Comments on: Ministry Poll – What do you dislike the most …

By: Fred McKinnon

Fred McKinnon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:49:02 +0000

Graham,
Yeah, I understand – it’s been slow for us, but I’m beginning to make some progress there – make a vision, write it down, form a strategy, and present it … and keep on believing!

By: Fred McKinnon

Fred McKinnon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:47:45 +0000

Shawn,
Hmm .. I dunno, I’d almost rather it be that way, haha – at least you don’t have to hear a million opinions!

By: Bob Holmes

Bob Holmes — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:44:54 +0000

Fred

Thank You for all you do. God Bless You.

Now, for me personally it’s ‘The Box’. God is not in the box and I am continually surrounding myself with the box, and God is continually telling me to break out of the box and be myself. With every song I write there is a breaking free to enter into God’s Presence and God’s presence flowing through me. As a writer, singer, bard, worshiper I’ve finally stopped trying to fit the mold, but it’s a day by day process to work out what God has worked in us.

What I’m saying is that it’s ME, not the structures, not the people, it’s my attitude and perspective (my focus) that determines my effectiveness in God.

It still burns inside me when Jesus said, “I only do those things that I see my father doing.” And THAT is my goal.

By: Russ Hutto

Russ Hutto — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:43:48 +0000

For me it’s definitely an expectations as it pertains to my skillset/personality thing.

I was hired to craft excellent marketing visuals (web/print/video/presentation/etc) and to coordinate everything music-related (morning gatherings/special events/rehearsals/etc)…

Yet somehow in the middle of all that (and leading the teams as small groups) it seems I’m expected to be a “people” person as well when I’m not doing those things. For example, I’m expected to be in the lobby greeting people as they come in simply because “I’m full-time staff”.

It’s tough.

Before anybody thinks I’m a total jerk for not WANTING to greet people, just know that I’m not really a big crowd, meet a new face every second, extroverted kind of guy. I’m a loner. An introvert that excels IN FRONT of large groups, but not IN large groups.

However, I do my best.

By: Daniel Montgomery

Daniel Montgomery — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:09:08 +0000

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” Bill Cosby- thnks2 Dennis Arriaga http://is.gd/sEzz

By: Daniel Montgomery

Daniel Montgomery — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:10:59 +0000

Watching people with tremendous gifts and talents that they seem unaware of or don’t value as they reject encouragement and sit on their hands.

By: David Goodwin

David Goodwin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:39:18 +0000

Definitely identify with yours Fred, and also Travis

But what I dislike the most is the priority juggling…having deadlines changed and that causing everything else to have to be rearranged as well.

To a certain extent, that comes back to trying to please everyone, but mostly it’s just that I don’t like having to go back on my word because of external factors.

By: fmckinnon

fmckinnon — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:08:04 +0000

New blog post: Ministry Poll – What do you dislike the most … http://tinyurl.com/dhdmxk

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:04:03 +0000

I struggle most with separating my preferences for worship services and the “worship experience” from what is “best for my church.”

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:45:12 +0000

A little while ago I did a post on the Top 5 Things I dislike about being a worship leader, that got me in a little heat. I'd say the number 1 thing though is becoming the #1 or #2 reason people leave the church. If it isn't the pastor's fault it's yours most likely. I never enjoy hearing people tell me they left because of me and my music.

By: Dennis Arriaga

Dennis Arriaga — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:05:28 +0000

Fred – in reference to your dislike: “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” Bill Cosby. In our case, we seek to please God first (of course) and then enable/lead our congregations.

God has placed me in a great church, under a fantastic pastor who pretty much gives me the freedom to go where I feel God leading (of course, I’ve earned that trust). My dislike (which is probably a character flaw in me…and constant point of counsel from my wife!) is being a compulsive perfectionist and expecting that from everyone around me.

Of course, I’d always like more of the advanced tech gadgets and cool A/V stuff, but God is honored and glorified with or without that stuff!

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:38:13 +0000

I hear that! Our worship planning team had our first “candid” conversation in a long time yesterday as we debriefed from Easter. We were able to be pretty honest with each other as we critiqued ourselves. I liked that… only once we realize what we’ve done wrong can we work towards doing it right!

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:35:49 +0000

I wish I were trusted with the freedom to utilize social media to further the ministry of OSLC (my church). I need to have patience that this change will eventually come. It’s just hard to sit by and watch other churches have such an impact on others via the internet and for me to just be sitting by. Being the youngest person on staff (24) has it’s pros and cons I suppose.

By: Shawn Stinson

Shawn Stinson — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:29:45 +0000

For me, I think it’s the lack of open communication. There are very few people who will come to me with feedback about the services. But folks don’t mind talking about the services with each other. Regardless of how often I ask for opinions or requests I get very little. It’s hard to do any job without some sort of performance evaluation.

By: Robert McKinnon

Robert McKinnon — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:02:40 +0000

The expectation of perfection, and the lack of mercy and grace when it’s not attained.