16 Things Churches Should Know About Regaining Lost Momentum

16 Things Churches Should Know About Regaining Lost Momentum

A ChurchLeaders.com article states “Well-known church researcher and author Thom Rainer notes that the failure of churches to keep up with the population growth is one of the Church”s greatest issues heading into the future. In a 2002 survey of 1,159 U.S. churches, Rainer”s research team found that only 6% of the churches were growing — he defines growth as not only increasing in attendance, but also increasing at a pace faster than its community”s population growth rate. Stated inversely, 94% of our churches are losing ground in the communities they serve.”
Let that sink in for a moment – 94% of churches are losing ground.  But what can churches do to regain this lost momentum?  In a search for answers, I came across an unusual source.
This past Sunday, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady led a historic last-minute comeback against the New Orleans Saints.  When all hope seemed lost, when everything was working against him, when no answers seemed available, Brady regained lost momentum and led his team to victory.
http://youtu.be/NHlMNQQFZC4
Bleacher Report writer Erik Frenz took an in-depth look at the final drive.  As I read his analysis, I discovered 16 Things Churches Should Know About Regaining Lost Momentum.  You can read Frenz’s full article by clicking here.

1. Churches Should Know They Will Go Through Ups And Downs – We are in a cosmic battle between Heaven and Hell.  As a result, there is a constant ebb and flow to ministry.  Don’t be naive or have unrealistic expectations.
2. Churches Should Know Failure Is Not Final - Heading into the final drive, Brady had only completed 4 of 15 second half passes.
3. Churches Should Know Decisiveness And Correct Decisions Are Needed To Regaining Lost Momentum - The first completion of the drive was a 23-yard pass to Julian Edelman.  Because of the Saints defense, this pass required decisiveness and accuracy.
4. Churches Should Know A Good Start Is Necessary To Regaining Lost Momentum - When asked what was the key to the successful drive, Edelman said, “Just getting it started…We started it off, played with urgency.”
5. Churches Should Know Upgrading Talent Is Often Necessary To Regaining Lost Momentum - Austin Collie caught Brady’s second pass for 15 yards.  He had joined the team just 10 days prior.
6. Churches Should Know Removing Clutter Is Necessary To Regaining Lost Momentum – What needs to be removed for your ministry to moved forward?  One of the things that allowed Brady to complete the second pass was a comfortable and uncluttered pocket.
7. Churches Should Know Preparation Is Necessary To Regaining Lost Momentum – What allowed Brady to complete his third pass of the drive, six yards to Aaron Dobson, was the Saints’s lack of preparation for the pace of the Patriots’s offense.
8. Churches Should Know You Cannot Be Passive If You Want To Regain Lost Momentum – Brady’s fourth pass of the drive fell incomplete.  This was the result of a creative blitz run by the Saints defense.  The rest of the drive they elected to play with passivity and ultimately lost.  Passive churches will also lose.
9. Churches Should Know They Must Rely On People They Can Trust To Regain Lost Momentum – Though the fifth pass of the drive also fell incomplete, Brady was continually targeting Edelman, his most trusted receiver.
10. Churches Should Know Making Strategic Adjustments Is Necessary To Regain Lost Momentum – Brady’s sixth pass was a 9-yard completion to Collie.  What makes this play unique is for the first time in the drive, the Patriots changed up their personnel on the field.
11. Churches Should Know Regaining Lost Momentum Is Often Birthed From Necessity – The changing of personnel was primarily due to Edelman having to leave the game after two consecutive hard hits.
12. Churches Should Know Confidence Must Be Earned To Regain Lost Momentum – Brady said, ”[Collie has] earned the confidence of everybody so we had a situation where we put him on the field and see what he could do and see if he could help us win a game and he did.”
13. Churches Should Know You Must Fight And Persevere To Regain Lost Momentum - After catching the 17-yard touchdown pass, rookie wide receiver Kenbrell Thompkins said, “”We just knew that it was going to come down to the last minute.  Until that clock said all zeros on it, we were going to fight until the finish. And that’s what we did, we just went out there and fought to the finish.”
14. Churches Should Know You Must Expect A Lot From Your Leaders To Regain Lost Momentum – Great leaders are asked to do a lot.  This was the 28th career fourth quarter comeback for Brady.
15. Churches Should Know Great Leaders Must Make Others Better To Regain Lost Momentum – This is the least impressive group of receivers Brady has ever had to work with.
16. Churches Should Know You Can Never Lose Hope If You Want To Regain Lost Momentum – As long as Brady is playing quarterback for the Patriots, the team will always have a chance to win.

