Today I have been dispatched by INJOY Stewardship Solutions to attend Catalyst 2019. Over the last two decades leaders who love the Church have gathered in Atlanta for a shared experience, connection to something greater than themselves, and to foster change in their teams, communities, and culture. This year should be no different.
We are #FORPastors! Therefore, as a special gift to you and in honor of Pastor Appreciation Month, INJOY Stewardship is offering you a FREE DONE-FOR-YOU PASTOR APPRECIATION script which your staff or key lay leaders could read during the church service in honor of your pastor. Here’s what I guarantee, your pastor will get a well-deserved standing ovation after reading this. Whatever you do, click HERE or on the image provided and get your service. Your pastor needs this more than you know.
The afternoon’s first session was a panel interview with Chad Veach, the Lead Pastor of Zoe Church in Los Angeles, California, Chris Durso, the Senior Associate Pastor at Christ Tabernacle in Queens, NY, and Rich Wilkerson Jr, the Lead Pastor of VOUS Church in Miami, FL on their desire to finish well.
The following are 39 Leadership Quotes And Lessons from their challenging session:
Chad Veach
- Let’s be better at 70 than we are now. Let’s be more generous. Let’s be more in love with our wives.
- My dad started ministry with one goal in mind – that we would finish well.
- Some of the biggest mentors in my life have done so from a distance.
- A mentor always walks through the door when the student is ready to learn.
- When you give someone influence in your life it shapes how you see life.
- It always starts with us. It always starts with our viewpoint of friendship.
- The common denominator for all broken pastors is loneliness.
- The biggest prayer people leaving Catalyst need to pray is, “God, send me a friend.”
- When God really wants to bless you He sends you a friend. God blesses through relationship.
Chris Dorso
- We’ve met people we were excited to meet as young preachers and leaders. They were not as happy as you would have thought. They put their eggs in the wrong basket.
- We want to mean what we say and arrive.
- If I’m going to make it I have to be honest the whole way.
- If you want a friend, you need to be a friend.
Rich Wilkerson Jr.
- It’s progress over perfection. You don’t have to be the best today but you have to get better today.
- There’s more for you to learn. There’s more for you to grow.
- God’s grace does for you that you’re not
- Everyone’s want to ride but no one wants to take a trip. We love The Product but hate The Process.
- God doesn’t just take you to things. He takes you through things.
- The real tragedy is when leades grow they often remove the authority above them.
- The reason many people can’t get over something is they won’t get under someone.
- Submission will take you places ambition can only dream of.
- Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how you react to what happens to us. Your friends will help predetermine how you react to things.
- Isolation intensifies pain. Community cures pain.
- It’s free to give but priceless to receive.
- If your heart can feel it, make your mouth say it.
What an incredible to start the afternoon! Check back throughout for more speakers and leadership lessons.
Once again, if you have not downloaded the DONE-FOR-YOU PASTOR APPRECIATION SCRIPT, simply click HERE or on the image provided. #FORPastors