Catalyst 08
Opening
- What is the empty grave saying?
- Togetherness is the theme
- I’m alive b/c of Him
Talk 1àAndy Stanley (Louder than Words)
- To have moral authority over others you’ve got to have proper alignment in your life….your creed and deed must align or else you cannot lead
- 3 areas of alignment
- Forgiveness
- Familyàprioritize life into doing the role that no one else can do (husband to Amanda and father to children) for the role that many others can do (exàlead life group)
- FinancesàKOG gets 1; I get 1; spend other 8
- Sermon titlesà”spitting into the wind”
Talk 2àJim Collins (Good to Great)
- Not all time in life is equal
- Greatness is a function of choice and discipline….have to create culture of discipline
- “Flywheel”àtook walmart 7 years to have 2 stores; took starbucks 13 years to have 5 coffee shops
- Overreaching and undiscipline is how Greatness falls
- “Bus”àHave to know “who” before “what”…..obsess over the who’s
- If you wouldn’t care if they quit means they don’t belong on bus…..
- Level 5 leadersàhumility is the signature trait….meaning the organization comes before their own success; passionate ambition for company and not self; to do what it takes to live into that passion
- “hedge hog”à1.Deeply passionate….2.what organization can do better than anyone else…..3.Resource engine (people; money; reputation in community)
- Disciplined actionàNEED A “STOP DOING LIST”…what doesn’t fit in 3 circles of our hedge hog
- “and”àhold core values constant and do more things to help live into core values
- Trouble when you confuse practices and values
- Only need the practices to display values at our core
- BHAGGàBig Harry Audatious Godly Goals
- 8 practices to think about
- 1àdiagnostic tool (how are we doing?) jimcollins.com
- 2àhow many key seats are on the bus? How many are filled with the right people? What am I doing to get to 100% on the bus?
- 3àPersonal board of directorsàpeople I look up to
- 4àget young people in my face (the right young people)
- 5àbuild a council (chap. 5..Good to Great)
- What is “question” to “statement” ration in meetings?
- Can I double it in next year?
- 6àpackets of white space day (days to think)
- 7àhow do I commet self to something I’m passionate about that I will take on plain of level 5 leadership
- 8àFreed by choices; especially those that nobody sees
- Move away from positions and titles; move to responsibilities (and ability to articulate responsibilities)
- Prioritize 3 things to do and stop doing 3 things
- Sermon titleà”Push”
Talk 3àBrenda Salter McNeil (Shake it up)
- If we look at God….no way we could stay the same
- We get weird in Samaria
- Here is always a place of transition
- In jerusalem we don’t have nothing to do but try to predict when Jesus is coming back…..but we’re called to Samaria (and ends of earth)
- A Holy Huddle is not an option for the mission of God
- The audacity to believe Jesus is who He says He is
- Sermon titleà”hear our mama’s talking”
Talk 4àSteven Furtick (From Promise to the Payoff)
- God is capable of completing what He’s started in my life
- God is preparing me for what He’s prepared for me
- Sermon titleà”Wax on; Wax off”
Talk 5àSeth Godin (Tribes)….he is a secular writer….he uses words (faith, religion, heretic) to talk about organizations; not speaking directly about christianity
- Two questions people are asking
- 1àwho else is going to be there
- 2àwho’s gonna lead us
- Crowd is not the same as a tribe
- Tribeàself selected; leader; purpose
- Tribesàinsiders and outsiders (defines by who and who’s not there)
- What matter is how connected we are
- More powerful the connectionàmore quality the tribe is
- Tribes
- Want movement
- Side to side thing
- Tight tribeànot easy to become; when you’re in you’re in
- Big tribeàeasy to join
- Hard to be tight and big at same time
- Not everyone wants to join tribe
- Simple ideaàfind someone who is naturally leading and give them platform to do it
- True leadership
- Have to do something that people will criticize
- About leading, not controlling
- Most want to be sheep (no one follows them)…no one follows mediocre
- Be a Hereticàdon’t let rules of religion get in way of faith
- A heretic is someone who’s faith is so deep that they go against status quo of organization
- Faith vs. Religion
- Faithàtribe built on this
- Religionàtools to control people
- Hereitics challenge religion and embrace the faith
- Growthàneed unicorn in the balloon factory
- Leaders
- Challenge tribe
- Intentionally create culture
- Curiosity (pushing/probing)
- Charismaàpush buttons wrong way
- Communicateàhow, when, what…talk with tribe
- Connect
- Commit to tribe
- Tribe want to
- Connect
- Create meaning
- Make a difference
- Be noticed
- Matter (want to be missed)
Craig Groeschelàtalk 6 (finding it when you’ve lost it)
- “it”
- God makes it happen
- We can’t create it
- It is not a model; result of programs
- Its has a upside (lives changed forever)
- It has a downside (attracts critics)
- I must have it above everything else
- “it”àbeing overwhelmed by presenc of God to be instrument and be consumed by this
- He was a United Methodist Pastor while in Seminary
- God speakingàsome time He is too loud to be audible
- When motive change; we are loosing “it”
- Spending minutes with God instead of hours
- Sermon about bringing people instead of obedience to God
- To regain “it”àgot to do something drastic
- Prayers to regain “it”
- God Stretch Me
- God Heal Me
- God Ruin Me
- There is more in me
- God ruin me like I was when I was first saved….return me to weeping and mourning…break my heart….cause my heart to break for the things that break God’s heart.
