Steve Hayes @ Grace Community

Steve Hayes @ Grace Community

November 15, 2009
Grace Community Church

The Holy Spirit

The Spirit is what we perceive with rather than what we perceive

While every Christian in indwelt with the Holy Spirt not every one is
living in the power of the Spirit

The Holy Spirit is
... Our helper
... Our guide
... Our way to see Jesus better
... Our engine to our spiritual life
.... Our unity and diversity In the body of Christ

1 Corinthians 12:12
4 key words ::
...baptized
...by or with
...were
...all

The Holy Spirit gives us the ability to trust in Christ

The Holy Spirit imparts unique spiritual gifts to us

The Holy Spirit secures our future

He will complete the work He has started in us. He is the author and
the perfector of our faith

H is real, He is personable

Trent Brown, Lead Pastor
Gateway Fellowship

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Dino Rizzo @ Dirt Conference

Dino Rizzo @ Dirt Conference

Why do we do what we do?
What we do with what we have
What is the ultimate outcome of everything we do?

John 13:1
Now before the Feast of The Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had
come that He should depart out of this world to the Father, having
loved His own who were in the world, He lived them to the end.

... We have to be able to show the full extent of His love to those
around us
... We have to show the full range of who He is
... People need the full measure of His love

What do we see Jesus starting to do
... He begins to serve
... He washes the disciples feet
... He expressed it with a basin and a towel

Jesus could have done anything as He unleashed the full sweep of God's
love but he chose to SERVE

Jesus could have made a huge deal invited a to come when He unleashed
the fullness of God but He chose to do it in the Upper Room

The fullness of God's love was culminated in His service to all of
humanity on the cross

We must descend to greatness.
....Most of us serve to get out of serving
....we should serve because that is what we do and have been called to
do as Christians and leaders
... It must be about One
... It must be about Him

What is the ultimate goal of what we have at our fingertips?
... To make Him known

Our potential is many but our passion is One

Trent Brown, Lead Pastor
Gateway Fellowship

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Anne Jackson @ Dirt Conference

Anne Jackson @ Dirt Conference

Is serving the church interferring with your communion with Christ?

You can not forget how to BE with God in the midst of Doing for Him

The discipline of "being" with Christ is one o the strongest
challenges as a church leader

We're tired not from doing too many things, but from doing the wrong
things

We must never let "doing church" get in the way or "being the church"

You can not let anything get in the way of your communion
(relationship) with Christ

Be still (cease striving) and know that I am God - Psalm 46:10

Communion with Christ will transform us as Christ Followers and will
make us more effective as Creatives

God wants your heart more than H wants your designs, videos, blog
posts, sermons, etc.... He wants your Heart

Trent Brown, Lead Pastor
Gateway Fellowship

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Team Chemistry session @ Dirt Conference

Team Chemistry session @ Dirt Conference

What happens when someone is not a team player::
... It all starts from the hire
... You have to hire for heart at church
... You can teach talent but with no heart they will not play well
with the team
... You must filter from the front end

How to keep team chemistry::
... Once again it is all about relationships. You must communicate to
keep team chemistry.
... Team chemistry is can be looked at as a bank account. You must
make some deposits. You must not make withdrawals all the time.
.... As the leader of the team, you must be mindful of their lives. Do
you know how to pray for them. Do you know what they are going through
.... You must care more about them as individuals than what they can
do for you
.... You must set up others well

People on the team must exhibit these things::
Character
Chemistry
Competency (you can work with this one)

Trent Brown, Lead Pastor
Gateway Fellowship

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Pastors Only Session @ Dirt Conference

Pastors Only Session @ Dirt Conference

Pastors have to work with their creative person in such a way that it
is a co-creation

... Creative guys work in spurts
... Creative guys are typically lineal people
... The Pastor and the creative person have to understand tbat they
are co-crewting the journey of the church
... The Pastor must be able to give direction in a way that helps
Father (push) the creative person. This relationship has to be one
where you help build, encourage, and give enough room for them to work
... You must be able to trust you creative person
... Set aside time to meet with your creative person to continue to
build your relationship
... There is a great deal of strength in building into each other
.... Truth is most pastors are creative also
.... Do not micro manage:: give vision and let them work
.... Relationship and Communication is crucial
.... Make time for your team and or creative person to share with you
what they are walking through... They could be at their breaking point
... Relationship will solve the us and me mentality

Trent Brown, Lead Pastor
Gateway Fellowship

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Series Development session @ Dirt Conference

Series Development session @ Dirt Conference

How far out do you plan services?
....90 days is ideal in order to give creative team time to do their
magic
.... easier to ditch a plan that create at the last minute
.... If you can get some sort of a template for about 6 months out,
creative team can really bang it out
.... How often do we ask those who aren't churched what they are
thinking and why they don't come to church. We should be asking them
how to package our stuff. We have to be mindful of our community an
culture
... Get different types of people on the creative planning team- do
not go at it alone

Creativity is meant to enhance..... to add to what is there..... It
has to be purposeful

Recap videos during sermon series are great. Think about the people
who come on week 3 of a 6 week series. They need some context of the
series. A quick recap video before sermon is awesome

Trent Brown, Lead Pastor
Gateway Fellowship

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Rick Bezet @ Dirt Conference

Rick Bezet @ Dirt Conference

If you are not willing to change, you are not creative

Do we create environments in our churches that cause people to fake it
(can people be real an authentic in our church)

They have to be able to be real...

Barna Research::
Why are you not in church anymore::
... We don't like the music
... Kids don't like the church
... Sermons are boing and irrelevant
... Church just wants my money
... People that are there are weird and not like me

We must be encouragers!!!
... Do not lose the confidence of you call
... Do not lose confidence in your dreams

3 types of people
.. Those who have no dream
.. Those who have the wrong dream
.. Those who have the God dream

Have you forgotten the value of the soul? It has to be about souls! It
can not be about you an what you want. What does HE want?

Criticism comes from those who have lost the dream

Lord, restore to us our innocense

Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking more of others

Finish the race... Finish it well

We have got to do life together. He did not intend for us to live on
an island

Trent Brown, Lead Pastor
Gateway Fellowship

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