Here’s the website—now on to the story…
I remember the early days of NewSpring Church (where were not that long ago)...I had TONS of questions (still do) in which I could never seem to find the answer to.
SO…I decided to begin going to conference in 2002 and took the entire staff (six people) to C3 at Fellowship Church…and through that experience I got my world ROCKED. It was there that I really understood that if I wanted the church to grow that I had to grow…and that in order for that to happen I had to get outside of my ministry box and go to places that were getting it done—in other words, conferences for me are not just something to do…I crave being in those types of environments!!!
Fast forward to this year…within the past six months I have attended two roundtable meetings with pastors and leaders from all around the country where the people attending drove the discussion, in other words WE asked the questions…and I cannot begin to describe to you how AWESOME that experience was…they talked about what we wanted to talk about…and it blew my mind.
Well…several months ago some of our senior management team began to discuss the possibilities of doing sort of a one day deal where both scenarios could take place…where leadership could be taught AND questions could be answered. And the result of that is going to be what happens here at NewSpring Church on March 15th…UNLEASH.
Pastors…this is going to be for you—I will be teaching on the leadership challenge AND making it in ministry. In these sessions I will be covering information that has kept me on track, allowed me to maintain a steady pace…AND also allowed my relationship with my wife not to fall to pieces. As well as these two sessions I will also be hosting a senior pastors only roundtable discussion where we talk about what YOU want to talk about.
AND I will be talking about the fact that you do not have to have big buildings, big budgets, and a ton of staff to reach a community. Don’t forget—a year ago our entire church was portable…AND we started with 15 people in a living room!!! We didn’t have ANY MONEY or RESOURCES…but we had vision. AND—we are NOT in a big city…we are in Anderson, SC…our entire county has right at 170,000!
Warning—attending this conference WILL take away your excuses as to why God can’t do what deep in your heart…you know HE WANTS TO DO!!!
BUT—pastors…hear me…this is NOT just for you. Trust me when I say that you should bring as many people with you as possible…because when I talk about leadership and sustaining a reasonable pace in ministry…I will be challenging the people in your church to make sure you are ABLE to do that. Believe me when I say I am “pro-pastor”...and this is something that you want your key leaders to come to.
As well as these sessions we will also have roundtable discussions where you drive the conversations about…
- How we do the creative process
- Worship (worship leaders—meeting with Lee & picking his brain will challenge the heck out of you!)
- Leading volunteers (we DO have the BEST volunteers in the world!)
- Children’s ministry
- Youth ministry
- Care ministry
- Staffing
- Finances
- And a few other things…
I know it is our conference…and because of that I am a little biased…but I think this will be WELL worth ANY time and money you invest in this experience.
One more thing…conferences are a GREAT place to network as well…we have tried our best to make this both convenient and affordable. Once again…just in case you missed it…here is the website...and if you have ANY questions about this…shoot me an e-mail from this site and I will make sure someone gets back with you.
I can’t wait—hope to see you on the 15th!