Nathan McLean's Personal Blog
Proactive – When you see a new child come into the room be proactive with the situation and try to meet them before they get unsettled. If you can beat them to the mark and get mum or dad out of the room before they even notice then you have won the battle early. [...]
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 appeared at times like they have made me miss things that I would love to have been at and instead be serving somewhere, all when [...]
On December 16 Jess and I had our first little treasure. Mikayla Jewel McLean was born at 1:10am and is the most amazing princess ever!
She is such a quiet little bundel of joy and is allowing Jess to have a good amount of sleep. Two nights ago I gave her a bath, put her [...]
This morning in my church we had ‘Vision Sunday’ a morning where the vision of our church and what we are about is shared by our Senior Pastor. In this extremely inspiring presentation I couldn’t help feel overwhelmed with the fact that as a Pastor I am called to be ALL ABOUT PEOPLE! I am [...]
This coming week we have our Voltage Summer Camp for children in year 5 and 6 at school. Camp is seriously one of the most amazing times in the life of our children’s ministry and to be honest is my favourite event of the year! There is something about taking a heap of leaders and [...]
I just sent this email to my staff and key interns here at church and thought I’d share it with you also:
Hi All,
I’ve just spent the morning thinking on how we can keep taking Hillsong Kids forward and do more without necessarily having more time. I started to look at my week and what [...]
Just watched a message from my Senior Pastor on Empowering Leadership which has really got me thinking about who in my world I need to empower more. Who would really step up to the mark if I would just speak to the potential in them and see them as I know they could be [...]