23 LEADERSHIP QUOTES AND LESSONS FROM GRACE UNPLUGGED : THE MUST SEE FATHER-DAUGHTER MOVIE OF THE YEAR

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Today my family went to see the new movie Grace Unplugged.  This incredible film is the story of the talented 18-year-old Grace Trey who has desires of a larger platform than the one provided by her local church and worship leading father Johnny played by James Denton.
After recording a demo which would later become a Top-10 hit, Grace (played by AJ Michalka) leaves for Los Angeles against the wishes of her father.
Johnny was a previous one-hit wonder who gave his life to Jesus Christ after experiencing the underbelly of the music business.  As a result, he has tried everything to protect his talented daughter from the same destructive lifestyle.
This is the feel-good, must-see family movie of the year.  The following are 23 leadership quotes and lessons that every father and daughter can learn from:

1. “Music is unpredictable.” – Success is always temporary.  Johnny reminds us the only constant in our life is Jesus Christ.
2. “All dads do brilliant teaching moments.” – It is the nature of Christian fathers to constantly be leaving a legacy in their children’s lives.
3. “You always wanted your life to be about God.  These days it’s all about you.” – Rebellion is a sign that everything in our life has become about us.
4. Opportunity Does Not Equal Obligation – When Johnny’s old manager Mossy, played by Kevin Pollack re-enters his life, Johnny understands choosing to leave his church and return to a life on the road would be a poor choice.
5. Wise People Learn From The Mistakes Of Others – Rather than learning from her father’s experience, Gracie chooses to secretly sign with Mossy.
6. The Timing Of Counterfeits – God will complete His work in our lives.  However, the enemy often provides counterfeit relationships and opportunities right before God provides the real thing.  You must be patient.
7. God Must Always Be Placed In The Position Of Preeminence In Every Area Of Your Life – To be successful, Grace was forced to give up singing Christ-centered music.
8. Sin Has A Pleasurable Season – Right after signing with the record company, Grace was given cash and a nice apartment.  The pleasure of sin has a season.  It just also has a price you cannot afford to pay.
9. “Be great.  Relax.  Don’t screw it up.” – Mossy told Grace this right before your first performance.  The world’s love is conditional.  By contrast, the love of Jesus is unconditional.
10. “You are not ready for this.” - For Christians, it is better to wait for opportunities, to be summoned, rather than forcing your way into opportunities.  Wait for God to bring you the opportunity.  When God opens the doors, you can presuppose He has equipped you to go through them.
11. “It’s not about the music.  It is everything that goes with it.” – Leaders must see the full impact of their decisions.
12. You Can’t Live On Your Parents’s Faith – You can’t live off your parent’s faith forever.  Grace goes through a brokenness experience which forced her to make her faith her own.
13. “God may not be using you in Grace’s life right now.  But He is in control.  We must trust Him to be faithful.” – All fathers must eventually give their children fully to God and trust Him to take care of them.  For the record, I’m not there yet.
14. “Your body is your best asset.  Sometimes you have to spend it.” – Gracie was told this by a fellow singer.  Women, never allow people to view you as a throw-away object.  You are a treasure that God has a wonderful plan for.
15. “If she can’t handle the pressure, on to the next contestant.” – Once again, this statement reflects the conditional love of the world.  You will be used for everything they can get out of you.  Then you will be discarded as they move onto the next person.
16. Normal Is Grossly Underrated – Grace begins her turnaround by having a normal family dinner with a co-worker.  There is something wonderful comforting and secure about a simple family meal together.
17. “She’s phenomenal.  She had the best teacher.” – What parents do in moderation, children do in excess.
18. “It doesn’t make me happy.  It makes it official.” – Spoken by Grace after securing her record deal.  Few things are as sad as climbing the ladder of success and when arriving at the top, realizing it was leaning against the wrong wall.
19. “You’re Top 20.  It doesn’t matter if you can write.” – Successful organizations put resources around top people to compensate for their weaknesses.
20. “Nothing ever made me happier than playing music with you.” – Spoken by Johnny to his daughter Grace.  As a father, I understand what he is saying.  I am never happier than taking quiet walks with my daughter.
21. “This is what it feels like when you make it.” – No amount of success is satisfying unless it is found in Jesus Christ.
22. God Does Great Things When You’re On Your Knees – It is through our pain that God draws us close to Him and subsequently does His greatest work in our lives.
23. “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.  It’s time to go home.” – For some of you reading this post, you have made some terrible mistakes.  There is forgiveness to be found in Jesus.  It’s time to come home.

