Shine 2009
By Stovall Weems
Our Shine Women’s Conference was absolutely phenomenal this year. For the first time ever, we sold out! From the creative elements, to the worship and the incredible speakers, it was all just absolutely awesome. God moved so powerfully.
Major shout out to my lovely wife Kerri for such a great job, and also to the great team of staff and volunteers (both men and women) that made it all happen. You were all amazing and went above and beyond – it wouldn’t have been the same without you.
If you can believe it, Kerri and her team are already working on the plans for SHINE 2010! It’ll be the last one that we have at our Midtown location before moving into our new facility! So you know what that means – we’re going to take it up a whole – notha – level. So be ready and register early, because that one for sure will sell out early. Also, be sure to check out Kerri’s blog in the future for her thoughts on the conference and other updates throughout the year.
Stovall
Mistake # 7: Not trusting my first instinct
By Stovall Weems
As I encounter situations, many times I have an immediate, instinctive judgment which directs me to go in a certain direction or evaluate that situation one way. However, many times I made the mistake of not following that instinctive judgment and I would allow myself to be talked out of it, or would even talk myself out of it for one reason or another. Nearly every time this happened, we had to suffer unnecessary energy drains and we’d actually end up circling back around to what I first felt intuitively.
Nearly all of our decisions are team lead and team oriented, and it’s important to have healthy discussion and get feedback. However, there will be times when things are moving so fast that the senior leader must make a decision based on his intuitive “gut instinct”. Let me be very clear – no team member carries the equal burden of moving the church forward like the senior pastor does. If there is a prompting of what lies ahead or of a potential challenge, it’s so important to follow that prompting. This is intuitive leadership that comes from following God.
Stovall
Mistake #6: Delegation Without Proper Training
By Stovall Weems
Whenever we had vision for an area of ministry, or simply needed relief in a certain area we would quickly put people in staff and leadership positions to help out. However, we often did this without providing proper training or even giving clear expectations of what was needed of them. For some reason, we just expected people to “get it” and jump on the train that is moving 200mph and figure it out. We would dump a ton of stuff on them along with huge responsibilities, but all without the proper coaching.
Fortunately, most of these people had high capacity and leadership potential, so eventually, they figured it out and everything fell into place. However, the mistake was not setting them up for a win right from the beginning with proper training and setting clear expectations. Even though it fortunately worked out, the loss was the amount of time and energy we spent on the back end because we did not spend the right amount of energy on the front end.
Delegation is so important and very necessary, but in order to set people up for a win it must be done with clear communication and some up-front investment.
Stovall
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