{"id":92,"date":"2008-08-08T11:10:52","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T18:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/one-church.net\/wordpress\/?p=92"},"modified":"2008-08-08T11:10:52","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T18:10:52","slug":"you-got-it-goining-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/2008\/08\/08\/you-got-it-goining-on\/","title":{"rendered":"You got IT goining on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is your back to school bash?<\/p>\n<p>Most families I have talked to in the last couple of weeks have had some kind of last ditch effort to hold onto summer before the old grind of fall rips into us: school schedules, fall sports, routine, mundane, salt mine grind.<\/p>\n<p>So, people are headed to the lake, grandmas and Kansas City, but not the Addis\u2019. No, we are way to classy for that.<\/p>\n<p>For our back to school family affair we purchased four tickets to at a private table at the Cotillion Concert Hall to see Weird Al Yankovic.<!--more--><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"width: 286px; height: 445px; border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/104600-97408\/Weird_Al_Flyer_Revised.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"583\" align=\"right\" \/><br \/>\nTruly proving, once and for all, that we are a family that is white and nerdy. By the way, if I have to explain that last phrase to you, it would take too long and it would therefore not be funny at all. So, just smile, nod and skip it\u2026 thanks.<\/p>\n<p>I have never seen so many people stuck in the 80s gathered in one place in all my life\u2026 it felt like paradise!<\/p>\n<p>Before you think I was forcing this event on my kids, I just want you to know that they knew every word of almost every song. My boys rock.<\/p>\n<p>We had a blast! Still, wrapped around the concert I have been attending a training event for our church called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willowcreek.com\/Events\/Leadership\/2008\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Summit<\/span><\/a>. It\u2019s a great event based out of Willow Creek Church in Chicago, Il. simulcast to thousands of locations like ours here in Wichita.<\/p>\n<p>While there are lots of things worth sharing, there was one speaker I heard just a few minutes ago (yes, I am still at the conference\u2026 the current speaker is not so hot\u2026 it happens\u2026 except at our church, right\u2026 RIGHT?) who pretty much rocked my world.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Groeschel, pastor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifechurch.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">LifeChurch.tv<\/span><\/a>, leads a multi-site venue driven church and I really connected with him\u2026 hmmm\u2026 imagine that.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke on IT. Some churches have IT and some churches don\u2019t have IT.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2026 excuse me\u2026 IT was fantastic, so, I just won\u2019t to give you my notes and see if they bless you.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Subject of IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The local church is the hope of the world\u2026 do you believe that?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever walked into a church and after being there for 10 minutes you knew they didn\u2019t have IT?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever walked into a church and knew when you met the people, heard the music, or listened to the preacher preach\u2026 these guys have IT?<\/li>\n<li>What is IT?&#8230; I don\u2019t know\u2026 Probably has something to do with the Holy Spirit\u2026 I think\u2026 It\u2019s really still a work in progress\u2026 but this I know\u2026 there are churches who have IT and there are churches who don\u2019t.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Here are some of my theories on IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>God makes IT happen<\/li>\n<li>We don\u2019t make IT happen<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s rare that 1 person can make IT happen alone<\/li>\n<li>Almost never, can 1 person kill IT at a church<\/li>\n<li>IT cannot be taught, but it can be caught<\/li>\n<li>IT is not a system or a program that can be picked up or implemented<\/li>\n<li>IT can always be identified because it changes lives<\/li>\n<li>IT will always bring criticism<\/li>\n<li>IT happens (that&#8217;s funny)<\/li>\n<li>If you have IT, that does not mean that you will keep IT<\/li>\n<li>If you don\u2019t have IT you can get IT<\/li>\n<li>These people had it: They devoted themselves to the apostles\u2019 teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.\u00a0 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.\u00a0\u00a0 All the believers were together and had everything in common.\u00a0\u00a0Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.\u00a0\u00a0Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,\u00a0 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. <em><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">The Holy Bible\u00a0 : New International Version. 1996, c1984 (Ac 2:42-47). Grand Rapids: Zondervan.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>While you can\u2019t force IT on any church, business or person, here are four qualities present in churches that have IT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Churches who have IT, have a laser focus \u2013 doing too much will kill the IT factor. More and bigger is not better. Better is better. What are you doing that you need to stop doing?<\/li>\n<li>Churches who have IT, see opportunities where others see obstacles \u2013 When something in the road pushes you left, whatever is to the left may be what God wanted for you in the first place (the opportunity). The Obstacle is pushing you toward the Opportunity. What are you battling against that you should be embracing\u00a0as an opportunity?<\/li>\n<li>Churches who have IT, are willing to fail \u2013 when you say failure isn\u2019t an option you have already failed yourself. Failure is a necessity. What has God called you to do that you are afraid to attempt? When are you going to do it?<\/li>\n<li>Churches who have IT, are lead by people who have IT.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This material is covered much better in his book called&#8230; you guessed it&#8230; IT&#8230; just released this week. Here&#8217;s a link if you are interested:<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/products\/catalog?q=craig+groeschel+IT+book&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;cid=7184346000917953147\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/104600-97408\/it.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let me know you thoughts. I think this is gooooood stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is your back to school bash? Most families I have talked to in the last couple of weeks have had some kind of last ditch effort to hold onto summer before the old grind of fall rips into us: school schedules, fall sports, routine, mundane, saltmine grind. So, people are headed to the lake, grandmas and Kansas City, but not the Addis\u2019. No, we are way to classy for that. For our back to school family affair we purchased four tickets to at a private table at the Cotillion Concert Hall to see Weird Al Yankovic. Truly proving, once and for all, that we are a family that is white and nerdy. By the way, if I have to explain that last phrase to you, it would take too long and it would therefore not be funny at all. So, just smile, nod and skip it\u2026 thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}