I can’t recommend enough everyone see this movie.  It will be one of, if not the best movie you see all year.

44 Leadership Quotes From Tony Dungy And His Book Quiet Strength

October 7, 2013 0 Comments

Tony Dungy is universally admired and respected for good reason.  Very few men have the moral authority that he does.  One of my favorite leadership books is his classic Quiet Strength.  As a gift to you, the following are my favorite leadership quotes from that book.

• When it’s over, it’s over is part of football’s greatest appeal to me.  When a game ends, win or lose, it’s time to prepare for the next one.
• It’s the journey that matters.  Learning is more important than the test.  Practice well, and the games will take care of themselves.
• A good teacher is one who helps everybody earn an A. - Dr. Wilbur Dungy
• What’s important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.
• I need to treat everybody fairly but fair doesn’t always mean equal.
• And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.
• Success is uncommon and not to be enjoyed by the common man. I’m looking for uncommon people because we want to be successful, not average. - Coach Cal Stoll
• If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out. - Coach Chuck Noll
• I was able to look at football as something that God was allowing me to do, not something that should define me.  I couldn’t take my identity from this sport.
• At the end of the day, the only people a One Voice doctrine silences are those who should be the most loyal.
• There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important.
• I needed to do my current job well, keep preparing, and wait on God’s timing.  I needed to trust His leadership rather than try to force an outcome I wanted.
• Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone.
• I learned it doesn’t matter how you win.  You play to your team’s strength.
• Once we had become locked in on a schedule, he (Coach Denny Green) often created a disruption (artificial adversity) to that schedule just to see how guys would respond.
• We wanted guys who had been productive in college, and we made it a point to pick performance over potential.
• We only wanted to pay significant sums to keep truly special players.
• They were unwillingly to give 100 percent if they didn’t personally think it was important.  What you don’t understand is the champions know it’s all important.
• Watch the film, not the stopwatch. - Coach Chuck Noll
• I found that while life drags on when you’re losing, it marches on when you’re winning.
• We spent our whole married life in the ultracompetitive world of professional football, Lauren and I had always tried to view it through God’s eyes.  As much fun as it was to be winning, we tried not to get caught up in it.  We knew that our family life and our faith walk were more important.
• God’s definition of success is really one of the significant difference our lives can make in the lives of others.
• Excellence that feels is has to be proclaimed, by the mere fact of its proclamation admits the doubt of its existence. – CleoMae Dungy
• Once a player joins our team, our priority is to teach him, not worry about the player we didn’t select.
• If I can’t get the captains to respond appropriately and show the leadership I expect, how is anyone else going to respond?
• The best solution for falling just short of the goal is to focus on the fundamentals but perform them better.
• There’s a difference between making incremental improvements and making sweeping changes that take you away from your core values.
• We believed it was not our formations that made us good, but rather how we played.
• I hired top-notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn’t be coaching as much.
• Change isn’t always bad; we should always be learning and improving.  But the change I was seeing involved principles, not procedures.
• God allows us to feel pain for a reason: to protect us.
• Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others.  Pain can be a highly effective instructor.
• And as a football coach in the National Football League, I know for sure that it’s going to end someday.
• A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.
• I can’t very well preach unity and tell the guys we’re all in this together and everyone’s important, then cut a guy because we might improve by one percent if we bring in someone else.
• If we do what we do without panicking, we can accomplish great things.
• Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry.  But it’s not a life.
• Keeping ridiculous hours doesn’t mean you’ll be successful.
• At some point in life’s journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation.
• What’s important is not the uniform or the number, and it’s not what team you play for or whether anyone else sees your value; it’s who you are on the inside.  And when you’re in Christ, that’s never going to change.
• First, there is no typical grief cycle, and second, it’s not something I went through.  I’m still grieving.
• (Offensive Coach) Paul Hackett realized that Joe Montana knew more about the offense than he did, but when the meeting was over, Paul saw that Joe had taken three pages of notes.  He documented exactly how Paul wanted to run the play, as well as all of the basics of it and its details. That’s what a professional does.
• Being stubborn is a virtue when you’re right; it’s only a character flaw when you’re wrong. - Coach Chuck Noll
• I love coaching football, and winning a Super Bowl was a goal I’ve had for a long time.  But it has never been my purpose in life.  My purpose in life is simply to glorify God.  We have to be careful that we don’t let the pursuit of our life’s goals, no matter how important they seem, cause us to lose sight of our purpose.  I coach football.  But the good I can do to glorify God along the way is my real purpose.

