Our team is away at two conferences this week so no blogging until later in the week. In the meantime, here’s a fun post to make you smile

Our church in Boca Raton advertised in “The University Press” for Florida Atlantic University (we ‘own’ the back cover each week promoting our church which is directly across the street from FAU – its been pretty successful for us – maybe there’s a serious lesson here, but I digress).

In last weeks paper, the main ad was on the “Top 10 Mustaches of All Time” – thought you might enjoy it….

10. Yosemite Sam

9. Salvador Dali

8. Burt Reynolds

7. Groucho Marx

6. Gene Shalit

5. The Swedish Chef (from the Muppets)

4. Mike Ditka

3. Charlie Chaplin

2. Tom Selleck

1. Mario

Your fellow mustachioed (or is mine a goatee or maybe a VanDyke) friend,

Nelson

P.S. Who do you think is missing? Maybe Sam Elliott?

Post your responses below… Bonus points if you recommend a pastor!

Three Key Personal Growth Resources ($299.85 Value) for only $149 – HALF OFF, but Hurry – Sale Ends Tuesday, January 4!

Jump-start your Personal Growth in 2011 with these Three Proven Resources at an Unprecedented Savings.

Each year, most of us “resolve” ourselves to grow, to maximize our potential and to make a bigger ministry impact… only to forget about those resolutions before Easter rolls around.

What if this year was different?

In 2011, become a better goal-setter (and achiever), a more efficient time manager and a more effective leader overall – this proven, three part resource package will help you do just that!

Don’t miss this one-time opportunity to invest in these three powerful resources in one complete package for over $69.00 in savings!

This New Year’s Package from Nelson Searcy includes:

Setting & Achieving Godly Goals ($99.95 value)

This new three-hour seminar will teach you how to set and achieve Godly Goals in your leadership, your church and your personal life.

• Why every pastor should be a goal setter (and how to do it ASAP)
• How goals impact the growth of your church (it’s more than you realize)
• What goals can (and cannot) do for your life
• The Biblical connection between goal setting and spiritual growth
• The 10 key principles of GODLY goals (any one of these will make a huge difference)
• The connection between goals and faith (it’s not what you think!)
• The top five types of goals and how to start setting them for your life
• How to make your goals the B-E-S-T!
• Why you may not need more spiritual goals (yes, you read that right)
• The positive impact that goals will have on your spouse and children (they want you to have goals!)
• What to do when you don’t achieve all your goals
• How to fully design your life to honor and glorify God

Time Management for Busy Pastors ($99.95 value)

With this three-hour seminar, you will learn 34 proven time-management principles that you can apply immediately to save yourself up to 60 hours each month.

• What to schedule first in your calendar to maximize your time (Hint: It’s not what you think!)
• How to live off-peak (this alone will save you hours each month)
• How to be efficient rather than busy
• How to automate important tasks so you accomplish them on time, every time, with NO EFFORT!
• How to live with the peace of mind that nothing will “slip through the cracks”
• How to increase your effectiveness as a leader by knowing when NOT to use technology
• How to identify and utilize several hours in your week that are currently “invisible”
• And much more!

Leadership Skills for a Growing Church ($99.95 value)

In this three-hour seminar, you’ll learn the six “secret skills” that every leader can develop to help you lead your church to greater growth and effectiveness.

• How to keep growing as a leader
• How to manage your ever-increasing time demands
• How to maximize your staff and volunteers
• How to anticipate the future
• How to reproduce other leaders
• How to do it all, while maintaining a sustainable pace over the long haul

CLICK HERE to Download this Package worth $299.85 for Only $149 – HALF OFF!
You save over $149.00!

CLICK HERE to Secure this Boxed CD Set

Hurry, the New Year’s Sale Ends at 5:30pm EST on Tuesday, January 4, 2011

We all wanted to make a quick post this morning to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas!

It has been a great year at Church Leader Insights and we thank God that we get to play a small part in your ministry.

