Leading Well

This month on our Intentional Parenting podcast with Kim Parrish we will discuss how you are a role model to your children.  Not just any role mode but a 24/7, all the time, everyday role model.  Of course, we aren’t perfect parents, so join our conversation to learn how to do this well.

Putting People First with Christy Grant

In this month's Intentional Parenting podcast with Kim Parrish, the Children’s Ministry Director at New Life Bible Fellowship, we discussed the significance of a parent's role and influence in a child's life. It is difficult to set a footing of influence in your child’s life with all of the other inputs they receive from friends, tv and social media.  Come join us as we give tips and discuss how to increase the influence you have in your child’s life.

This month we begin our intentional parenting podcast with Kim Parrish the Children’s Ministry Director at New Life Bible Fellowship. Each month Kim will give us information to help us focus and be intentional with the phase our children are in. In today’s podcast, Kim shared with us the importance of traditions and what they add to our families.

The team I lead at New Life likes to have fun together and we like to be real with one another. We laugh a lot, we tell jokes, and we share life’s joys and struggles with one another. But what’s most important is that we genuinely enjoy being around each other. In this two-part podcast episode, you’re going to get an inside look at my team and hear the heartbeat behind our ministry. I found a list of 50 questions you should ask kids, and we each took turn asking each other these random questions. Enjoy. Participating in the Conversation: Kim Parrish (Children’s Ministry Director) Tex Rule (Student Ministry Director) Stacy MacLaren (Communication & Adult Ministry Associate) Vanessa Peterson (Adult Ministry Associate) Maria Brown (Children’s Ministry Associate)   Missing from the Conversation Maureen Alberts (Kitchen and Events Coordinator & Local Outreach Associate) MaryNell Yarborough (Student Ministry Associate)

The team I lead at New Life likes to have fun together and we like to be real with one another. We laugh a lot, we tell jokes, and we share life’s joys and struggles with one another. But what’s most important is that we genuinely enjoy being around each other. In this two-part podcast episode, you’re going to get an inside look at my team and hear the heartbeat behind our ministry. I found a list of 50 questions you should ask kids, and we each took turn asking each other these random questions. Enjoy. Participating in the Conversation: Kim Parrish (Children’s Ministry Director) Tex Rule (Student Ministry Director) Stacy MacLaren (Communication & Adult Ministry Associate) Vanessa Peterson (Adult Ministry Associate) Maria Brown (Children’s Ministry Associate)   Missing from the Conversation Maureen Alberts (Kitchen and Events Coordinator & Local Outreach Associate) MaryNell Yarborough (Student Ministry Associate)

Leadership is a marathon, not a sprint.    Kim Parrish, Children's Ministry Director at New Life Bible Fellowship.

In this month's podcast, this past week we released a powerful conversation I had with Lance Yarborough about what he learned since his accident a year and a half ago. You need to hear this conversation and pass it on.

What have you learned about leadership while working on and with teams? Emily Halvorson-Otts Dean of Sciences at Pima Community College

Ephesians 1:15-20 English Standard Version (ESV) Thanksgiving and Prayer 15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

Ephesians 1:11-14 English Standard Version (ESV) 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.  

Ephesians 1:7-10 English Standard Version (ESV) 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

What drives you?  Why do you spend money on the things you do? Why do you put certain things on the calendar?  Why do some things get on your to do list and some things don’t?

Ephesians 1:3-6 (ESV) Spiritual Blessings in Christ 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

In this episode we’re reading Romans 12:17-21 Feel free to listen or read along.  As I read this passage the first time what words or phrases stands out to you as I read this. As we read this passage again, what is God using to capture your attention?  Begin to ask what is this passage saying?  What does it mean? As we read this passage for the final time, ask what is God stirring inside of you?  Consider what response God is inviting you into? Romans 12:17-21 New International Version (NIV) 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him;     if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but

In this episode we’re reading Romans 12:9-16 Feel free to listen or read along.  As I read this passage the first time what words or phrases stands out to you as I read this. As we read this passage again, what is God using to capture your attention?  Begin to ask what is this passage saying?  What does it mean? As we read this passage for the final time, ask what is God stirring inside of you?  Consider what response God is inviting you into? Romans 12:9-16 New International Version (NIV) Love in Action 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16 Live in harmony with one ano

In this episode we’re reading Romans 12:6-8 Feel free to listen or read along.  As I read this passage the first time what words or phrases stands out to you as I read this. As we read this passage again, what is God using to capture your attention?  Begin to ask what is this passage saying?  What does it mean? As we read this passage for the final time, ask what is God stirring inside of you?  Consider what response God is inviting you into? Romans 12:6-8 New International Version (NIV) 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.

Last week, a couple (Kim Parrish, Tex Rule, and Maria Brown) of us traveled to Atlanta, Georgia for a conference.  Our trip was full of a lot of laughter and learning.  So I decided to pack my recorder on our trip and see what I could capture. Today on the podcast, you’ll get to hear a raw conversation between the four of us as we travel from the conference back to the airport as we reflect on our learning from the conference.  No matter what how you are engaged in a group or ministry at New Life, I think there are some helpful insights you can take back to your team, to your group, or maybe just implement in your own life. Enjoy!

In this episode we’re reading Romans 12:1-5 Feel free to listen or read along.  As I read this passage the first time what words or phrases stands out to you as I read this. As we read this passage again, what is God using to capture your attention?  Begin to ask what is this passage saying?  What does it mean? As we read this passage for the final time, ask what is God stirring inside of you?  Consider what response God is inviting you into? Matthew 26:1-5  A Living Sacrifice   12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Humble Service in the Body of Christ 3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather thi

In this episode we’re reading Matthew 28:16-20 Feel free to listen or read along.  As I read this passage the first time what words or phrases stands out to you as I read this. As we read this passage again, what is God using to capture your attention?  Begin to ask what is this passage saying?  What does it mean? As we read this passage for the final time, ask what is God stirring inside of you?  Consider what response God is inviting you into?   Matthew 28:16-20 The Great Commission 16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”