Imagine Conference Notes Part 2

Some more notes from Matt Keller and the Imagine Conference at Freedom Valley Worship Center.

Six keys to making the jump to the next level:
1. Combat complacency. Survival is not success. Move the chains. Realize that everything must change (It drifts downward or is moved forward)
2. Download DNA. Understand your unique call to ministry and get other leaders to think as you think.
3. Shift staff. The staff that got you to one level will probably not be the staff to get you to the next level.
4. Embrace new expectations. At the next level everyone expect different things.
5. Examine the environment. The church as it is is perfectly designed for how it is. Get outside eyes to help you see it in a new way.
6. Shift thinking. Three ares to shift:

1. Systems-- design for reproducibility, predictability, and accountability
2. Structures-- Create space for people to be involved
3. Schedules

LCC is working on the next level! Our next step will involve getting rid of the survival mentality and getting into the thriving mentality.