In this episode we discuss...
- does your church need a tour guide?
- What was your favorite childhood tour?
- Church services are more important than factories, geological features, or art museums, but few church leaders see the need for a dynamic tour guide to enthusiastically bring the elements of the service to life for the people who attend.
- We ASSUME everyone knows what we’re doing and why we’re doing it.
- We allow tradition to determine how our services are structured.
- We allow people we don’t want to offend or are afraid of to determine how our services are structured.
- We just mimic what we remember growing up with
- or what we saw at the church we went to a conference at
- or what some church growth book said to do.
- Solutions:
- Know what you’re doing, why you’re doing it, and what God intends as a result. Effective service leading begins with effective service planning. Conviction is king!
- Find a tour guide! But maybe don’t call him that.
- The best term in the church is SERVICE LEADER.
- NOTE: You need to demonstrate this by being a dynamic tour guide.
- As service leader: Assume you’re the only one in the room who knows why you’re doing what you’re doing
- Why this Scripture reading? Why this prayer? How should I understand the lyrics of this song? What should I do if my kids get loud? Should I stick around after the service?
- Service leaders bring to life details we otherwise miss or fail to appreciate.
- As service leader: Be so moved by the Gospel and excited about God’s work in the congregation through the Sunday morning gathering that you can’t help but get excited and communicate excitedly.
- The service leader should be just as excited to show off the liturgy as Willy Wonka was to exhibit the everlasting gobstopper.
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