Creative Church Leadership Podcast

CCL 024 : Ask Me Anything Episode Content Earlier this week I sent out a video on twitter and I asked the community if they had any questions for me to answer on my show. I had a great time answering these questions and giving my thoughts regarding these topics. 4:24 - How do you attract the community surrounding your church? 19:58 - Who's your favorite worship leader that you've worked with? 21:55 - How does the relationship between worship leader, music director, and creative director work best? 31:20 - Being that I work with volunteers and need people, how do you let people go who want to serve but really aren't up for the task? 35:20 - Most leaders put the brunt of what's happening on their shoulders so not to burn out their teams. Is this related to trust or Faith issues? 41:23 - As a leader, where do your responsibilities begin and end when it comes to your team? Announcements If you haven’t already, remember to pick up my new ebook, Creating a New Church Culture: 6 Proven Guidelines for Creating a New Church Culture That Makes a Difference, at CreativeChurchLeadership.com/ebook. In the book I give 6 principles that I discovered when I was building my team when we were making changes within our church. These principles helped guide our team and us as leaders through a bit of a rocky transition. But we came out of it stronger than before and these principles helped get us through. If you’re going through transition or change, or know that you will be, and every church will at some point. You’ll want to pick up your copy. Website update - Creativechurchleadership.com/consulting I’m trying a cool calendar app out on my website for scheduling. And also check out creativechurchleadership.com/services for my other services I currently offer. Community Community Feedback Line - 781.205.9399 Twitter.com/CreativeCL Facebook.com/CreativeChurchLeadership

CCL 023 : Let’s Make Better with Blaine Hogan Announcements Today I have an interview with Blaine Hogan to share with you. The twins are home. We're getting no sleep because they're on a 2 hour feeding time. If you haven’t already, remember to pick up my new ebook, Creating a New Church Culture: 6 Proven Guidelines for Creating a New Church Culture That Makes a Difference, at CreativeChurchLeadership.com/ebook. In the book I give 6 principles that I discovered when I was building my team when we were making changes within our church. These principles helped guide our team and us as leaders through a bit of a rocky transition. But we came out of it stronger than before and these principles helped get us through. If you’re going through transition or change, or know that you will be, and every church will at some point. You’ll want to pick up your copy. Website update - Creativechurchleadership.com/consulting I’m trying a cool calendar app out on my website for scheduling. And also check out creativechurchleadership.com/services for my other services I currently offer. Content Today I interview a friend of mine, Blaine Hogan. Blaine is the creative arts director at Willow Creek Community Church. I’ve had Blaine on the show way back in episode 4. Check out that interview at creativechurchleadership.com/004. Today we discuss his new online course called “Make Better.” Links Go to LetsMakeBetter.com to register for the course To get $100 off of the course go to creativechurchleadership.com/MakeBetter Also check out blainehogan.com Community Community Feedback Line - 781.205.9399 Twitter.com/CreativeCL Facebook.com/CreativeChurchLeadership

CCL 022 : God Is In The Business of Miracles Content In this episode I give updates on why I haven't released a podcast in over a month. And I share on the success of The Lead Conference. Announcements The Lead Conference was a success. Now you can watch general sessions for free of The Lead Conference. I've updated my Services webpage. Find out more on the website. Links CreativeChurchLeadership.com/Lead CreativeChurchLeadership.com/Services Twitter.com/CreativeCL Facebook.com/CreativeChurchLeadership

CCL 021 : Do You Have A Culture of Survival? Content In this episode you'll find my thoughts regarding a survival culture versus a creating culture within your church. I share how a survival culture can lead to stagnancy and a lack of momentum. I also share my thoughts on how to gain momentum within your church. I give you a few questions you can ask yourself and your staff and volunteers that will help bring a culture of creativity and problem solving. Please share your thoughts on this episode in the comments section of the show notes at CreativeChurchLeadership.com/021. Announcements Creating A New Church Culture: 6 Proven Guidelines to Creating A New Church Culture That Makes A Difference Sign up for more information on my new Online Worship Course that's launching in a few weeks.  How are you listening to the podcast? Through the website or through iTunes. Let me know via the comments section at the bottom of the show notes. Links Twitter.com/CreativeCL Facebook.com/CreativeChurchLeadership CreativeChurchLeadership.com/Ebook CreativeChurchLeadership.com/WorshipCourse

