I MOVED!

Ok for you that is following my blog (thanks Nikki for your support). I moved to a wordpress blog. My blog is easier to find now too, just goto you www.chriswinesette.com and BAM! your there. Or you can just click HERE

This conference is so exciting.

I don't know if everyone is getting as much out of the conference as I
am.

C3 conference

Here is a picture from worship at the c3 conference tonight. This
place rocks.

Man! looks like I have a GREAT personality!

My wife and I are working with a friend on our budget. He had us take this free online personality profile. I can't tell if mine is good or not. Anyways, I guess take or leave it, thats who I am.

View my Career Direct personality profile

Chris

Keys to help with Creativity Part 2

First off I wanted to apologize to both of the people who read my blog.  The past few weeks have been very crazy.  The Sr Pastor at the church where I am on staff announced 2 weeks ago that he is stepping down as Sr Pastor.  If was a tough decision for him but he felt it was best for the church.  I will keep you updated on the process in the coming weeks.

This does lead me to my next "Key" which is planning ahead.

The good and bad about this time of transition is our Board of Advisors has given me the responsibility to oversee the Sunday morning services.  Everything from what our next series is to who is speaking.  It's a great responsibility and honor.

Thats where planning ahead comes in.  As a "creative type" I know that this is not one of my greatest strengths.  Although I can be very strategic in planning out the details, I sometimes wait to the last minute to implement them.  To me one of the best motivating factors of planing ahead is the fact that it allows more time for excellence.  If you are not rushing to get things done, then you will have time to troubleshoot and deal with issues that come up.  Think about it.  How many times have you had a great idea about something but the first thing that comes to your mind is "can we pull that off in time?".  Planning ahead eliminates that issue (or to some people an excuse).  

Keep in mind I am still a student in my own class.  But I can saw that as of right now the January series is already planned out and I already started working on February and believe it or not March (remember Easter).

Well I have to go.  As I as typing this someone came in and let me know that there is a last minute baptism this weekend.  So now I get to go into panic mode.

Keys to help with Creativity (PART 1 of 2)

Ok... everyone who knows me knows I love being creative.  But it's not always the easiest thing to-do.  Where I work they alway refer to this guy, lets say is name is Mr Creative, Mr Creative could take a dump and it told some kind of a story in a creative way.  Weird.  He could come up with these great ideas but when it come time to implement them the piece would fall apart.  

The first thing that I think is the key to creativity is EXCELLENCE.

EXCELLENCE

The church where I work is currently going through a re-structuring (very fun).  A few weeks back we payed for a church consultant to come in and help us.  While he was here he gather all of us staff together to talk over our leadership assessment tests we all had to take.  During that session he asked us what our key motivating factors are.  This is the thing that makes you tick.  This is what gets you up in the morning to jump into your day.   Here are some examples public praise, private praise, significance, influence, input, responsibility, and for some it is money.  Mine is excellence.  What motivates me the most is the fact that I can make it excellent.  When every we have an idea in creative for our service we always ask 2 things.  Will this complement the message or compete with it.  The next question is can we pull this off correctly with excellence.  There is nothing worse that a great idea that is poorly implemented.  

I used to never say no to things, but now I will sometime turn an idea down just for the fact that I know we can't pull it off with excellence (now hang with me here).  I know for some people thats a big no-no "you can't ever say no!".  But, in all honesty that's what is the difference between a good church and a GREAT church.  It's the whole "a jack of all trades is a master of none".  

OK I AM STARTING TO GET OFF SUBJECT, remember this is called "very random thoughts".  

Don't take saying no as an excuse for laziness.  The whole idea of saying no all goes back to planning.  If you are planning ahead that leaves you more time for excellence.  Good luck on that one.

Let me leave you with this small nugget to think on.  When working on a project you have 3 options, CHEAP, FAST,  & EXCELLENT.  But you can only pick 2.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

I started a blog!

I started my blog today (by chris)

I started a blog today

My friends said that if I don't I'm gay

Thanks to all my friends who said

"Chris we would love to read what goes on in that head"

So I take this on as my new gig

Some posts might be short and some might be big

They might come from my laptop and my iPhone too

No matter where they all will be true

Where's my skateboard?

I'm starting my poem again

I stopped to think and something else popped in

I hope that you will stay

To here my  random thoughts that get in my way

Why is Madison waking up for her nap so early?

I will just let her lay and bake

If she keeps it up daddy will give her a shake!

From steak and shake? (maybe fruit PUNCH)

I started a blog today!