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When to submit to leadership
After more than a year of being without, we have just recently hired a new senior leader. The excitement is high and everyone is looking to the future to see where we are headed and what the church will look like in a couple of years. Outside the church and even a little inside the [...]
25Aug2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Collaboration with your team
With a new Sr. Minister starting we have a lot of people getting exctied about where they need to be in order to funciton more efficiently. Especially in the area of worship on Sunday morning. Our previous minister was not worried about themeing out a worship service or even creating any sort of creative elements. [...]
19Aug2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Book Review Monday -Leading on Empty
If you are in ministry you have had those moments where life just seems like an endless routine and you are spinning your wheels going nowhere. You wake up in the morning and head out the door to work more concerned about the task list you did not finish yesterday than you are about what [...]
20Jul2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Recognize the things you value
How many times have you sat in your office wondering why your team just does not seem to get it. Why don’t they understand what you value? I mean really we have talked about in meetings and I have spent hours stressing and struggling over what is most important. Yet, your leaders do not seem [...]
4Jul2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Gather your team
Over the last several weeks I have not been really meeting with my team. I miss these chances to connect and have conversation about what is happening in our ministry area. So, why have I not been meeting? I have been thinking of ways to redesign our team meeting to help make it more effective. [...]
13May2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
A new brainstorming method
This past week I met with our team of leaders who devleop the programming side of our services. This is a team of about 8 – 12 people who are either worship leaders or they play some part in the execution of our student services. Over the last year we have been meeting once a [...]
11May2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
11 Principles of Church Growth
Filed Under: Leadership
Tags: Ben Merold • Church growth • david mehrle • growing a student ministry • Student Ministry
I have had the privilege over the last five years to work with an individual who has not made a name for himself in the publishing world or even tried to capitalize on his talents. However, this [...]
27Apr2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Social Justice
In light of all the organizations that are reaching out and trying to make a difference from a social justice perspective, we are reminded that we are to care for the poor. There are so many different ways to make an impact that I could not even begin to mention them here. A few that [...]
21Apr2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Youth Ministry 3.0
I have just finished reading Marko’s book, Youth Ministry 3.0. I have to admit that I am a little confused as to exactly what I want to take away from this book. The first four chapters are not that impacting if you have been in Youth Ministry for any length of time. The last two [...]
15Apr2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Communicating vision and strategy
Over the next several weeks I want to share some time-tested truths with you about leadership. I will be focusing on leading teams. Many of us have transitioned our ministries into a team-based structure. The best thing about this is that we get the chance to develop and create new ideas while including others in [...]
6Apr2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
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Glad to see what God is doing for you guys. Praying for you! 
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