I have spoken about leadership numerous times on this blog.  I am convinced everything rises and falls upon it.  I have realized that the leadership it took to lead a church of 30 to 200 won't work in leading a church to 500.  And the same is true with leading a church to 1,000 and so on.  This is my first church.  I have never Pastored before and I'm not ashamed to admit I don't have all the answers.  My life passion is to reach and teach people with the gospel of Jesus Christ and because of this we have asked David Putman to come and help us answer some of the tough questions we're facing.

Last night David arrived at my house to a grilled steak.  We then talked for the next four hours about families, church growth, leadership and whatever was tossed out.  This morning we started throwing ideas back and forth over a bowl of cereal.  David hung out with me and the staff until 5:00 pm.  I don't have time to share everything we discussed.  But I do want to list a few:
* How to best maximize the space we have.
* Creating a culture of life groups into our church.
* Leadership styles.
* Going to three services on Easter Sunday.
* How Dean Herman can grow as a leader.
* Conducting staff meetings.
* Creating an atmosphere of teaching people and not just reaching people.
* And A LOT more.

Really looking forward to spending a lot more time with David in the very near future as he helps 5 Point become everything we can be.