Florida Church of God Ministries, Inc.  Constant Comment Newsletter

 

July 27, 2009

 

 

 

What Kind of Leader Are You?

By Dr. Greg Wiens

 

 

What kind of leader are you?  Let's face it; we are all gifted in different ways and we lead in different ways.  As I work with more and more leaders in churches, I find their leadership focus often falls into one of three areas: strategic, tactical and logistical.  I borrow these three terms from military jargon because I think their concepts fit very well in the church. 

 

In simplified military terms, strategic has to do with the level of leadership and corresponding decisions on how to win the war.  The emphasis is on deciding which battles are next to be fought; on what fronts do we focus our resources.  The tactical leadership decisions focus on how to win the battles; what plans must be executed to overcome the enemy in a specific arena.  The logistical leadership decisions center around how do we get the resources to the soldiers in the battle; specifically how do we keep the warriors supplied, informed and encouraged.

 

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My Story... God's Glory!

"The only word to describe your case is miraculous!" This statement came from a doctor reviewing my experience of January 14, 2007. On that Sunday morning my wife Gale and I were attending the early worship service at Crossings Community Church of Lake Mary, Florida. During that service Pastor Keith Wilkins was to anoint me and pray for the testing I would have that coming week for an aneurysm that had developed on my ascending aorta leading from my heart.

 

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Please Pray!

 

We received an e-mail from Bill Sandstrom, whose brother, Churck Sandstrom (who recently pastored in Ohio) lays in a coma following an attack earlier this month:

 

"My brother, Chuck lies in a coma after being assaulted July 1st. Access to up-dates of his condition can be found at www.chuckscircleoflove.com.

 

Our family would appreciate the prayers of the Family of God in Florida on his behalf.  We believe God is doing a mighty work, and are praying and waiting for Chuck to wake up. (The longer the coma; the longer the recovery time.)

 

Chuck is breathing on his own, which is the most positive change to date.

 

Trusting in His Care,"

 

Bill Sandstrom   

 

Please join us in prayer for Chuck and ask God for His divine mercy

in this difficult time for the Sandstrom family.

 

In Sympathy

Lillian Sugg 

 

Retired Church of God Minister Lillian Sugg has passed away.  She was preceded by her husband, Silas Sugg, also a retired Church of God Minister, this past year.  Sister Sugg passed peacefully Sunday, July 19, 2009 at around 7am.

 

Viewing and services took place at Riverside Memorial Park Town and Country Funeral Home in Jacksonville, Florida.  Viewing was held from 1-2pm on Saturday, July 25th, and the funeral service began at 2pm, followed by a graveside service and then a dinner hosted by the Northside Church of God, of Jacksonville, Florida.  Rev. Judy Weeks officiated the services.

 

"AN OPEN CONVERSATION: PRACTICAL HANDLES IN  EQ (EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE) DEVELOPMENT"

WITH THE HGC TEAM: GREG WIENS, MAX STROTHER, KEN LOVE & SUSAN HOAK

 

CONFERENCE CALL: This call has been rescheduled and will take place this fall. 

Stay-tuned for the exact date.

 COACHING IS AS CLOSE AS THE PHONE

 

If you desire to take the HGC online tool for EQ, we are making it available to those on the previous call for $10 each.  If you have staff members who were not on the call or someone you think would benefit from our follow-up call, they too can access the online tool for $15 each. This call is free to covenant churches or if you were on the previous call.  Otherwise, this call costs $10.

 

We would like to integrate your questions for the call.  In order to do that, please email your questionshere.

 

To register, clickhere for the call and to take the HGC EQ tool.  If you have additional questions, email Susan.

 

Please send checks to:

Florida Church of God Ministries, Inc. Attn: Conference Call

5826 Hoffner Ave. #1001

Orlando, FL 32822

 

To pay by PayPal, please go to www.flcog.org and scroll down to use the PayPal donate button and select "Mike Brookins" and reference "EQ Call" in the memo line.

 

 

Florida Ministerial Institute

September 18-19, 2009

 

The cost for each course is $35.00.  This fee includes lunch and refreshments.

 

Deadline to submit registrations will be Friday, September 4th, 2009.  NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE.

 

 Click here to download the registration brochure.

 

 

 

 

 

Intercessory Prayer

 

A group gathers weekly on Mondays @ the FLCOG Ministries Resource Center for a time of prayer for our pastors and churches. If you are interested in joining us for this time, we will begin @ 10:30 AM and go until 11:30 AM. If you have specific prayer requests for your church or pastor, please email those to prayer@flcog.org.

 

Join us this week wherever you are as we pray for the following "churches of the week":

 

á   FCOG, Labelle

á   Crossings Community Church, Lake Mary

á   Community COG, Lake Placid

 

Send Us Your News

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