CCL 020 : Give The Drummer Some In this episode I give you a ton of URL's to check out. Announcements Celebrate My One Year Anniversary With Me! I celebrated my one year anniversary of being a podcaster!!! To celebrate I'm moving my show from a twice a month released podcast to a weekly podcast. That means more great content to help you in your ministry. Worship Course I announced my new worship course that's coming out SOON! I'm opening a limited number of spots at a deeply discounted rate. Sign up to get more information at creativechurchleadership.com/worshipcourse. By the way, just for signing up to get more information, I'm giving you my 10 Essential Tools for Running a Smooth Worship Team. These are my go to tools that I use on a regular bases to help run my team. Consulting I’m making myself available for Consulting. If you have any questions, issues, or problems in the area of Leadership, Building Teams, Social Media, getting volunteers, or any number of other things related to the church, I would like to help you. Email me at Consult@CreativeChurchLeaderhsip.com and we can talk about how I may be able to help you. The Lead Conference The Lead Conference is hosted by my church, International Family Church, in Boston, MA. The conference is October 22-24th 2014. The website says, "You don’t have to do it all, change it all, or fix it all at once. All you need to do is take the next step. The purpose of the The Lead Conference is to equip, empower and encourage the local church, church leaders and volunteers. It doesn’t matter if you’re a senior pastor, church leadership, you work in student ministries or in worship, technology or the creative arts. If you have a heart for people and a desire to continue to grow in what God has called you to do, then The Lead Conference is for you." This year's speakers are... Dr. Jerry Savell Dr. Mark Rutland John Bevere Matthew Barnett Tony Cooke Jonathan Del Turco And more To sign up and get more information go to creativechurchleadership.com/lead. I Released My First Ebook Creating A New Church Culture: 6 Proven Guidelines For Creating a New Church Culture That Makes a Difference is now available for FREE. This came out of my experience of helping change our church culture. When we decided to change how we ran our services and our worship team, I needed something to help guide the team through the changes. I discovered these principles that I wrote about in the book while going through this change. Go to creativechurchleadership.com/ebook to download your copy today. Give The Drummer Some   I give the drummer in this video some much needed feedback.  Other Links and Updates Leave a comment on the Community Feedback line - 781.205.9399 -  and you may be featured on an upcoming episode. If you've enjoyed this podcast you can share the love by going to creativechurchleadership.com/love. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Like us on facebook. Facebook.com/creativechurchleadership Following us on Twitter at twitter.com/CreativeCL

CCL 019 : Family and Personal Updates In this episode I update you on all the amazing things God is doing in my life and my family's lives. Announcements The Lead Conference Hosted by International Family Church October 22-24th, 2014 CreativeChurchLeadership.com/lead Consulting Do you need help... launching your creative team? to make your worship experiences more powerful? to put a plan together to launch that new ministry? get your volunteers to get onboard with what you're doing? I am now available for consulting. Email: consult@creativechurchleadership.com

CCL 018 : How to Build Successful Teams Announcements The Lead Conference Hosted by International Family Church October 22-24th, 2014 CreativeChurchLeadership.com/lead Creative Church Leadership Worship Course 8 Week Course Live Q&A Get in on the soft launch with deep discounts CreativeChurchLeadership.com/WorshipCourse How to Build a Successful Team Know the purpose of your team Start with the right people Don't just be concerned with getting it done, but getting it done right. Communicate clearly Evaluate often Lead your team Feedback Hotline - 781.205.9399 Facebook.com/creativechurchleadership twitter.com/CreativeCL Subscribe in the iTunes Store

CCL 017 : The Myths of Creativity with David Burkus David Bukus, author of The Myths of Creativity, is a professor at Oral Roberts University. He's also a leadership expert and speaker. David debunks the so-called myths of the creative process and the stereotypical "creative artist." David and I discuss some the the myths of creativity and some of the challenges churches face when tackling the creative team mentality. Links DavidBurkus.com The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas Twitter.com/DavidBurkus LDRLB Podcast Lead Conference  

CCL 016: Reigniting My Passion For What I Do Because of Cliff Ravenscraft Cliff Ravenscraft is an "unofficial" podcasting mentor of mine. I model a lot of what I do after him and how he podcasts. Cliff has produced over 30 podcast shows and between he and his wife, they've produced over 3000 episodes. They've produced TV fan podcasts, tech podcasts, on family, spiritual matters, and social media and even a podcast about podcasting. He recently gave a keynote at a podcast conference held in Dallas called Podcast Movement a few weeks ago. He published the keynote on one of his podcasts. It was so inspirational and motivating that I had to do a podcast on about that talk and share how it effected me and how my podcast will change and get better because of it. That episode of his can be found here. Thanks, Cliff, for following your passion. You've changed my life because you followed your passion. My hope is to do the same for others. Links CreativeChurchLeadership.com/mastermind Twitter.com/CreativeCL Facebook.com/creativechurchleadership  

Creative Church Leadership Podcast CCL 015 : Pray for Surf with Josh Roberts In this episode Josh Roberts joins me again. We discuss his new book “Pray for Surf” and doing greater works than Jesus. Josh breaks down the principles of answering your calling and how they’re tied to your passions. We discuss the callings of David, Elisha, and even Jesus and how to apply all of this into our own lives. Links and Resources Pray for Surf by Josh Roberts Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God's Voice Above All Others by Steven Furtick - crashthechatterbox.com Strength Finders 2.0 Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day by Todd Henry - dieempty.com Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Facebook.com/creativechurchleadership Twitter.com/CreativeCL Feedback Hotline: 781.205.9399

In this episode I give a few of my thoughts on a scripture I came across and how it marked me. I also have a guest interview with Josh Roberts. Josh talks on his experience on growing a thriving youth group and building relationships. He also talks about his new book, Pray for Surf. He tells of how the idea for the book came out of a surfing accident he had. Josh also talks about his experience of starting a bible study at a tattoo parlor. Josh and I also discuss the best and worst of having to many creative ideas. I also have a special announcement at the end of this episode. You don't want to miss it. Links Web: riseoftheunderdog.tv Twitter: @pickinpreacher Social: facebook.com/JoshWRoberts Announcement: CreativeChurchLeadership.com/Mastermind

