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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