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My Latest PostsPosted by Jason Curlee on February 9, 2010
My staff watched this video which Francis Chan showed at #Verge10. The video itself is in two parts. First the cartoon and then second an explanation from Pastor Chan.
I set it up by just telling my staff to watch this video and think about how it relates to the state of the church. We watched the cartoon part first after which I paused to ask them what they thought. Then I played them Pastor Chan’s explanation of what he was trying to relate through it.
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Posted by Jason Curlee on February 9, 2010
If you choose to take your church from one campus to two and beyond it is vital that you begin to focus on three areas…Leaders, Location & Launch Time. One key to success is having the right people in place to lead.
In a Multi-Site 101 I started to discuss some ideas in Launching A Multi-Site Church. In this post let’s take some time and talk about leaders. Finding, training and sending out leaders is going to be the key to building each campus.
If you are going to have a successful campus at a minimum you need people to lead in the following areas: Campus Pastor, Administrative Assistant, Worship Director, Children’s Director, Student Director, Small Group Director, 1st Impressions Director
Three initial key leadership roles in of the new campus are:
The Campus Pastor
Obviously this position is the most crucial to this whole venture. This leader is the person that will ensure that the DNA of the church organization is transferred to the site, they will recruit the core team, develop and deploy the team in ministry, and ensure that the work of the ministry will be carried on in the surrounding community.
The Children’s Director
Due to the fact that the Sunday Morning meeting time is the prime entry point for visitors, having a strong Children’s Ministry is a factor of a campus success or failure. It is the Children’s Director’s role to replicate the environment of the launching campus.
Worship Director
This person is a primary overseer of the weekend experience along with the campus pastor. Their role is to create the authentic worship that permeates the atmosphere of the original campus.
Having a great team in place is and will be the greatest determinant of a your new sites success. Take away this team or even the quality and you will see that this campus may not succeed and reach its potential.
Leave a comment and help others on this journey: Are there any other roles you see a campus should have?
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Posted by Jason Curlee on February 8, 2010
Maybe your church has thought about going multi-site but have wondered where do you start. I’m going to do a short series on this movement and give you some key points to make a multi-site launch successful.
The three initial vital areas for any multi-site are: leaders, location, launch time.
Leaders
In a future post I’ll work to extrapolate more on specific leaders for the site but for this post I’ll say that having the right leaders is a necessity for your campus. The three leaders that are crucial for your initial launch are the campus pastor, lead worshiper and children’s leader.
Location
Next after leaders is choosing the right location. One thing we have discussed here at Bay Area Fellowship is not just launching in a certain location but launching around leader in a location. Because of the fact that leaders are important, launching in a location that has a strong leader who will oversee the campus is a plus.
When choosing a location find an area that has a core nucleus of people that have ties to the initial launching campus. This could be an area that already has several core small groups. The location should also be one that has a need for the campus. Are there many strong churches in the area? Lastly is the area a growing area.
Launch Time
Now that you have your leaders and location in place, it will all come down to launch time. Several churches over the past few years have learned that key launch times are fall, when school begins. Other good times are the beginning of the year and Easter. No matter when the launch time is set work to build momentum up to your launch. We will focus on launching in a future post.
Is your church multi-site? Let us know about you in the comment section.
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Posted by Jason Curlee on February 6, 2010
I have to confess…most of the time…I’m the poster boy for male church toughness. I really suck at not opening up to let people know what I’m really going through. I am great at encouraging others but, when asked, my patented answer is “It’s going good.”
Maybe you feel the same way…life kind of slams you in the gut a couple of times and you begin to ask, “God…where are you???”
At times I’ve allowed events to shape how I was viewing myself and have event caused me to do nothing but retreat from the world.
Let me give you my plan for rising above this:
Run To God
Adam and Eve ran from God when they first sinned. They ended up hiding from Him. Don’t make their first mistake. Run to God. In fact, there will come a time you realize God has been the one that has been faithful.
Speak His Word
When you quote Scripture it comes alive. It moves you from your current to where God wants you. It feeds or fuels your faith. It allows your present to be perfected through His perfect word.
