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On Leadership: 3 Nuggets, Pt. 3
Posted on March 11th, 2008 in Church Life, General Leadership, On Leadership, Worship Leadership by Fred McKinnon
Hey Everyone,
Back to the series on leadership nuggets … you can catch the background behind this series and the first “nugget” in this post, and the 2nd nugget is discussed (or shall I say, “being discussed”) here.
In the discussion on #2, “Vision Casting”, there was a great segue comment by Jordan of Worshiptrench.Com about momentum. He wrote:
Yes, whenever momentum/attendance drops I can ALWAYS track it to a lack of casting vision and purpose. I have found even doing a study of the content of a new song and tying it to a theological perspective on our or purpose tends to ignite their leadership of the song that weekend. Sure there are times we need to do a fellowship to lift moral, but if worship leaders think that will overcome a lack of vision they are nuts.
… great call, Jordan, because the 3rd “nugget” deals specifically with momentum.
3. Sustaining momentum.
David said something that I had to think twice about. He said “it’s fairly easy to get momentum going … it’s sustaining momentum that is difficult”. At first, this didn’t sound right to me. I think about “the snowball” and how it’s hard to get it rolled up, and pushed down the hill – but once it starts going downhill – lookout. But at the same time, I can see the wisdom in this.
So many times, “momentum” can happen for reasons outside of our control. Or, an outside event or set of circumstances happens that creates momentum … such as our moving into a brand new, 74,000 ft2 facility. If you could’ve seen our grand opening services last weekend – you would have seen incredible momentum. But 3 months from now – when the “wow” of this new facility is wearing off, and we’re back to the grind … it won’t be so easy to ride that wave. We have to be intentional in sustaining momentum. Don’t take momentum for granted, as if once started, she’ll always be there.
Well, that’s a wrap on this mini-series.
1. Listen
2. Vision Casting
3. Momentum
Would love to get your input!
For the Kingdom,
Fred
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We have found one thing that helps momentum is “fresh blood” particularly in regards to our bridge team. To have new people come in because they are excited about a vision makes your long-timers think, “Wow, people are wanting to be a part of this and I now I remember why I joined the team.” So I am on Brent and Missy all the time asking them, “When is our next Get-to-know-you time and how many are scheduled?”