CCL012 : The Social Church with Guest Interview Justin Wise In this episode Social Media Guru Justin Wise discusses the importance of connecting with people through social media and why the church should learn to connect with people online. You'll also learn how to build trust online so that people will stop to listen to you. Discover how being on social media is like being a missionary in a foreign country. Also, answer the vision question. Links twitter.com/justinwise justinwise.net facebook.com/justinwise Book - The Social Church: A Theology of Digital Communication Courses - thinkdigital.co and socialchurch.co

In this episode you'll find Leadership - It's like a mirror. And a guest interview with photographer, Austin Mann. In the interview we discuss Austin Mann's life changing story, who are you creating your art for?, and Creator or Creative, which are you? Links austinmann.com twitter.com/austinmann weld.com

On this episode you'll find my 5 steps on how senior pastors and high level church leaders can leverage the people of the church toward one focus to make the most impact in the communities the serve. I also interview Lee Cockerell on this episode. Links and Resources leecockerell.com @leecockerll Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney by Lee Cockerell The Customer Rules: The 39 Essential Rules for Delivering Sensational Service by Lee Cockerell

IN THIS EPISODE In this episode you'll find my thoughts on why I compare the weekend service to a 1000 piece puzzle. I also interview Mike Sessler of ChurchTechWeekly.com and ChurchTechArts.org. REFERENCES & LINKS BOOKS: Deep & Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend by Andy Stanley TOOLS: Apple iPad Air WEB: ChurchTechWeekly.com WEB: ChurchTechArts.org TWITTER: twitter.com/mikesessler

In this episode you'll find my thoughts on how to grow your church from the inside out and an interview with Planning Center's co-founder, Aaron Stewart. Links planningcenteronline.com support@planningcenteronline.com Twitter.com/planningcenter

On this show I have a discussion with Andrew Arbo. Andrew is a volunteer at our church. He's apart of the tech and camera crew, he's acted in some of our videos, and even rapped on our stage. He's done some of our creative writing and producing, he's a great idea guy and he's a pilot. We discuss how he brought his work background into our creative environment, why we unashamedly steal from people, and how we've prepped differently for Christmas this year than in years past. Follow Andrew on Twitter: @andrewarbo

In this episode you'll find my take on creating the right atmosphere for your church and it doesn't start with the preservice playlist. I also speak with Greg Vennerholm from Church on the Move in Tulsa, OK. Greg is in charge of all print and interactive web design for Church on the Move. Find out more about his years of design experience in the corporate and church worlds, his take on balancing work, family and freelance, and about his dream job. Links Twitter: @GVennerholm Email: Venny@churchonthemove.com

In this show you'll find... My work background An interview with Whitney George, the Creative Arts Pastor at Church on the Move in Tulsa, OK Creating an atmosphere for your church services without spending money Marketing for churches Seeds Conference 2014 Resources and Links Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath [Affiliate Link] Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney by Lee Cockerell [Affiliate Link] The Customer Rules: The 39 Essential Rules for Delivering Sensational Service by Lee Cockerell [Affiliate Link] Seeds Conference Twitter: @WhitneyGeorge

In this show you'll find... Blaine Hogan's journey of faith, the artist as the new pastor, creating great art within the church, his process for delivering great art on a consistent basis, and creating art that moves people. Discover how to create art by asking.. What themes move me? What story I am I trying to tell? What's the best way to tell that story? Resources: BlaineHogan.com (Website) Untitled: Thoughts on the Creative Process by Blaine Hogan [Affiliate Link] Make Better Course by Blaine Hogan (Blog post) The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice [Affiliate Link] The Artist as the New Pastor (Blog post)

In this episode you'll find... Stew Redwine's key to getting started. Plus a few funny stories from our past. Resources and Links Stew's original movies at Worship House Media Stew produce 20 of these pieces for OneTimeBlind Parables Remix Stew wrote a few articles for EchoHub Stew's short film, 2076 StewRedwine.com

In this episode you'll find... How to get the "big win" in your services. The #1 Challenge we all face as creatives. How everyone is creative. Stephen's resources for inspiration. Resources The War of Art by Steven Pressfield [Affiliate Link] StephenBrewster.me (Website) @B_rewster (Twitter) Crosspoint.tv (Website)

In this episode your find... An introduction to the new show and the show format and other things you can expect. I tell my story and why I started this podcast. An interview with my pastor, Pastor Jonathan Del Turco of International Family Church. Resources and Links @CreativeCL (Twitter) Facebook.com/CreativeChurchLeadership @JMDelTurco (Twitter) intlfamilychurch.com (Web) seedsconference.com (Web) @whitneygeorge (Twitter) If you all are interested in the Seeds Conference, registration opens October 1st at 9:00 AM CST. Register quick because after every 300 registrants the cost goes up until the conference is sold out.