Admit
I admit I blow it in this area. I still find it hard to say things are not going good when people ask but I’m going to be better at it. We must learn to rely on the strength of those God has brought into our lives.
Keep Moving Forward
Don’t let your past or events in your past hold you back from reaching your God potential. God is the “God of what is to come” as well. Allow your events to mold your faith in Him. Keep moving…keep going…keep volunteering…keep ministering. Keep doing whatever is necessary to move forward. Satan can’t rob you of your calling but He will try to rob you of your confidence. If he can steal that he can stop your progress of doing that thing God has destined you for.
These aren’t the only things you can do but they are a start. God can restore and help you rebound when life slams you.
Leave Me a Comment: What do you do when your not so good????
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Posted by Jason Curlee on February 5, 2010
Are you an asset or a liability where you work? Want to make yourself a super asset to your organization? Put in action these three principles in all you do:
Do The Unexpected
Where is the written rule to only do what is required. Doing the unexpected is where you begin to add value to what you do.
Follow Up and Follow Through
Teams that win have players that…EXECUTE. Create a system so that you can follow up on the things requested of you. And when you agree to do something follow through…and do it before the deadline.
Work In Harmony With Others
No one wants to work with someone they don’t get along with. Create harmony in your workplace by being someone people love to work with.
Leave me a comment and tell me: What area could you use work on???
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Posted by Jason Curlee on February 5, 2010
Today is your day to bust out of the box that many other people have put you in. Go to @ScottWilliams blog BigIsTheNewSmall.com and read my guest post “Get Our Of THEIR Box“.
Scott recently put out the opportunity to guest post for him and I am honored to have been included.
Scott writes one of my favorite blogs. As his bio says he is a husband, father and the Campus Pastor for the Northwest Oklahoma City Campus of LifeChurch.tv. He spent about thirteen calendar years of his life in the prison system (He was a Warden). He did some political consulting, entrepreneurial adventures and some other interesting and uninteresting things. His blog consists of his thoughts, expressions, random rants and some leadership stuff along the way. One reader said it best when they called it BigIsTheNewSmall “A rambling stream of consciousness!”
I would encourage you not only to read the post, but to also add BigIsTheNewSmall.com to your rss reader and get some great content each and every day.
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Posted by Jason Curlee on February 4, 2010
Social media is here and it is changing the way we interact. Churches who aren’t using them are missing a huge potential of not only connecting people but also reaching people who may otherwise never step into their building. Social media if used right can even enrich what you do on Sundays and help further develop people to be disciples of Christ.
So, now that I’ve obviously convinced you, what sites should a church be investing their time into. There are so many out there it is hard, I’m sure, to figure out where to get started. Often times many churches feel they should being doing every single thing that’s out there.
Let’s boil it down to four and tell you why, at a minimum, you should be doing them:
All four of these are about where the people are and about ease of content production. Should you be doing others? Yes, at a minimum your church should be on every social media platform in one way or the other. If you want to maximize your social media effort then I suggest focus on these.
I also wanted you to hear from some others out there and what they thought.
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Posted by Jason Curlee on January 29, 2010
You can be the smallest. You can be the weakest. You can be the worst player on the field.
But when people tell you you’re no good and you should give it up.
You Keep On Swinging!
A quote at the end of the movie “Everyone’s Hero”.
The God in you is greater than those that say you can’t do it. If He has called you to it…Keep On Swinging
His strength is made great through your weakness. If they think your weak…Keep On Swinging.
Keep getting up…keep learning…keep growing…get mentored…but no matter what at the end of the day….Keep On Swinging.
To everyone out there who needs it: KEEP ON SWINGING
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Posted by Jason Curlee on January 27, 2010
It’s not a matter of will you fail…or if you’ll fail.
You will fail and it’s how you respond when you do that sets you apart from the rest.
Failure is an opportunity for you to respond with perseverance to the path you are on.
Proverbs 24:16 for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again…
You might think you’re down…you might think you’re out.
But you’re only out when you quit getting up.
Failure is not final or fatel until you give up.
GET UP!!!!!
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