Guest Blog: Brian Rush Pt. 3

Hey everyone, hope you had a great 4th of July and have all your fingers still intact. Today, we will wrap up leading from the 2nd chair and then look at some thoughts on worship tomorrow.

Do not provoke your senior leader to anger (don’t do stupid stuff).
Herbert has a saying that we have all heard at least a few times around here. “Don’t do stupid stuff.” As simple as it sounds, it really is a profound statement. If you simply just don’t do stupid stuff, you can save yourself from a lot of struggle, stress & strain. The definition of “stupid stuff” is probably different for everyone, but whatever your definition is don’t do it.

Learn from their mistakes and try not to repeat them.
I wish it didn’t happen, but at some point, all of us will make a mistake (including your senior leader). The greatest thing you can do is learn from them and not repeat them as you are leading your own teams. If your leader is cool with it, ask them questions like….What would you have done differently? Did you see any red flags early in the situation? What’s the one thing you learned from this that you will never do again?

Bring solutions, not problems.
Even though church life is usually blissful and happy, sometimes problems can occur. When they do, don’t just bring the problems and expect them to be solved for you. Come with solutions and try your very best to work through them.

Hopefully, some of these thoughts over the past couple days have struck some thoughts into you about how you lead and even how your senior leader leads. I am the first to admit that I have not arrived and know there is a long journey ahead. One thing I do know, however, is if…
1. The right attitude is in place.
2. We keep learning and growing.
3. We depend on God and not just ourselves.
4. We work like snow dogs pulling an Eskimo.
…we can do it and make a huge impact for the kingdom.