8 Practices Of Leaders Who Get Things Done When It Matters Most

October 6, 2013 2 Comments

Leaders face a constant struggle of prioritizing activity over accomplishment.  There are moments in the life of every church, business, sports team, and non-profit which matter more than others.  These are the defining times when investments, critical decisions, advancements, and personnel decisions are made.
It is during these crucial times that leadership must rise to the top.  The best leaders get things done when it matters the most.
In the October 7th edition of Sports Illustrated, the great baseball writer Tom Verducci takes a look at what it takes win during the most crucial time of the baseball season, the World Series.  As I read the article, I gleaned 7 Practices Of Leaders Who Get Things Done When It Matters Most.

1. Leaders Who Get Things Done When It Matters Most Make The Most Of Their Opportunities – Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane said, “Two years ago the [2011 champion St. Louis] Cardinals barely made the playoffs.  I’m pretty sure their business plan was not to make it in on the last day and run right through the playoffs.  The [2010 world champion San Francisco] Giants got in on the last day.”
2. Leaders Who Get Things Done When It Matters Most Are Often Lucky – Leaders rarely admit it but we all need a few fortunate breaks.  Beane goes on to add, “As long as you have a lot of teams…the more likely you are to have random events.  I can assure you that whoever wins, they will start writing the story from the winner backward.  Nobody really knows before it starts.”
3. Leaders Who Get Things Done When It Matters Most Do Something Big – Teams who hit more home runs than their opponents win 70% of the time during the regular season and make the playoffs.
4. Leaders Who Get Things Done When It Matters Most Don’t Quit – It is important that leaders simply show up every single day.  The last eight teams to reach the World Series ranked ninth or lower in the amount of team strikeouts. In other words, they hit the ball and just got on base more than their opponents.  A’s third baseman Josh Donaldson became a star this year.  He attributes his ascension to simply cutting down his strikeout rate and taking more walks.  He just got on base more often.
5. Leaders Who Get Things Done When It Matters Most Eliminate Chance – Beane is a great admirer of the 1998 New York Yankees.  He says, “The best team I’ve ever seen.  It was a testament to how great they were.  They just about eliminated chance.”
6. Leaders Who Get Things Done When It Matters Most Transition Out Poor Performers – Beane points out, “We don’t have any stars, but we also don’t have any bad players.  Baseball teams are very mathematical.  You can have a star player like Mike Trout and completely nullify his performance if you have two players that are really bad.”
7. Leaders Who Get Things Done When It Matters Most Have Specific Roles For Those On Their Teams – Beane continues, “All 25 [of our] players have very specific roles.”
8. Leaders Who Get Things Done When It Matters Most Are Great Thinkers – When it comes to winning in the playoffs, Beane becomes even more analytical.  He says, “We have to become more myopic and [deeper] in our quantitative analysis.  As we get more and more information, we become more and more rational.”

Make The Most Of Your Opportunities, Get Lucky, Do Something Big, Don’t Quit, Eliminate Chance, Transition Out Poor Performers, Provide Specific Roles and Great Thinking.  If you practice these 8 things, you may also be a leader who accomplishes things when it matters most.
If you want to raise up volunteers who get things done when it matters most in your church, then on October 29th, The Rocket Company is putting on a FREE online conference called Get More Volunteers 2013.

