A Conference To Check Out & A Principle To Remember

I’ve been spending time this week getting ready for EQUIP—a conference for ministers and volunteer leaders interested in improving outreach and involvement in their church. (Hopefully, that’s most of us, right?)

If you’re within driving distance of Nashville, you should check it out. It’s the 26th & 27th, and the session topics look great. I’m presenting on “4 Things Every Outreach Initiative Needs (Hint: You May Not Be Doing Any of Them).”

I probably won’t address this explicitly, but at the heart of my presentation is the truth that what’s important gets so easily crowded out by what’s urgent. 8 times out of 10, the important stuff isn’t loud. 10 times out of 10, the urgent stuff is. Ministry is ruled by this truth.

So is most of life.

I suppose part of the solution is to make the important stuff loud—to convince yourself it’s essential and to build it into your life in a way that ensures it won’t get ignored.

Easier said than done, but worth shooting for.