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HERE ARE THE 7 TIPS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Auditorium done 25 minutes before service

• Serve team huddle done 20 minutes before service

• Next steps: minimal and practiced

• Run through/talk through the service

• Review sermon slides

• Serve team leaves post 10 minutes after service starts

• Tell new people what they should do next

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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!

In this episode, I walk though ideas and tips around how to plan for a church theme and calendar for an upcoming year.

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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 5 TIPS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Start pushing it now
• Prepare marketing material
• Three primary asks
• Make the service speical
• Tell new guests their next steps

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Mission Support

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HERE ARE THE 8 TIPS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Capture stories

• Include a story/illustration with your main/final point

• Don't write out your story in your notes

• Don't be the hero

• Aim for 3-4 stories/illustrations

• Use images when helpful

• Remember: you are not your favorite preacher

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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 6 PET PEEVES I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Church planters wanting to meet to raise money, but give no response when you say you can't give financially

• Not responding to emails

• Pastors not prioritizing sermon prep

• Acting like people in the Bible were crazy/dumb

• Trying to look/be cool

• Not managing their household well (1 Timothy 3:4-5)

• A personal pursuit and love for Jesus

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Mission Support

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HERE ARE THE 6 MISTAKES I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Not proactively budgeting for mission/desires

• Relying on one or two big givers

• Spending too much on rent/wrong space

• Not investing in what actually reaches people

• Not being proactively transparent with church finances/needs

• Apologizing for talking about money

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Mission Support

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HERE ARE THE 8 WAYS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Limit the number of sermon points

• One point per slide

• Limit the number of slides

• Set the sermon up with a question you are going to answer

• Sermon review with others before preaching

• Use illustrations/stories

• The more space between initial writing and preaching, the better

• Preach 40 minutes or under (mostly under)

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Mission Support

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HERE ARE THE 7 WAYS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Plan 6-12 months out (knowing things can change)

• There is a difference between Sunday events and non-Sunday events

• Don't plan multiple things same week/weekend if it is a larger church ask/invitation

• Consider what you will announce from stage/email/etc., when making your schedule

• Not everything your church does has to be a church "event"

• Don't close shop in the summer

• Remember the more you share/have going on, the less people will see the importance of going

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Mission Support

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HERE ARE THE 7 REASONS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Too long + too much info

• No training or feedback

• Announcing stuff too far in advance (some exceptions)

• One next step per announcement

• No guardrails on what to announce

• You are giving too much weight to the difference announcements can make

• You do them at a bad time in your service

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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 7 LESSONS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Repeatedly share the need, then follow up with people

• People are very willing to serve if they think what they do matters

• Schedule set up + tear down teams separately

• People are more gracious with imperfection when portable

• People need to be trained

• Pay for signage

• Pay for portable equipment

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