Worship Ministry, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Planning, Coaching, Encouragement, Fear, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth Worship Ministry, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Planning, Coaching, Encouragement, Fear, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth

The Twenty-One Mile Challenge

Seeing where you’re going is more important than you think. Ask any of us who have meandered through a dark house on the way to a bathroom break in the middle of the night only to find out just how flexible our little toe is compared to the coffee table leg. Right?

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I Wish I Would’ve Known

I was a little naughty.

My college roommate, Troy, was visiting me in Pennsylvania from his home in North Carolina. I had just started getting to know a cute girl (who I later married.)

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Vent

I recently learned a new word in Spanish. It’s “desahógate.”

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A Family Of Worshipers

What’s your worship team like? And by “worship team,” I mean the musicians and techs together.

Are you like a Worship Family? A Worship Indie Band? A Worship Elevator? Let me describe each one.

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How To Increase Congregational Engagement

Today, I’m giving you an outline rather than paragraphs. That’s obvious.

But what’s not obvious is how much what you do impacts congregational engagement. I want to challenge us, as leaders, to grow in BEING:

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