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The Difference Between Good and Great ChildrensMinistry Leaders
"Years ago I stopped worrying about how to grow our churchand instead focused on growing me. As I grew me, our
church grew."-Rick Warren
If had hours to chop down a tree, I wou!d spend thefirst sharpening my a#e.$
-Abraham %inco!n
Can tell you about your leadership within 15 minutes ofbeing at your church. You set the toneyou set thecultureyou are the thermostat not the thermometer
You teach what you know, but you reproduce what you are!
ow can we become better" ow can we get to the ne#tle$el as a cm leader"
%ifelong &ourney ' always want to get better ( be growing
Good childrens ministry leaders bring challenges
Great childrens ministry leaders bring challenges andsolutions
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/hiners bring challenges ' winners bring challenges
and solutions.
Good childrens ministry leaders are moti!ated byothers
Great childrens ministry leaders are self"moti!ated
)ecome a self ' moti$ator
Good childrens ministry leaders ha!e others who ser!ethem
Great childrens ministry leaders ser!e others
0fter they arri$ed at Capernaum and settled in a house,esus asked his disciples, /hat were you discussing out onthe road" 23 )ut they didn4t answer, because they had beenarguing about which of them was the greatest. 25 e sat
down, called the twel$e disciples o$er to him, and said,/hoe$er wants to be first must take last place and be theser$ant of e$eryone else. ark 6
7owel leadership
8ot how many people ser$e you but how many people youser$e.
Good childrens ministry leaders #now how much they#now
Great childrens ministry leaders #now how much theydont #now
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9rowing leaders are always in school.
/hen think arri$ed you ha$e ' but that4s where you will
stay
0sk more :uestions than you gi$e answers
0sk for feedback.
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;tay teachable so you can stay usuable.
-$eryone says they are teachable until there is a lesson
to be learned.
Good childrens ministry leaders reach #ids
Great childrens ministry leaders reach families
/hen you reach a child you change a life.
/hen you reach a child4s parent4s you change the
whole family.
Good childrens ministry leaders are good with #ids
Great childrens ministry leaders are good with #ids $adults
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+rony of cm is you work with adults as much as kids
8ot what you can do its what you can empower others
to do.
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