Showing posts with label champion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label champion. Show all posts

5 Keys to Communicating a Vision

A vision that is not communicated properly is like an airplane sitting on a runway that never takes off.

If you want your vision to become reality, here's 5 keys to communicating it effectively. 

CLARITY
People won't follow a vision they don't understand.  Make it very clear.

CONCISENESS
If you want people to remember the vision, then communicate it concisely...ideally in one sentence.  Less is more when it comes to wordsmithing a vision.

CHALLENGE
People want to be part of something bigger than themselves.  The vision should challenge people to step out of their comfort zone.  If it's not challenging, then it's not big enough. 

CHAMPION
People will only get as excited about the vision as the person communicating it.  You must be the person championing the vision.

CONTINUATION
Communicating a vision is not one and done.  It's a continuing process.  Vision leaks and must continuously be refilled.

Package your vision with these 5 keys and you'll have a vision people will follow.

Every Kid Needs a Champion

In this video, Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, gives a rousing call to believe in kids and connect with them on a real, human, personal level.  Watch and be motivated to be a champion for the kids in your ministry.

More Than a Champion (video)

Goliath was a champion by man's standards.  He was the pinnacle of strength, power, and experience.  But David won because he was more than a champion.  In this short video, discover how you can be more than a champion.

Does Your Children's Ministry Champion Diversity?

“We must face the sad fact that at the eleven o’clock hour on Sunday morning when we stand to sing, we stand in the most segregated hour in America…and the most segregated school is Sunday school.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Does everyone in your church look like you?  If so, why?  The church should be the #1 champion of diversity. 

Heaven is going to reflect the wonderful diversity that God loves. 

"After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb."    
Revelation 7:9 

It's time we bring a little heaven to earth.
 
America is becoming more diverse with each passing year.   By 2050, there will not be a majority ethnic group.  The churches that God will use in the years to come will be diverse churches.

How can your Children's Ministry champion diversity?  You must be intentional.  Diversity happens when people are intentional.
  • Champion diversity in leadership.  Your church leaders should reflect diversity.
  • Champion diversity in cultural awareness.
  • Honor holidays such as MLK day, Cinco de Mayo, etc.
  • Reflect diversity in media and print pieces.
Effective Children's Ministry is diverse Children's Ministry.