Me and Andy are attending Catalyst and are freaking excited. We went to the labs today and had a blast. We went to the opening session where Aaron Keyes was leading worship. Wow. He is amazing. Then we went to lab one with Dave Ferguson. I decided every day I would include the people I know that I ran into, funny things I learned at Catalyst, and my notes from the labs. We only went to 3 of the labs. Here you go:
Friends I ran into:
-Michael Williams
-Chase Gentez
Funny Things I learned:
-Andy is a pioneer. I am an astronaut.
-”What are senior adults going to do if they get mad at you? Email you? NO!!!” Perry Noble
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Lab One: The New Thing (Dave Ferguson) (The New Thing)
*a new church will grow 23 times faster than a church that is 10 or more years old
*a new church has 3-4 times more conversions
4 Church Planting Lessons
- The Vision Lesson
- the “God-thing” comes before the vision
-God is at work right NOW - The Strategy Lesson
-make your strategy fit on a napkin
-keep it simple
-if it’s simple, it’s reproducible
-ask yourself what your dream is - The Finance Lesson
-money always follows vision
-God is always at work
-vision is free - The Reproducing Lesson
-take risks on emerging leaders
The Future is NOW!
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Lab 2: A Relook At Calling (Perry Noble)
*Zaxby’s without chicken is like a church without vision
*Isaiah 49
Questions We Should Ask Ourselves
- How much time do I spend listening to God?
-in order to be a good leader, we must be excellent followers of God
-listen AND hear
-we don’t issue marching orders…we receive them
-God will show us HOW to do things. all we have to do is follow Him
-in Exodus thru Deuteronomy, these words ring over and over: “God SAID to Moses” (God told Moses was to do, moses was clueless, but he did it)
-in Acts, these words ring over and over: “The Spirit SAID” “The Spirit MOVED” (the apostles were clueless, but they did what God told them to do and the Spirit moved)
*we cannot expect the Spirit to lead publicly if we are not yielded privately - Am I more concerned about being discovered or being developed?
-we can’t enjoy our OWN blessings because we are too busy watching other people’s blessings - Am I believing any lies?
- Am I taking risks or playing it safe?
-when you take risks, your pride is on the line and you are open for embarassment
-too many of us give up when we fail
-the greatest leaders fail and then keep taking more risks
-in order to accomplish God sized visions it takes God sized risks
-we need to dream BIGGER
*there is a difference between a risk and a stupid idea
*****DO A WORK IN ME BEFORE YOU DO A WORK THRU ME*****
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Lab 3: Sacred Echo (Margaret Feinburg)
*What is a sacred echo?
-God’s persistent voice in your life
*Matthew 25
If you don’t wear your crown, I’ll give it to someone else.
The crowns God asks us to wear:
-surrender
-sacrifice
-service
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