Catalyst One Day

Catalyst One Day- a one day leadership package with innovative church guest speakers Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel. This conference was held at Grace Community Church in Fulton, Maryland. I had the opportunity to spend a day as a wide eyed student ready to learn! Craig and Andy used their time at Catalyst to discuss momentum. They talked momentum in the church and personal spiritual momentum. Thank God they handed out an extensive note taking packet because I would've been crippled if I had to do it on my own. Some key notes I got out of the day's speakers:

• New things create momentum
• Be sure to tweak your programs, but know that tweaking doesn't create momentum
• "The quickest way to forget what God thinks of us is to concern ourselves with what ohers think of us."-Craig Groeschel
  
• Limitation breeds innovation
• Instead of asking someone who is successful what they do, ask why and how they do it to get insight on their leadership strategies
• "The secure and confident person is attractive. The secure and confident church is attractive."-Craig Groeschel
• The longer something is established, the more stagnant it becomes
  
• Create systems that promote the mission of the church. Avoid systems that work against the mission of the church
• Create artificial ministry deadlines to cut back on time and force people to be productive
• Don't delegate responsibilities, delegate authority
• "I'm the only one who can seek God on my behalf." -Craig Groeschel
• As culture changes, many of the questions remain the same, but the answers don't

I know I only have quotes from Craig. Andy was an incredible speaker, I just happened to jot down more of Craig's quotes. The day really hit home when talking about personal spiritual momentum. I feel that sometimes in the clutter of trying to put on programs in a church I can loose sight of why I am doing these things in the first place.