It’s our pleasure to partner with you and your church.

Sincerely,

The Church Leader Insights Team

- Brendan, Cristina, Nelson, Scott, Tommy and Vinny

P.S.  Don’t forget our Christmas Sale on Package Deals (it’s over when the New Year begins) – click the link below:

http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/christmas-sale/

I’m wondering if my staff has too much time and too much software (can you say “Photoshop”?) on their hands with this picture….

It’s a busy week for most of us (making final preps for your Christmas Eve services, putting the finishing touches on your 2011 preaching calendar or maybe even out and about Christmas shopping), but I wanted to be sure you know about the Church Leader Insights CHRISTMAS SALE!

Starting today, we’re giving you a chance to invest in some of my most powerful, comprehensive resource packages and save hundreds of dollars -

To find out more and secure one of these packages at a price you won’t see again, go to:

www.ChurchLeaderInsights.com/christmas-sale/

Can you join me on Tuesday at 2pm Eastern for a 60-minute conference call?

It’s a brand new, Senior Pastors-only training called the “2010 Wrap-up and Ramp-up Call,” where I’ll lead you through the year-end questions that I personally use to “wrap-up” one year and “ramp-up” for the next.

In the past, I’ve only offered these questions to those in my coaching networks – and I’ve received a great deal of positive feedback – but just a few days ago the Church Leader Insights team talked me into opening it up for a handful of other Senior Pastors to participate.

In fact, these questions (which I’ve been using and fine-tuning for years personally) will help you revolutionize the way you approach 2011… at least that’s what my coaching participants have told me in past years.

This is a FREE call, but you do need to reserve your spot (we only have a limited number of lines on the conference call).

Don’t wait if you’re interested – we have only sent a couple of emails about this call, and it’s filling up fast.  We’ll take down the registration page when it’s full, so if the link below works there’s room for you.

Please see the P.S. below for more details or follow this link to register now:

http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/year-end-call/

Have a great Sunday and I hope to speak to you on Tuesday,

Nelson

P.S. Here are all the details that the team put together:

2010 WRAP-UP & RAMP-UP CONFERENCE CALL with Nelson Searcy

** NEW for Senior Pastors Only **

Would you like to finish 2010 on a high note and launch into 2011 with momentum?

Let Nelson Searcy talk you through the questions that will help you end 2010 and begin 2011 stronger than ever!

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2010
2:00pm – 3:00pm Eastern
1:00pm – 2:00pm Central
12:00pm – 1:00pm Mountain
11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

We talked Nelson into opening up this year-end call to a select group of Senior Pastors (it’s normally reserved for Coaching participants)

On this one-hour call, Nelson will ask you:
- The questions that will help you wrap up 2010 on a high note and ramp up for 2011
- The personal questions that no one ever asks you as a pastor (spiritual, relational and financial)
- Questions to help you evaluate your most important relationships, including…
- The marital questions that your spouse desperately wishes you would ask yourself
- The insightful and reflective questions that will take your leadership to the next level in 2011 (both personally and in your church)
- Questions to help you make 2011 less stressful than 2010 has been (and help you identify what’s stressing you out in the future)
- And more!

Get the game-changing questions to revolutionize how you approach 2011!

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is for Senior Pastors who are serious about making a bigger impact in 2011 than they did in 2010.

REGISTER NOW AT:

http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/year-end-call/

Super Bowl Sunday 2011 is coming up on Sunday, February 6, 2011, the same day as National Porn Sunday.

My friend Craig Gross and the XXXchurch team are passionate about equipping the Church to deal with the overwhelming issue of pornography addiction.

They’ve helped over 300 churches host this event in the past and 2011 is sure to be the biggest ever.

This is a great opportunity for you to bring the issue of porn addiction out of the shadows and offer healing to those who are struggling.  In fact, pornography is one of the many subjects that the church remains silent about while the people in our churches long for help…

The Porn Sunday event is free and offers a 30-minute message featuring Craig Gross along with several professional football players speaking about the issue of pornography. When you register, you’ll also receive a Porn Sunday Manual that will help your church prepare.