This conference is hosted by Tony Morgan and features great leaders like Reggie Joiner, Perry Noble, Chris Hodges and Derwin Gray.  I’ll even be playing a role.  Click here or on the image provided to sign up.  I recommend you get your entire volunteer team to watch.  You’ll be glad you did.

21 Leadership Quotes and leadership From Andy Stanley At Catalyst 2013

October 3, 2013 1 Comment

Today, in an effort to help churches succeed, I live blogged on behalf of The Rocket Company the sessions from Day 1 of the Catalyst Conference.  The incomparable Andy Stanley was my favorite speaker of the day.  I have provided the 21 Leadership Quotes and Lessons from his session.
To read the rest of the leadership lessons from today’s speakers, click the links for Malcolm Gladwell, Jason Russell, and John Piper.

1. You have in you an appetite to be known.  You will never enough mentions.  You will never have enough friends.
2. Known is an appetite.  If you feed it it will grow.
3. How known is known enough?
4. It starts with “Daddy watch this.”
5. There’s a little Lady Gaga in all of this.  We live for the applause.
6. There is no amount of applause that will fully and finally satisfy you.
7. What’s applauded is exceptional the first time will be expected the next time.  Exceptional becomes Expectional.
8. Your desire to be known will drive you to do things you never would have done until you became known.
9. Applause is intoxicating.  Intoxicated people don’t make very good decisions.
10. Those most applauded for feel the most entitled to.
11. I’m just not sure about senior pastors having reserved spots until their about 65.
12. The worst part about a reserved spot is it is a public entitlement.
13. Applause is addictive.
14. To lead you must be known…As a leader you’ve been called to be known.  God wants you to use your gift.  He wants you to get published.  The question is “How do we keep it from ruining us?”
15. John the Baptist understood knowness because he was known to make Him known.
16. Surviving known is remembering Who it’s from and Who it’s for.
17. I have never once seen my dad get caught up with arrogance.
18. “I know God can cut it (popularity) off in a minute.” – Charles Stanley
19. Your appetite for known will never be satisfied by a number but a Name, a Who rather than a How Many.
20. A man can only receive what is given him from Heaven.  I want the approval that only comes from Heaven.
21. “I allowed you to be known and you never forgot it.” – God

More info from the conference coming tomorrow.

Top 30 Leadership Quotes From The Catalyst Labs

October 2, 2013 5 Comments

Today I had the opportunity to represent The Rocket Company at the Catalyst Conference Labs.  For special free offer 5 Things That Kill A Sermon from The Rocket Company and to read all the leadership quotes from these great leaders, click here.
For your convenience however, I am provided you the abbreviated 30 Top Leadership Quotes I heard today.  These will make you a better leader.
Dr. Henry Cloud

1. The worst thing we can die with, ever, is potential.
2. The brain – if you traumatize it, put it under threat, it shuts down thinking and creativity and turns up the juice on reacting.
3. Teams that win the Super Bowl do three things – Lowest Turnovers, Lowest Penalties, and Special Teams.
4. The #1 factor in whether you can accomplish a goal or not is the belief that you can.

Jeff Henderson – What Non-Profits Could Learn From For-Profits

1. The solutions the non-profits are trying to provide aren’t keeping pace with the problems they’re trying to survive.
2. For-Profits think, “We’ve got to find that finest talent available, pay them what they’re worth, and put them into their daily solutions. “  Apply the Who to the What.
3. Non-Profits find the very best Who and put them on their Boards because they don’t want to pay them.
4. When did we get to the point that we think excellence is offensive to God.
5. If we’re not careful we spiritualize laziness.
6. I hire talented, creative, passionate learners who have a history of turning intention into reality.
7. I love everybody but I don’t have to hire everybody.
8. I have to look at our staff and ask the hard question – Would I hire them again?
9. Asking for money is better over coffee than over a computer.
10. Fundraising requires looking someone eye-to-eye and say, “Will you help me” and don’t say another thing.  Just listen to them.

Lysa TerKeurst – RemarkABLE: The Three Decisions That Will Make Or Break Momentum In Your Organization

1. As a leader there are times everyone is looking at you and you don’t have the answers.
2. We can learn more from the epic failures of momentum rather than the great successes.
3. Everyone offers exactly the same thing – Value.

