Easter 2019
So we have blown past Easter! We had incredible Easter services across all of our campuses this year. As a church, we had over 6k in attendance for the first time ever! Our media team just killed it all weekend. We added service times to help with attendance. Everyone had great team attitudes and led well. In Grapevine, we had Jerry, Tab, Paul, David, Lyndon, Randy, Michael, Steve, & Allison serving on our team. In North Ft. Worth, we had Jen, Jenn, Tony, Tank, Jim, Hannah, Brenda, Chris, Noah, Wade, Ben, Madison, Bart, Elizabeth, Lindsea, & Katelyn. In Haslet, we had Crystal, Brett, Jason, George, Pedro, Arvin, Todd, Brian, Robert, Susan, Derek, Kelly, & Matt. In Justin, we had Eddie, Tim, Hudson, & Steve! I can’t say thank you enough to our teams.
In service, we opened with the song “Ain’t No Grave.” We presented lyrics a little differently using some pre-made slides to give it a different feel. We had a great message that shared how the resurrection of Christ was the most pivotal moment in history! Watch a clip of the message, here! We had a great offering video, featuring Tim Brown. Just me talking about it won’t do it justice so you will just have to watch it! The video was edited by Michael Ashmead. We ended the service with “Death was Arrested” and we produced a lyric video to go with the song. It was created by Ryan Slaughter. I’m thankful for our church and each person that had a part in making Easter great at FOTP!!
Know-it-Alls
I’m probably going to talk about the book “Multipliers” until I’m blue in the face. I just want to “try” and communicate what it has done for our team and me! This week in our team meeting we discussed chapter 4 “The Challenger.” Part of having a Multiplier’s mindset is being a “CHALLENGER” vs a “KNOW-IT-ALL”. Know-it-alls assume their job is to know the most and to tell their organization what to do. As a result, they limit the organization to achieve only what they themselves know. A Challenger sets a new course for an organization by provoking thinking, guiding discovery, and laying down a challenge. As a result, they create organizations that deeply understand challenges and have the focus and energy to confront it.
Know-it-alls believe they are the expert on most subjects, and the organization is a means to putting their ideas in place.
Challengers believe people grow through challenges and want to be stretched. There is a difference between giving someone more work and giving someone more challenging work.
We discussed that in our line of work/industry, the know-it-all attitude is king. We need to combat that attitude. We need to take the role of more of a coaching model. We need to give our people/teams the framework, boundaries, & a playbook. We will ask provocative questions to help guide discovery, lay down a challenge, and generate belief in what’s possible! Then we turn them loose and let them go and do! With that, hopefully, our people/teams will be challenged to make it their own. From this, we will see great benefits and honestly a better product, for lack of a better word.
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