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HERE ARE THE SEVEN TIPS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Work on intro last

• Aim for X amount of stories/illustrations

• Give practical ways to live out the text - not just theory

• People will listen more if you make them laugh

• Response = engagement

• The beginning of your sermon has an outsized influence in how much people will connect with it

• Remember: people are hurting and need hope

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Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support.

Mission Support

This episode was brought to you by Mission Support. Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again!

HERE ARE THE SEVEN THINGS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Give out your phone number

• Follow up with new guests from your phone number

• Offer to get coffee/lunch with every new person (how we do it at New City…)

• Worry about changing relationships with people at your church if/when that time comes (call last week - said his relationship with me a big reason why he loves New City = might change later, but not right now!)

• Personally ask people to come to stuff / serve at stuff (don't just assume they will)

• Answer all your emails (kind of a joke, but also questions people email can take longer, answer them!0

• Don't focus everything on how to scale

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Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support.

Mission Support

This episode was brought to you by Mission Support. Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again!

HERE ARE THE SIX TIPS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Serve in kids only once a month
• Reduce serving options
• Set a goal for % of people serving vs attendance
• Be clear on serving "hierachy" if people serve in more than one area
• Encourage block-out dates + let people decline
• Don't say no/be afraid of having people serve

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Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support.

Mission Support

This episode was brought to you by Mission Support. Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again!

HERE ARE THE SIX TIPS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Personal daily devotional time

• Being ok with non-working hours ministry time

• Enjoy your family (date nights, time with kids, vacations)

• Consistent weekly working schedule

• Communicate your non-busyness

• Work hard while your working so you can rest when you're not

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Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support.

Mission Support

This episode was brought to you by Mission Support. Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again!

HERE ARE THE SIX TIPS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Don't act like a mega church

• Do the best you can do with what you have and be ok with that

• Don't worry about scaling everything

• Do your best, don't aim for excellence

• Create a consistent schedule

• Don't be shy about your desire to reach more people

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Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support.

Mission Support

This episode was brought to you by Mission Support. Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again!

HERE ARE THE SEVEN TIPS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Break it into sections

• Have the group read the passage outloud + give a brief explanation

• 2-3 questions per section

• Mix in some personal questions, questions about the text, application questions

• Encourage leaders to add questions they want and not worry about getting to all the questions

• Write it after going over your sermon

• Send them out before Sunday

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Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support.

Mission Support

This episode was brought to you by Mission Support. Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again!

HERE ARE THE FIVE THINGS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Clarifying church direction

• Saying no to good things

• Addressing underperformance

• Their weekly schedule

• Making hard but needed calls about the future

• Not being there on a Sunday or at some ministry thing

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Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support.

Mission Support

This episode was brought to you by Mission Support. Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again!

HERE ARE THE SEVEN HABITS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• "A new type of church"

• Guilting people into action

• Complaining about the difficulties of ministry

• Saying you wish you could go do X job

• Be careful how you speak against cultural comforts

• Telling people you are busy

• If you are getting a lot of friction on something - seek to understand

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Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support.

Mission Support

This episode was brought to you by Mission Support. Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again!

HERE ARE THE SIX CHURCH PREDICTIONS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Normal sized churches will continue to miss on vertical video

• The political vibe shift will significantly lessen - do not cower from God's word

• Livestreaming services increasingly become unhelpful

• Churches that preach expository sermons will reach more people than those that do not

• You will not grow and will impact fewer people if you confuse "non-politcal" with "non-biblical"

• Churches won't plant unless part of denomination or network

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Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support.

Mission Support

This episode was brought to you by Mission Support. Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again!

HERE ARE THE CHURCH PREDICTIONS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Being willing to sound partisan where Scripture is clear will attract people to your church

• There will be an increase in American church attendance

• You can have the largest Easter/Christmas special day attendance in your church's history (

• Vertical video is not going anywhere

• Your Sunday experience will determine if people stay

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