Bryan Loritts – Leadership In An Age Of Entitlement

1. I was growing with a holy frustration because the crowds I was speaking to were all white or all black and that’s not the gospel.
2. We are not a multi-ethnic church first.  We are a Jesus-first church.
3. I avoid leadership conferences like the plague.  I’d come to a leadership conference to try to get a quick fix to make myself great.
4. My struggle with social media is I become the star of my own reality show.
5. It’s almost impossible to offend a humble person.
6. I am not a sociologist.  I am not a leadership guru.  I am a preacher of The Word of God.
7. In the South we have hidden behind relational cowardice.  Timidity is not humility.  It is actually the other side of pride.
8. Humility = harmony.  When you has a leader model humility, one of the outgrowths of that is harmony.
9. Pride is stealing what rightfully belongs to God and applying to myself.  Pride is taking what is rightfully God’s.
10. Leader, you are the keeper of your culture.
11. One of the things I love about the African-American culture is honoring the man of God.
12. Jesus did not coerce people into the Kingdom.  He served people into the Kingdom.
13. Develop friendships and relationships with people who seemingly bring nothing to the table.  So many relationships are transactional.  What you will find is counter-intuitive.  They bring more to the table than you will know.

More coming from this event in the upcoming days.

7 Practices Of The Best Church Volunteers

September 30, 2013 0 Comments

I don’t know where I would be without a man named Lenis Black.  With the trajectory I was on, I certainly would not be the person I am today.  Who is Lenis Black you ask?  Lenis was a volunteer at Acworth United Methodist Church.  He was my first Sunday School teacher when I began attending church in 1980.
I was talking today about the practices of the best church volunteers.  The conversation caused me to go back 33 years and remember the incredible impact Lenis had on my life.  Before reading the 7 things I learned from Lenis, make sure you read about the FREE online conference called Get More Volunteers 2013.

1. The Best Volunteers Provide Stability And Security - After my parents divorced, my mother began taking her three children to church hoping the environment of Acworth United Methodist Church would provide her children some level of stability.  Thanks to Lenis and others, my mother made the correct decision.
2. The Best Volunteers Make Church Interesting - Lenis was a great teacher, humourous, and very interesting.  He talked about things teenage boys appreciated and made the Bible come alive.
3. The Best Volunteers Build Relationships That Extend Beyond Sunday Morning - Lenis had a son who was one of my best friends.  This was a good excuse for him to periodically show up at school to simply see how I was doing.
4. The Best Volunteers Care About People - The thing I remember most about Lenis was when called me during the Georgetown vs Villanova showdown in January 1984.  There was no agenda as he was just investing in my life.  Funny thing, I remember every aspect of that phone call to this very day.
5. The Best Volunteers Model The Christian Life - Great volunteers are a picture of the desired destination at which others wish to arrive.  The reality is that when a divorce happens, a void is created in the child’s life.  It is simply unavoidable.  The void of a Godly man was filled by Lenis.  He gave me a picture of what a man sold out to Christ looked like.
6. The Best Volunteers Expose Others To Church Leadership - The best volunteers consciously expand the leadership circle.  Shortly after becoming a Christian, Lenis walked me into Senior Pastor Jim Lowery’s office to pray before a service.  Due to my naivety, I had no idea what was going on or what to pray.  However, that single decision to have me in that setting propelled me on a path that I’m still on to this day.
7. The Best Volunteers Are Extravagantly Generous - Lenis taught our class for the four years of high school.  Each year he wrestled with whether he should return or not.  He always did and my life was never the same.  In fact, he has taught sunday school classes of different ages at Acworth United Methodist for over 40 years.

I am so glad for the investment Lenis made in my life.  I will thank him every day for all of eternity.
If you want to raise up volunteers like Lenis in your church, then on October 29th, The Rocket Company is putting on a FREE online conference called Get More Volunteers 2013.

This conference is hosted by Tony Morgan and features great leaders like Reggie Joiner, Perry Noble, Chris Hodges and Derwin Gray.  I’ll even be playing a role.  Click here or on the image provided to sign up.  I recommend you get your entire volunteer team to watch.  You’ll be glad you did.