Now is the time to start planning for National Porn Sunday - take a look at the video below and then sign up for free.

2011 Porn Sunday Trailer Promo from XXXchurch on Vimeo.

The CLI Team and I are trying to do everything we can to equip your church’s staff to lead more effectively in 2011!

Case in point – these upcoming webinars:

HOW TO AVOID THE THREE BIGGEST SMALL GROUPS MISTAKES WEBINAR
Led by Kerrick Thomas and Adam Bishop

THIS THURSDAY, December 9
2:00 – 3:15pm Eastern
1:00pm – 2:15pm Central
12:00pm – 1:15pm Mountain
11:00am – 12:15pm Pacific

Join Kerrick and Adam for this FREE, 75-minute, nuts-and-bolts Small Groups Webinar, where they’ll help you learn to avoid the 3 biggest mistakes in leading your groups system so that you can build a framework for a thriving small groups ministry at your church.

Kerrick is the Executive Pastor at The Journey (and co-author of my book Activate) and Adam is the Small Groups Pastor at The Journey.  They are the small group gurus around  here at The Journey – and we have over 100% of our attenders participating in groups every semester!

They are ramping up for a brand new Small Groups Pastor Tele-Coaching Network that begins January 13, 2011.

This is a “don’t miss” free training and the best part is – you don’t even have to leave your office to get the lessons they’ve taught to hundreds of churches already.

Sign up at the link below:

http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/sg-webinar/

THE TOP 3 SKILLS EVERY EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE PASTOR MUST MASTER
Led by Kerrick Thomas

Next Tuesday, December 14
2:00 – 3:15pm Eastern
1:00pm – 2:15pm Central
12:00pm – 1:15pm Mountain
11:00am – 12:15pm Pacific

Attention: Executive and Associate Pastors!

This FREE Webinar is designed especially for you, and Kerrick – our Executive Pastor at The Journey – will be teaching you the three “must-have” skills that you need to develop to be successful in your unique role in the church.

Again, you can take part in the same material that hundreds have traveled to live events to hear from the comfort of your own office or home.

Sign up at the link below:

http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/xp-webinar/

You don’t want to miss these two opportunities to learn and grow!

Just wanted to give you a heads-up…

I’m taking a week-long break from the blog to enjoy a planned vacation with Kelley and Alex.

See you back here again on Monday, December 6.

Have a great week!

Hey,

I’m stuffed from yesterday’s turkey and enjoying the day with Kelley and Alex.

But I thought I’d let you know that we decided to join in on this year’s Black Friday Sale.

The team at CLI convinced me to ADD SOME NEW DEALS to our on-going Thanksgiving Sale.

So I’ve added in Intensive Workshops and Package Deal resources for $100.00 OFF….but those are just for TODAY ONLY!

Just click this link:

www.ChurchLeaderInsights.com/thanksgivingsale

(While you are on the page, check out the dozens of other resources that are on sale just for Thanksgiving.)

Thanks for letting me and my team partner with you in ministry!

Nelson

P.S.  The Early Bird Deadline for my next Senior Pastor Tele-coaching Network is coming up!  You can receive over $840.00 in additional resources if submit your application before December 31st.  To learn more click the link below:

www.ChurchLeaderInsights.com/telecoaching

I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving!

I am very grateful to be a small part of your ministry and look forward to serving you for many years in the future.

Your partner in ministry,

Nelson

P.S.  Don’t forget our download sale continues through Monday – click the link below:

www.ChurchLeaderInsights.com/thanksgivingsale

P.P.S.  The Early Bird Deadline for my next Senior Pastor Tele-coaching Network is coming up!  You can receive over $840.00 in additional resources if submit your application before December 31st. To learn more click the link below:

www.ChurchLeaderInsights.com/telecoaching