This is the 1st of our Home Church Leadership videos. The purpose of these videos is to equip and encourage our Home Church leaders in the vital task of leading Home Churches.
Begin by clicking the play button in the above video. Listen to the video. You may want to take notes.
Next, read any comments posted below and post your thoughts and comments in the comment box. Interact with other leaders. Be honest. Feel free to affirm or challenge portions of the video, to offer new or creative ideas, and to ask questions of other leaders. This simple forum will allow us to exchange our ideas and challenges about this topic.
Click here to download a "Home Church Flow" cheat sheet that I cut out and bring with me to Home Church.
After a couple of days come back and see what others have shared. Let's keep the conversation going as we grapple together with this challenge of managing the time and flow of Home Church Services. This is no simple task, and I don't have the final solution! Also, please let me know what you think about the idea using videos for leadership development.
So, dive in and enjoy!
For Christ and His Kingdom,
Paul
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6 Comments
Ann Beyerlein at September 26th, 2010 10:58pm
Thanks, Paul, for your thoughts. I appreciated what you said about how keeping time honors our values and that the focus needs to be about what God is doing in people's lives. I think watching the time also helps us honor each other. I think this format could work for us. It may take some time getting use to it.
Jim Boniface at September 24th, 2010 6:45pm
I appreciate using this type of technology periodically (as suggested) to save us traveling time and face to face time to meet in someone's home or other location (where we have to take the time to hear everyone else speak and on occasion get off topic). This forum allows us to express ourselves in written comments without tying up everyone else' s time when we type our input.
Also, it also enables us to review all comments very quickly. Additionally, no one misses the point written (since its recorded) as opposed to drifting off daydreaming when another is speaking and have to ask if they would repeat what was just said.
I appreciate the reminders pointed out in this video clip and the spirit in which it was communicated. I do not feel that Paul was micro managing. Hopefully these kinds communications will effect a certain consistency throughout our current home churches and for home church added in the future.
Ed Utley at September 22nd, 2010 7:15pm
Paul,
Great job on the video. I really like this format for my current crazy schedule and being able to watch it when I can. I love meeting with everyone but right now for me the fewer formal meetings the better. I appreciate you taking the time to develop this for the team. I look forward to the next one. great job
Ed
Paul B at September 22nd, 2010 11:17am
Good suggestion, Dave. Here's a link to a little "cheat sheet" I've been bringing to home church to try to keep things on track. http://s3.amazonaws.com/churchplantmedia-cms/greatoakschurch/home-church-flow.pdf.
terrilee t at September 21st, 2010 5:31pm
Thanks for your email to prompt my response. Think this is a great ideal and you (Paul) did a wonderful job. I think it's important, especially in our high paced & highly structured lifestyle, to honor everyone's time. So Tuesday night church, if we're not done by 9pm, I might just start a congo line & dance everyone right out of there!! :-)
Dave T. at September 21st, 2010 4:29pm
Nice job. Worth sharing with others. Perhaps add a supporting document outlining the framework for reference.