Recently, our staff at Connect returned from attending GROW Conference, a leadership intensive at Church of the Highlands. First off, if you haven’t heard of this Conference or had the opportunity to attend, do it. It isn’t your typical conference in that it is more about equipping your church and staff with the resources and principles they need, rather than just hyping them up to go back and do ministry. Now, the hyping up does happen here as well, it’s just slightly more organic and not the central focus.

The content was so rich, I would never have enough time probably in a whole year to share and dissect it all. However, just wanted to share four fairly related points that have challenged me in regards to what I do across the board, including this blog.

* Measure your effectiveness.
* Challenge the process.
* Be consistent.
* Continue to improve.

I have already begun doing this with the systems and processes we have in our worship & tech arts areas. However, I wanted to do that in every area of my life as well, because it’s healthy and helps encourage/facilitate growth. With that being said, the few tweaks I will be making with this platform will be: consistently updating the Scripture Wall, posting Thoughts post less frequently but with richer content and changing what I do with the Set List posts slightly.

As of right now, probably for more sentimental reasons than anything else, I began the Set List section with our very first Launch Day set. Because we launched in September, but I started the blog in January, it put that section four months behind the material we are currently doing. Therefore, I’ve decided to jump ahead and begin posting current set lists, because honestly, it just makes more sense. However, if you would be interested in the few sets in between, just let me know and I can get them to you via email.

So, I challenge you as well to take time to step back and evaluate the areas of your life: marriage, work, ministry, etc. and decide how you can be more effective and consistent. I heard this quote recently and it really just gave me the little extra push I needed to begin this process, so I’ll leave you with this: “Your significance never changes but your effectiveness does.”