PALC Thanks, 11/18/08 Assignments, and Certification Opportunities

PALC Gents,

Wow... yesterday was intense and sharpening! This may sound weird... but I left spent, satisfied, and energized. Our heart interaction and honest conversation about our purity journeys deeply encourage and sharpened me. Thanks for leaning into that time together with all your heart. And, on the hand/ministry skill front, I totally loved our interaction over Dialogue #1 Training Makes All the Difference—Developing a Ministry Team 101.... and look forward to continuing that training next time.... a mere three weeks from now... when we meet next... November 18th!

And did I mention that the coffee from The Coffee Hound and the baked goodies ROCKED? Thanks Kyle!

Now that was a day well invested... and this leadership community is becoming what I've prayed and hoped it would become! A big fat way to go to God and you. I loved all of yesterday, but if I had to pick one part of yesterday as a favorite, it would have to be when we came back after that great Mexican lunch... and stood around in the kitchen (I was drinking coffee again)... and we all shared our experiences in training the Personal Growth Plan training lab with others. I LOVED hearing how you each multiplied that training in your own unique way... in your own unique ministry situations... with the common goal of helping the people in your sphere of influence be more intentional about loving God with all of their lives! MADE MY WEEK!

From my heart to yours... THANK YOU.

For PALC on 11/18/08
Since we only have three weeks before our next PALC... I want keep the assignments lighter... but extremely focused:

1. Our next HEART time together will focus on making our marriages ROCK. (Think here of the proactive part of purity.) Accordingly, here's what you need to do:
* Download and print a copy of the Song of Solomon Study guide—GO HERE.
* Read through Song of Solomon twice BEFORE we meet (see if you're wife will read though it with you on one of those times) and record your insights in the Song of Solomon study guide.

2. Read Leadershift chapters 3 and 6. Reflect and write in the book. We'll discuss these.

3. For those of you who are able to start using the Dialogue #1: Training Makes All the Difference training before we meet next, we'll give you an opportunity to report back on how the training went for you. For those of us who won't be able to use this training in the next three weeks, you'll have until December 16th to use the training in some fashion (even a simple one on one with a key person in your ministry).

4. Please come ready to quote the following from memory:

Leadership Community
Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17

The Power of a Personal Growth Plan
Luke 6:40
A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
Luke 6:40

Pathway to Purity
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22

Train Others to Do the Ministry
Ephesians 4:11-12
It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
Ephesians 4:11-12

You may want to start writing these on 3 X 5 cards and cary them with you so you can work on them at any time over the next three weeks. Better yet, get someone... or a small group of people (your family counts) to memorize them with you!


More Trainer Certification Opportunities for the Daring
I want to let you know that you have two opportunities to become a trainer for the following Cadre training workshops:

1. Saturday, January 24, 2009, Ministry Is Relationships, FBC, Macomb, IL.

2. Saturday, February 7, 2009, Evangelism Is Relationship, FBC, Pekin, IL

Please RSVP with me IF you want to be a trainer for either of these... starting by taking it back to your own ministry!

Your PALC Pal...

BA

Pheaney's Great Quote from the Last PALC

"As a leader and manager you have two options:
#1) Invest minimal time in goal-setting, live with fuzzy targets and use your superior motivational skills to pump up the sagging morale of your team. You'll actually save time this way because you'll never have to waste time celebrating success.
#2) Invest time with your team in goal-setting. You've learned that every day invested up front on clear targets will eliminate days of expensive wrong turns, one-way streets and blind alleys - so your team is focused on clear goals that align with the mission. Your monthly celebrations and your spontaneous affirmation moments keep your team's spirit high."
—John Pearson, Master the Management Buckets: 20 Critical Competencies for leading your business or nonprofit

PGP teaching

Taught PGP twice this weekend. Did a simplified version with no Keynote for my youth leaders. Went great. I think they were really challenged. Then after church did one for what we call Ministry Community (church leaders), used my awesome mac (had to get a trial version of the new keynote, mines too old to run it, it said). Went great. They interacted, didn't really talk much about the videos, let them speak for themselves, water cup thing went great. I've got some more to do on it to improve but all in all I was happy with the time. Now it's up to them to follow through.

KO

Purity Lesson

Just wanted to post the link to my message from this last sunday. It's called Twisted: It's only physical (aka, Bill's purity talk that God gave him shortened and spoken by Kyle) I got really good feed back. I would love some from you guys too.

KO

PGP

I'm teaching the PGP 2 times this weekend. First to my Ministry Leaders for the Youth, and for our church leadership after church. I ran through the slides and my notes. I'm think I've forgotten how to set up the clips, and some of the slides. I feel like we just blow through the information in a hurry to get out of there last time. Or I just took bad notes. Does anyone else feel that way. Maybe I'm just a perfectionist and want it done the right way. Or the way that it was taught. It's in God's hands. I guess that's the way we become better trainers. Of course I've got a student man camp this weekend too, so lot's of stress.

KO

PGP Results

I shared the PGP lab this Sunday (Oct 5) with a small group my wife and I just started. It went really well. Up until the point where we broke off and shared our spiritual health 'number'... I was feeling pretty shaky. My presentation seemed a little stiff, there wasn't a lot of interaction.

But it was awesome to get people interacting with each other and God! Some great moments and I'm excited where it goes from here.

How did everyone else's trainings go?

Purity

I'm giving the message this sunday at Heartland. It's the sex talk. Using lots of the material that God gave us through Bill. I hope it doesn't sound like I took him word for word. But as a prepared these things kept coming up in my mind. I believe God gave them to me for this message. We'll see how it goes. I'll post a link for you to listen to later.

KO

I did....no...God did it!

After last weeks challenging conversations I felt lead to get more focused with my accountability partner. Really felt like we were just talking, not challenging each other. This week I met with him, during the whole time I felt like satin was trying to keep me from sharing with him. In the end with God's strength I overcame. He was totally open. I gave him a list of questions, told him about my PGP, and he wanted to know more about how I did it. Praise God.

Kyle