Are you the one?  You may be just the pastor I’m looking for…

I’m looking for an “A” player to fill a key pastoral position here at The Journey Church!

Fair warning: This position is not for the faint of heart.

However, if you have the skills and experience below and a raging passion to “give the people of New York City the best opportunity to become fully developing followers of Jesus,” you may be just the right fit!

Here’s the official position description:

The Journey Church is a contemporary 8 year old church in New York City with locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.  The position of full-time Pastor of Ministry & Assimilation is currently available.

The Journey consistently has approximately 1,000 adults attending weekend services, over 1,100 in groups and expects continued growth.

PASTOR OF MINISTRY & ASSIMILATION

Responsibilities:

Leadership, growth and innovation of The Journey’s ministry and volunteer systems – with the goal of getting 50% of Sunday attendance involved in meaningful ministry on a weekly basis.  Also, leading The Journey’s assimilation system in moving first time guests to becoming fully developing members.

Requires the ability to lead teams effectively and to raise up new leaders.  Also, organizational and administrative skills are a must.

Must be extremely hard-working and have had leadership experience on a large and growing church staff.  Other desired characteristics include strong interpersonal skills; growing leader; team builder; sense of humor; risk-taker (seminary not required).

No resumes will be considered that are not personalized for this specific position and that are not accompanied with a Cover Letter that outlines:

1) Your ministry experience
2) Why you are interested in this specific position
3) Why you might feel called to New York City

Familiarity with the book “Fusion” by Nelson Searcy is a must.

If you are interested, email a resume and a detailed cover letter to Pastor Kerrick Thomas, our Executive Pastor, at kerrick@journeymetro.com.

Sorry, but emailing me or contacting the church in other ways shows that you can’t follow instructions and thus you won’t be considered – ha (but true!).

- Nelson

Some of our most popular resources at Church Leader Insights are those that deal with pastors and church leaders personal growth.

Many of you have requested that we put together some sort of “Pastor’s Personal Life Package” of resources.

So here it is – your 2010 Stimulus Package!

By investing in this one package (up to $100.00 in savings), you’ll receive:

• Setting & Achieving Godly Goals
  This new 3-hour seminar will teach you how to set and achieve Godly Goals in your leadership, your church and your personal life.

• Time Management for Busy Pastors
  With this 3-hour seminar, you will learn 34 proven time management principles that you can apply immediately to save yourself up to 60 hours each month.

• Leadership Skills for a Growing Church
  In this 3-hour seminar, you’ll learn the 6 “secret skills” that every leader can develop to help you lead your church to greater growth and effectiveness.

P.S. Hurry, Package Special Ends 11:59PM this Monday, January 4th!  CLICK HERE

This is Kerrick Thomas – Executive Pastor at The Journey.

I just wanted to give you one last chance to participate in my FREE webinar “The Top 3 Skills Every Executive Pastor Must Master” TOMORROW, Wednesday (December 9) from 1:00-2:15pm (EST).

I’m really looking forward to this webinar - and really believe it will be a big help to Executive Pastors (and even to you Lead Pastors who wish you could get more out of your Executive Pastor or who are looking for just the right person to be your future Executive Pastor)!

During our time together we’re going to be looking at 3 of the most important skills that that have helped make my time as Executive Pastor at The Journey Church successful, fulfilling and yes…even enjoyable.

I want to help you apply these skills so that you will be better at relating to and helping the Lead Pastor, leading staff, managing the finances and taking responsibility for your own professional development.

It’s not too late for you to sign up for this 75-min webinar.

Just CLICK HERE for more info and to REGISTER NOW!

Church Leader Insights is currently running a Big Thanksgiving Sale!

We are offering 50 of my downloadable resources at ridiculously low prices, including many of our most popular downloads (like Starting a Second Service, Managing the Stress of Ministry, and The Journey’s Policy Manual).

In fact, all of our $13.95 downloads are only $9 and all $23.95 downloads are only $15!

Don’t miss this chance to pick up proven resources at huge savings!

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE DEALS NOW

Happy Thanksgiving!

