea to another that creates some real momentum and action.

Just today:

• I was a part of our regular weekly meeting with my Worship Programming team where we finalized plans for some incredible Sunday services this Sunday.
• Then, we had our monthly all staff meeting. Each month we celebrate what God is doing in our church, communicate huge items that are coming, pray together, and listen to Pat share vision and leadership wisdom.
• This afternoon, I was a part of an incredible planning and brainstorming session for our first conference that we will host and lead as a church called 'The Sending Church Conference' which will be April 25. We are incredibly excited about the opportunity to equip our church and other churches on how we can 'send the whole church to be the church where there is no church.' The website will launch in two weeks, check back for updates!
• Then, I was in an impromptu meeting with our senior management team plus Sully to put the final touches on our new church logo that will be unveiled this Sunday with our new glocal identity.

Wow, what a day!
…and yes, things can acutally be accomplished in meetings (be looking for some key principles to come)