With school starting back this Wednesday, today was Teacher Appreciation Day at Piedmont Church in Marietta, GA. To celebrate this time together, Senior Pastor Ike Reighard and the church’s leadership put on an event centering on theme of Filling Buckets. Every educator and administrator in our area was invited to our church today. Dozens and […]
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39 Things Pastors Should Teach The Business And Civic Leaders In Their Community
NorthStar Church’s senior pastor Mike Linch is just a spectacular leader!!! Today I had the privilege of attending an event entitled Lunch With A Leader. This time together was birthed out of Mike’s heart. His desire was to see some of the most influential leaders in Acworth, Ga come together once a month during their […]
12 Things Successful Leaders Focus On
Successful leaders focus on things unsuccessful leaders do not. They are always growing, always thinking, always experimenting, always reading and always trying to get better. This is because we know what made us successful today will not keep us successful tomorrow. Today I was reading some old articles I accumulated and wanted to pass along […]
How Piedmont Church Fed All 6,071 Hungry Children In Their Community For A Single Day
On Sunday, June 28th Piedmont Church located in Marietta, GA prepared and collected enough sandwiches, chips, snacks and drinks by themselves to feed all 6,071 children suffering from hunger in their county for a single day. A conversation later the same day with Community Pastor Marlon Longacre provided some insight into how this came to […]
12 Practices Of Highly Effective Churches Who Serve Their Community With Excellence
Is your community glad your church exists? In the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, GA, local businesses and schools are thrilled Piedmont Church is there. Led by Ike Reighard, Piedmont is committed to blessing its community and has seamlessly woven itself into the daily fabric of North Atlanta life. Nowhere was this more apparent than this […]
22 Leadership Quotes And Principles From Mark Zuckerberg And The Facebook Effect Part 2
The following is Part 2 of the leadership quotes and principles from the first six chapters of The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick. This incredible book chronicles Facebook’s journey from conception to becoming a legitimate business. To read Part 1, click here. All quotes are from Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg unless otherwise noted. More than 80% of the […]
My Top 20 Favorite Leadership Posts Of 2010
Merry Christmas everyone! If you are sitting around these next couple of days looking for some good year-end reading material, the following are my Top 20 Favorite Leadership Posts Of 2010. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did bringing them to you. Ladies, How To Welcome A Man Home – By far my favorite post […]
12 Lessons We Learn From People Who Don’t Go To Church
When is the last time you truly listened to a visitor of your church?  I think we can learn much from them. Yesterday, I posted a blog that was an interview of my two unchurched nieces after they attended a recent service. You can read that post here. Here are the key applications that church leaders can take from […]
10 Things Every Church Staff Needs To Know About Volunteers
What are the volunteers that serve in your church or non-profit organization thinking? What are their hopes, dreams, and needs? During the last 24 years, I have had to privilege of serving on two church staffs but have spent the vast majority of that time as a volunteer. To assist church leaders in better connecting with those who […]
8 Tips On Surviving Your Dysfunctional Family During The Holidays
Is there a normal family left in America? I have reached the point where I am putting the “normal family” in my Sasquatch category – I’ve heard a lot about it but haven’t seen any documented visual evidence. Dysfunction has become an institutionalized aspect of our society. Dysfunction is generally an inconvenience in our […]
20 Insights For Leaders Who Want To Transform Their Communities
If churches ceased to exist in your community, what would be different about where you live? Today, I had the privilege of attending and helping host Take Out Conference at NorthStar Church in Kennesaw, GA. NorthStar, led by Senior Pastor Mike Linch, is an amazing church that is making a huge impact in their community. To read a previous post about […]
Top 15 Reasons Why I Love My Church
I have the privilege of attending the wonderful Fellowship Bible Church located in Roswell, GA. As I was driving to church this morning, I was thinking about how much I look forward to this time each week. I can’t wait to get up on Sunday mornings! The following are the reasons I love my church. Now please know, […]