Archive for June, 2009
Must read blog
Just read this over at Mark Batterson’s Blog and it is a must read.
“One of the quantum challenges leaders face is this: as the organizations they lead start experiencing organizational growth they stop experiencing personal growth. Why? Because of the demands of the organizational growth. They start leading the organization and stop leading themselves. And [...]
Must read blog
“One of the quantum challenges leaders face is this: as the organizations they lead start experiencing organizational growth they stop experiencing personal growth. Why? Because of the demands of the organizational growth. They start leading the organization and stop leading themselves. And that is when the blessing turns into a curse. Growth will grind to [...]
26Jun2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Camp is here
I am finally relaxing now that we are into day two. At this point everything should run fairly smooth other than we have had over 5 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. Thankfully it has been pretty clear during free time.
If you have ever had the chance to be in charge [...]
A Free Lunch
Sponsor appreciation can sometimes be one of the hardest things for many of us to follow through on. Our leaders pour themselves into our ministries and give up countless hours and vacations to minister as part of the church. Yet, we struggle to find ways to just say, “Thank You!” However, even you can do [...]
10Jun2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Graduation
This is one of those time of years where everything gets really crazy as you are planning for summer and getting people signed up for different events. Then you add the recruiting of leaders for those events. This time of year always brings one other element that just makes the weekends unlike any [...]
7Jun2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
WEB 2.0 and your ministry
Several months ago our student ministry team got into a conversation about our website. We had what we thought was a pretty good site that truly was not getting much traffic anymore. So, as we debated what we should do and kicked around a lot of different ideas and thoughts before we finally landed on [...]
4Jun2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
iPhone and iPod touch
With students all over the world getting their hands on the iPod touch or the iPhone. With all of that comes the internet and student having the availability to be connected no matter where they are. Inside of that connectivity also comes the privacy that no one else will be looking at it and know [...]
2Jun2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
7 Leadership Quotes For Leaders
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ~John Quincy Adams
A leader must have the courage to act against an expert’s advice. ~James Callaghan
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led. ~Ross Perot
Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself [...]
I once was asked about if you needed someone to help you change a tire at 2:00 in the morning ...
Nicely written, Dave. Except that I've gotta push you some on number 1. How is it that we ...
Kyle you are exactly right. Too often we go to a conference or a friends church and we decide ...
Know your community.I see this time and time again, the service is made up of other peoples ideas and what ...
You become thankful for a good pit crew, a spare tire in the trunk, and the jack that you remembered ...
Glad to see what God is doing for you guys. Praying for you! 
Regretfully, I don't really have as much time as I'd like to read, since college is so demanding, but I ...
That's awesome. Really cool. 
That's awesome. Ashton is a good kid! On his way to changing lots of lives. 
Hey, guys thanks for all the encouragement and support that you are offering right now and have offered over the ...
