December 9th, 2010 by nathan.mclean
One of the main roles of any leader whether in ministry setting or business is to be the chief communicator. Without communication you can have all the ideas that you want but no one will be able to run with them or implement them resulting in you being the sole person that can outwork your [...]
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November 18th, 2010 by nathan.mclean
Every week in my children’s ministry we have our key team, that is our service oversights and key leaders, fill in ‘Service Evaluations’ with their team where they sit down as a team and write out what went well and what needs to improve as well as which kids and leaders were awesome that day!!! [...]
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November 17th, 2010 by nathan.mclean
LEADING A KEY TEAM I don’t know about you but early on in my time as a Children’s Pastor I began to feel like I couldn’t do it all. I can’t be claritin generic expected to run a program for every service and event that happens in the life of the church, be responsible for [...]
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February 21st, 2010 by nathan.mclean
One of the biggest challenges to the success of a small group study within Children’s Ministry is the behavior of the group, particularly with boys. Most new leaders when they first start leading a small group want all the children to like them and thus struggle to set clear boundaries for the group. Leaders don’t [...]
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December 17th, 2009 by nathan.mclean
Winning people to the vision. In order to mobilize people you must first capture them. Casting Vision – Part 1 spoke of what to include in vision casting but this section will build on that and establish areas of a persons life that we need to speak to in order to win them to the [...]
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December 8th, 2009 by nathan.mclean
Oh my goodness gracious me!!! (I sound like a grandma, I know!) I just came out of the most amazing staff meeting ever and I just have to share what was said by Garry Clarke and how it applies to Children’s Ministry. clarinex generic If you are at all involved in leadership you NEED to [...]
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November 18th, 2009 by nathan.mclean
I am a man who loves quotes! I once heard Andy Stanley say that “Memorable is portable” and that is exactly what I love, the fact that a few simple words can describe a complex issue and share such wisdom for the one who grabs hold of it. A quote can inspire you when you [...]
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November 11th, 2009 by nathan.mclean
Well, well, well, we meet again! I bet you all thought that I would never blog again…you were wrong but I wont gloat that I have defied all the odds by actually posting, I will simply get straight into it. Tuesday’s from 10:30-11:15am would be my favourite meeting of the entire week. Its our staff [...]
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April 17th, 2009 by nathan.mclean
So I feel challenged at the moment to get fit. I go through this season about once every 3 months where all I want to do is run and get fit. Around my place is a run that I do that is 5kms exactly and I’m trying to run this everyday citalopram online apotheke which [...]
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March 1st, 2009 by nathan.mclean
Throughout my years as a leader I have sometimes felt like those above me, my leaders, have almost gone out of their way to make me uncomfortable. It has cipro sale appeared at times like they have made me miss things that I would love to have been at and instead be serving somewhere, all [...]
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