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Service To Servants

Meeting Notes

April 24, 2006

 

RM = Richard Morris, DB = David Bearchell, ME = Matt Elsberry,

GE = Gayla Edwards, RE = Rodney Edwards

 

Friends,

 

As a way of summarizing our discussions tonight I offer these notes.

 

Attending: Richard Morris, David Bearchell, Gayla and Rodney Edwards

 

RM – Leadership and financial integrity are linked.

 

DB – John Maxwell and Crown work in this type concert at times and it seems to do well.

 

RE – Should STS open the channel with the Crown event and then continue a monthly leadership training event?

 

RM – Would this produce a multiplying effect?  Need someone in Liberia to shepherd/follow up.  A seed group to continue to expand this training.

 

DB – What would be your first priority if all things were equal?

 

RM – Leadership as it make them more effective in transferring the financial training to their church members and employees.

 

RE – Pastor training provides the multiplier when we are at the Children’s Village.  Training one pastor effectively leads to 20 plus others being properly trained.

 

RM – Servant Leadership isopposed to the world’s method of lording over others.

 

DB – STS by design teaches leadership through service.

 

RM – Liberian and Africa leadership fails due to  a divorce of service replaced by self serving.

 

RE – Pastors/churches in Liberia have influence over business and governmental leaders more than in the U.S.  We can use that by developing leadership in pastors first.

 

DB – The key is character of the individual.

 

RM – How to help pastors and others understand that servant leadership has many personalities (charismatic, quiet, tall, short, etc.)

 

RM – How can we  implement leadership in Liberia?

 

RE – We gain credibility to continue our influence with the participants by presenting a high quality event using Crown’s expertise in presenters while we do a good job of planning, preparation and participation among the leaders of Liberia.

 

DB – What happens after the event is what is important.  Use the right people whether from Africa, the U.S. or elsewhere.  Determine the key leaders and pour into them so that they can carry the work forward.

 

RM – Agree.  We build the “follow uppers”.

 

DB – It becomes an annual event and the people who we have trained become the new leaders/presenter next time.

 

Time is up.  We’ll communicate by email during the week and make this a weekly meeting until God leads otherwise.

 

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