FREE Webinar for Worship Leaders

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.

LAST DAY – 4th of July Sale!

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

Stop By and See Me at Willow

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

Praying for Gary Lamb and his family

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

Watch me online at Fox News tomorrow morning…

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/

A Saturday Quote (from Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek)

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

Easter Samples from The Journey

Here are some of the sample files from The Journey that I reference in the Maximizing Easter Tele-Seminar.  Feel free to take a look (you can right-click on each and “save as” to download them to your computer):

• Easter Invite Card – Outside
• Easter Invite Card – Inside
• Fasting for Lent (2009)

Thanks for being on the call!

Nelson

Thanks!

Here at the end of the week, I want to send out a big THANK YOU to all of you who have grabbed a copy my FREE E-Book, “How to Maximize Easter”.  Since its release on Tuesday morning, nearly 1,500 of you have downloaded your copy.

Four quick thoughts:

1 - If you haven’t yet taken the opportunity to download your FREE copy of “How to Maximize Easter”, here’s the link: http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/resources/maximizing_easter_report.php

2 - If you have already downloaded your copy, would you consider sending the link to a friend who you think may benefit from it?

3 - Will you make a note and commit with me to pray for maximum Kingdom impact this Easter for all of our churches?

4 - It’s not too late to go even deeper than the report by joining me for one of my “How to Maximize Easter” Tele-Seminars! Here’s the link to register: https://nelsonsearcy.infusionsoft.com/cart/store.jsp?view=1&i=51

Thanks again!

Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday!

Don’t forget to remind your church to set their clocks forward before heading to bed on Saturday night.  Otherwise, it might be a lonely Sunday morning…

Have a great day!

Lessons Learned – Final Thoughts (Tim Ferriss)

This week I’ve been sharing some “Lessons Learned in 2008″ from Tim Ferriss, one of my favorite authors and bloggers.  Here’s some final thoughts:

“You don’t have to recoup losses the same way you lose them.

Adversity doesn’t build character; it reveals it.

Related: Money doesn’t change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.

A good question to revisit whenever overwhelmed: Are you having a break-down or a breakthrough?

A mindset of scarcity (which breeds jealousy and unethical behavior) is due to a disdain for those things easily obtained. (Seneca)”

To read more from Tim, click here. See you next week – have a great Sunday!

Nelson