architecting first impressions today for tomorrows encounter
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about seeing. First impressions and assimilation ministry is all about seeing: Seeing people who look lost; seeing holes in our systems of communication; seeing needs; seeing potential volunteers; seeing connections that need to be forged; seeing ourselves more clearly-the list could go on. Jesus saw people. He saw Nathanael [...]
I posted on my twitter (@kerrymackey) back in the spring of 2010, the following. In recent consulting I found it necessary to repeat. “Pastors, invest wisely in first impressions or no one will be in the seats to hear you.” Seriously, if we would invest the same amount of resources helping people bridge the gap [...]
After speaking today with a Pastor in Reno, NV. about Street to the Seat and helping them evaluate their churches need in taking better next steps in the area of First Impressions and Assimilation it hit me. I am SO sorry that I’ve neglected you guys/gals here on Street to the Seat. It has been [...]
3 Purpose Driven Leadership Positions @ Highlands Fellowship, VA Church Solutions Group is honored to be partnering with the leadership team at Highlands Fellowship in Abingdon, VA to help them find three new key leaders. The Place — I In March of 1994, God lead Jimmie and Lori Davidson to launch Highlands Fellowship in their [...]
Have you ever noticed how many “exit” signs there are within the walls of buildings in general. It caught my attention today as I was prayer walking the church campus in preparation for our Christmas Services. Funny how city & county regulations require facilities to have exit route signs lit up all over the campus. [...]
One of my greatest learning’s in ministry over the past 15 years is to always ask the question, “Why”? If someone is afraid of answering the why questions of leadership for you, then there are other things lying around that they are just as uncomfortable answering. I heard this poem again this week and I [...]
