The Way You Do the Things You Do
It was 1964 when The Temptations doo-wapped their way to #11 with the R&B hit The Way You Do the Things You do.1 Listen/watch here.
As “gospel-driven” champions of life, it should be quite natural for this same tune to permeate our lives in two directions. First, we sing it back to Jesus as we regularly behold the way He does the things He does in our lives in general and in forgiving our sins in the gospel in particular.
You really swept me off my feet, you made my life complete
As consistently gospel-astonished people who sing to Jesus, we are transformed from the inside out into Christ-like people who naturally do things the way He does things! When this happens, we might begin to hear the same chorus coming back toward us from others. And though we recognize that others’ singing is ultimately a tribute to Jesus, we can still enjoy the words as those adopted by and associated with Him in the gospel.
You really swept me off my feet, you made my life complete
These two song-movements invite a few soul-searching questions. How often do you marvel at the way Jesus does the things He does in your life? How often do you sing this song to Him? How often do you find yourself naturally doing the things He does as a by-product of your astonishment with Him? And how often do you hear others singing to Jesus as they experience Him through you as a champion of life and otherwise?
Remember, the answer to all these questions hangs on regularly beholding Jesus and the way He does the things He does! Hmm, I hear a chorus coming on…
You really swept me off my feet, you made my life complete
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Multiplied
A multiplied Life Team enjoys expanding impact by equipping its church and other Life Teams to affirm life. To be multiplied is to avoid the Life-Team-does-it-all syndrome. Along with God’s blessing, to be multiplied requires a Life Team to equip its church, which means to fit its church for service in the life arena. Equipping (and therefore, multiplying) includes informing, encouraging, coaching, and directing a congregation in life-affirming service. To multiply, you must first recognize that it is important! Then, when your Team discusses initiatives, you must truly wrestle with the question, “OK, so how are we actually going to equip/multiply this kind of life-affirming service in our congregation?” For more on this topic and many others essential to Life Team health, consider Tool 3: Life Team 101.
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Clarify Goals
One surefire way to lose motivated Life Team members and deflate your Team’s morale is to ignore goal-setting. Don’t fall into that trap. Part of your job as a leader, especially regarding specific Team projects, is to initiate goal-setting. One way to do that is to ask, “What’s our next step?” Then help the Team form goals that specific, attainable, and measurable (S.A.M.). Be sure goals are recorded in the meeting minutes. Encourage Team members in-between meetings to reach their goals. Transfer last meeting’s goals to this meeting’s agenda and ask for specific updates on goal progress at the meeting. This is a very important job for you as a leader and doing it will help energize your Team. Get fully equipped as a Life Team Leader with our new Life Team Leader Kit!
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Sandi - A Life Team Leader's Testimony
God blessed the Peace Lutheran Life Team with the opportunity to host a Monarch Jewelry Sale April 22nd. All profits from this sale were donated to Crisis Aid's St. Louis Safe House for girls rescued from sex trafficking. The jewelry sale was from 6:30 to 8:30p.m.at Peace Lutheran Church. Pat Bradley, the founder of Crisis Aid, and Lauane Guyton, a Monarch representative, presented a brief overview of Crisis Aid, Monarch Jewelry and sex trafficking in St. Louis and around the world.
CFL Welcomes Carl Blough
 We thank God for adding Carl to the CFL Team to provide essential part-time administrative support for our growing ministry. His arrival will allow Carol Fouse (Equipping Director) to mentor local Life Teams and oversee CFL events, and will allow Pastor Doug Merkey (President) to develop new Life Team Tools and cultivate ministry relationships across the country. Read all staff bios HERE.
Press Release (April 28, 2014)
Churches for Life Honors Dr. Jeff and Mrs. Renee Gibbs with Arne Molbach Award for Life at Annual Life Team Summit
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