How’s that for a grabbing title? If I’ve offended you… I don’t care (BTW, get the picture reference?) But, here’s the real question: is it true? Are you ugly?
OK, let me ask it the correct way: Are you U.G.L.Y.
It’s an acronym folks… meant to get you groaning and thinking at the same time. Maybe this is the start of a movement of sorts. Perhaps a conference could be birthed out of groaning and thinking at the same time. I’ll either call it the “UGLY Gathering” or just “GROAN”. Either way – on with the explanation of the acronym.
- U – United in Vision As a kidmin leader, you’ve got to be united in the vision of the house. Read my earlier posts on vision problems.
- G – Growing Leader When you stop learning, you stop growing. When you’re not healthy, you stop growing. When your focus is on someone else’s success, you’ll stop growing.
- L – Life Giving Minister You have the greatest job of all time: to tell the greatest story of all time. You need to be sharing that story with a passion that is contagious and will change the world of the people around you.
- Y – Yielded to the Holy Spirit’s Leading You might be thinking that it’s my pentecostal roots coming through. Nonsense! It’s my initiative as a minister that’s coming through. Apart from the leading and guiding voice of the Spirit, you’ll do yourself, your church and Jesus the greatest disservice: You will do a lot in you own strength poorly.
Now that I’ve inspired you today with my offensive acronym, get out there and UGLY-it-up!
