Every year I record a listener Q & A episode during Thanksgiving week. We've got three great questions, with a few helpful links. to talk about today.

This episode is sponsored by the awesome folks at TrainedUp.Church. They are innovating how churches train leaders and volunteers. 

1. How do you encourage and incorporate staff and volunteers into your processes and systems? What are some times when you've struggled (and/or failed) to adequately get others to engage in productivity/system flows? Preston Morgan

      Systems rise and fall on the person who is leading the system. 

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2. I’m always considering is the best ways of keeping a calendar for ministry, family, etc.  Best practices, best tools. Tyler Tibbs I've found the best lesson with calendars is to simply pick something and use it. 

3. What's the best way to tie Thanksgiving into the larger story of God? Jonathan Bevil I've worked off how the different seasons speak into the vision of our church. What are the hard parts, the good parts, and the lessons to be learned. 

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