Jason Hatley – Worship Arts Pastor at The Journey and founder of Worship Leader Insights – is out this week for the birth of his son (Congrats Jason and Karen!), so I wanted to share with you an awesome FREE training event for Worship Leaders coming up next week.

Here’s the details from Jason’s email:

I have decided to offer one last FREE 75-minute webinar next Wednesday, August 26 from 1:00pm-2:15pm EST to teach the Five Foundations of Building a Healthy and Growing Worship Team.

I know that you, like many others, weren’t able to make it to the the free “Five Foundations” webinar last week, but I have to tell you… No one was more surprised than me at how many people responded to attend the free training. The webinar hit a nerve!

Since I’ve been teaching the “How to Double Your Worship Team in a Day” seminar, and released the 3-CD resource last month, I’ve received a ton of questions about how to create the healthy, thriving team environment that almost ensures that this auditions system will work in your church. The questions have been great – but more than I can answer one-on-one.

This webinar will help you build the framework for a thriving worship ministry. It’s free and the best part is, you don’t even have to leave your office to get these powerful lessons that I’ve taught to hundreds of worship leaders in last 3 years (including most recently to a standing room only group of Worship Leaders at the Willow Creek Arts Conference in June 2009).

If you would like to attend this free webinar, just reply to this email and let me know.

This is the last time I’ll be able to offer this training for free, so I hope you can make it to this powerful, 75-minute nuts-and-bolts seminar on how to build a healthy and growing Worship Team.

Your partner in ministry,

Jason

To sign up for Jason’s FREE Webinar – The Five Foundations of Building a Healthy and Growing Worship Team – send him an email at jason@journeymetro.com.

Church Leader Insights is currently running a HUGE 4th of July Sale!

We are offering dozens of my downloadable resources at ridiculously low prices, including many of our most popular downloads (like The Big Day, Starting a Second Service, and Managing the Stress of Ministry).

In fact, all of our $13.95 downloads are only $7 and all $23.95 downloads are only $10!

TODAY is the final day of this sale (get your order in before midnight).

Here’s the link:

https://nelsonsearcy.infusionsoft.com/cart/store.jsp?view=1&i=57

Are you attending the Willow Arts Conference this week?

If so, stop by and see me – I’ll be leading the teaching track.

Also, please pray for me as this is a great opportunity to share as a part of a powerful conference.

Hope to see you there!

Thanks,

Nelson

This morning my text inbox and email have been full with questions about Gary Lamb’s resignation from Revolution Church.  Gary is a two time alumni of my coaching networks and he helped lead one of my coaching networks in Atlanta.  I consider Gary a friend.

Many pastors have emailed to asked me, “How should we respond?”  Here’s my response:

We should pray!

We should pray for Gary, Deanna, his children, Revolution Church, the staff of Revolution Church, and all that are currently hurt, angry and sad.

Now is not the time to be critical or judgmental or quick to respond.  I encourage you not to write your opinions of the announcement or your opinions about the situation or people involved on your blog.  At minimum, give it some time. . . a lot of time.  A quick response is rarely a godly response.  Do not write or tweet or post anything you will later regret.

I am praying!

Nelson

I’ve been invited to be on the The Fox Strategy Room on Fox Online News tomorrow (their live Internet Channel, not the TV station).

They’ve asked me to join them for the “Strategy Room” internet show to talk about our upcoming God on Film series at The Journey and give my input on other religion topics of the day.

If you’re interested, log on to www.FoxNews.com at 9:00 Eastern in the morning and click on the “Watch Live – Strategy Room” link at the top of the page.  The live stream will open in a new window for you to watch.

Either way, please take a moment to pray for me, that I will be a good representative of Christ and His Church in the morning – Thanks!

Your Friend,

Nelson

UPDATE – Here’s the link: http://www.foxnews.com/strategyroom/

With the new Star Trek movie coming out in less than a week, I thought it would be a good time to share this quote. I’m planning on seeing it, how about you?

Yes, I’m a trekkie!

“The miracle is this – the more we share, the more we have.”
– Leonard Nimoy, Actor