We're in Season 3! This season I'm focusing on the year immediately following the launch service of our new church plant in Provo, Utah.

In this episode, I'm joined again by Orange County, California church planter Isaac Morin. We discuss the pros and cons of the preaching calendar tool specifically, and the importance of the calendar generally.

At minute [06:13] I talk about Nelson Searcy's audio recording, Planning A One-Year Preaching Calendar. You can download a copy here.

At minute [21:44] Isaac mentions Preaching Rocket. You can learn more about this coaching resource here.

At minute [22:07] he mentions J. Kent Edwards' book Deep Preaching: Creating Sermons that Go Beyond the Superficial. You can order a copy here.*

At minute [22:47] I recommend Wayne McDill's book 12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching. You can order a copy here.*

At minute [29:23] I reference a blog post by Michael Hyatt titled "How to Better Control Your Time by Designing Your Ideal Week." You can read it here.

At minute [37:26] I reference an article I wrote for Belay titled "Utilizing 'Small Big Days' for Building Relationships." You can read it here.

At minute [39:48] I talk about the National Day Calendar website.

At minute [52:12] I recommend the book 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think You Do by Laura Vanderkam. You can order a copy here.*

At minute [57:38] Isaac touches on Zig Ziglar's "The Wheel of Life." You can get a PDF of this tool here.

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We're in Season 3! This season I'm focusing on the year immediately following the launch service of our new church plant in Provo, Utah.

In this episode, I'm joined by Canterbury, Connecticut church planter Adrian Ferrari. We talk about his experiences in Argentina, Connecticut, and now Illinois and the importance of communicating and inviting others into your vision.

At minute [45:36] Adrian references the book Gospel Eldership: Equipping a New Generation of Servant Leaders by Robert Thune. You can order a copy here.*

At minute [52:27] Adrian shares a quote from Kevin Scott: "Keep fast to the vision but loose to the method." You can learn more about Kevin and this idea here.

At minute [56:29] he shares a quote from Mac Lake's book The Multiplication Effect: Building a Leadership Pipeline that Solves Your Leadership Shortage. You can order a copy here.*

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We're in Season 3! In this season I'm focusing on the year immediately following the launch service of our new church plant in Provo, Utah.

In this episode, I'm joined by South Daytona, Florida church planter Joseph Wyatt. We talk about authentic community within the church and moving beyond mere attendance to fostering genuine relationships with others.

At minute [39:19] Joseph mentions the book Doing Church as a Team: The Miracle of Teamwork and How It Transforms Churches by Wayne Cordeiro. You can order a copy here.*

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We're in Season 3! In this season I'm focusing on the year immediately following the launch service of our new church plant in Provo, Utah.

In this episode, I'm joined again by Isaac Morin of Orange County, California. We talk about mobile church setups and how we did a terrible job of utilizing our rented ministry spaces.

At minute [12:12] I talk about the Zoom Recorder I used in our services. The model we used is discontinued, but you can see a similar model here.*

At minute [33:02] I mention Portable Church Industries, a company that, among other things, provides predesigned mobile church systems. You can learn more here.

At minute [45:34] I again mention the book Launch: Starting a New Church from Scratch by Nelson Searcy. You can order a copy here.*

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We're in Season 3! In this season I'm focusing on the year immediately following the launch service of our new church plant in Provo, Utah.

In this episode, I'm joined by Dustin Alley of Bristol, Connecticut. He talks about the fear of man and the danger of giving too much thought to what those outside your ministry might think of you and the importance of discovering who it is God made you to be and what He has called you to accomplish.

At minute [14:09] Dustin reaches for the book Order in the Church: A Manual for Church Ministries by Paul Chappell. You can order a copy here.*

At minute [16:47] I pull When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man by Edward Welch off my shelf. You can order a copy here.*

At minute [25:12] Dustin recommends checking out Nucleus for your church website needs.

At minute [38:10] Dustin references an article by Tim Keller titled "Leadership and Church Size Dynamics: How Strategy Changes with Growth." You can read it here.

The Theodore Roosevelt quote I was talking about at minute [46:28] is: “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

At minute [50:09] Dustin recommends the book Stop Trying: How to Receive—Not Achieve—Your Real Identity by Cary Schmidt. You can order a copy here.*

You can check out Dustin's podcast here. You can listen to his interview of me here.

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In Season 2 I've been focusing on life and ministry from the time we arrived in Provo, Utah until the launch service of our new church plant.

As I wrap up the season, I'm joined by my wife Grayson to review and get her take on the stories and mistakes discussed in the previous eleven episodes.

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Here in Season 2, I'm focusing on life and ministry from the time we arrived in Provo, Utah until the launch service of our new church plant.

In this episode, I'm joined by church planter Stephen Kimbrell of Irvine, California. He discusses a workaholism that led to unhealthy ministry and family rhythms.

At minute [30:34] Stephen references The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Mark Comer. You can get a copy here.

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In Season 2 I'm focusing on life and ministry from the time we arrived in Provo, Utah until the launch service of our new church plant.

In this episode, I'm joined by church planter Heath Ferguson of Houston, Texas. As he shares his story, he talks about how perfectionism and not setting a launch date resulted in slow growth and hindered momentum.

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Here in Season 2, I'm focusing on life and ministry from the time we arrived in Provo, Utah until the launch service of our new church plant.

In this episode, I'm joined by church planter Matt Manney of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He shares how he grew up in large ministries where attendance was over 1,000 and how he immediately started programs and created systems in his new church plant assuming he'd see the same sort of numbers.

At minute [17:51] Matt references How to Break Growth Barriers: Revise Your Role, Release Your People, and Capture Overlooked Opportunities for Your Church by Carl George and Warren Bird. You can get a copy here.

At minute [17:55] he mentions Hero Maker: Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders by Dave Ferguson and Warren Bird. You can get a copy here.

You can check out Matt's books here.

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Here in Season 2, I'm focusing on life and ministry from the time we arrived in Provo, Utah until the launch service of our new church plant.

In this episode, I recount the many community events we participated in and the incredible missed opportunity they represent as I focused on building a mailing list rather than sharing the Gospel.

At minute [10:02] I reference Utah being one of the most churched states in America. Here is a 2013 article on the topic for which I was interviewed.

At minute [13:25] I talk about the books we gave away at most of our booths, including Done by Carey Schmidt and How Good Is Good Enough by Andy Stanely.

At minute [14:00] I reference a book we gave away at our booth at the gym, First Aid for Your Health by Edward Moody.

At minute [15:20] I mention a book we gave away specifically at Chamber of Commerce events, Business By The Book by Larry Burkett.

At minute [19:34] I talk about fellow church planter Amos Dillard in Chula Vista, California. You can learn more about him and his ministry here.

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