Bill Hybels Lecture – Flagging Leaders?

Bill Hybels found himself in a Leadership Slump. Baseball slumps are similar. You know how it goes. He had a half dozen challenges that he could not solve. Frustrating, to say the least. His assistant Jean brought in a half dozen new leadership books. Smart Authors....

Willow Creek Summit – As We Begin…

I’m sitting at the back of Grace UMC in Cape Coral, Florida watching my friend Jorge Acevedo convene the leaders here to learn how to do the Job better. I love it. “Holy Spirit, we give you free rein.” The conference opened with this pledge in many...

CommITment

After a couple of “commitment” sermons, I thought I’d write a bit about what it means to commit at Trinity. Getting It Done This is perhaps my favorite level of commitment to experience. I love seeing members and even guests pitch in to make sure the...

Movement…

In the book Simple Church, the authors offered four key words to help provide some sense in the midst of what can be holy chaos.  Clarity. Movement. Alignment. Focus.  Here at Trinity, we have achieved some Clarity over the past year. For us, that meant dedicated...

Mutual Advisory Panel

We met for the first time today–20 folks who have dedicated themselves to meeting for an hour a week for the next year. And it was great. We had our first conversation around the topic of “What it will take to grow beyond 200 members.” We began with...