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8. “There are two components to every church service – sayers (preachers)
and senders (those who send you out to preach).”
9. “Vision is what God’s calling your church to do. Creativity is what it looks
like while you’re doing it.”
10.“If want to preach a gospel that’s hearable then when need to put on
services that make that doable.”
11.“In our services we can put on a bunch of vibrations but no sound.”
12.“Failure for a church service is to put on a bunch of vibrations but no
sound.”
13.“Inspire is to get them to lean in to hear what you have to say.”
14.“Inform is to familiarize yourself with a subject. We want everyone who
attends our service to learn something they didn’t already know or be
reminded of something.”
15.“We don’t take Sundays off. Next Sunday is the most important Sunday
yet.”
16.“Bad structure. We’ve got to know who does what and who is accountable
for what.”
17.“4 things you need to do to have great services. Pray. Plan. Prepare.
Practice/Perspire.”
18.“The church service is not where all my personal preferences come to
life.”
19.“We are not who we want to reach. The church service cannot be
designed for you. You may not reach the people you’re trying to reach.”
20.“To have a good plan you must have margin. The plan should create
more time for you not less. People must have more time to practice what
you plan.”
21.“We plan 4-5 weeks ahead.”
22.“We have two meetings a week at NewSpring. The first is with a small
number of people who sit down with the pastor to talk about his message.
Everything emminates from the message. No one was ever saved by
creativity but the Word of God.”
23.“We don’t separate the message and creativity. We bring them together.”
24.“The second meeting is a larger meeting (discussing) who executes the
decisions from the first meeting.”
25.“Good communication is essential after planning.”
26.“Practice/Perspire – This is where most great plans fail, when you have to
go to work on it.”
27.“Excellence is giving God your best. In a service, excellence is removing
anything that distracts from who Jesus is.”
28.“Hard work and smart work leads to great results.”
29.“Preparation allows everyone with a role the time to do their best work.”
30.“A healthy team is a productive team. The way a team stays healthy is
because they want to do a good job.”
31.“Senior pastor, it’s your responsibility to steward people’s gifts well. Don’t
get mad at them if they can’t keep up with you if you don’t give them the
time to do things with excellence.”