For many pastors, Mondays are a discouraging day…They are thinking about all the little things that went wrong in their services the past weekend – all the empty seats, sound issues, the crazy person that the ushers didn’t deal with, etc, etc, etc. They read Facebook and Twitter and it seems like every one else killed it – overflowing crowds, thousands of salvations, amazing worship…

For many years, Monday was the lowest point of my week. Actually, here’s how it went. I would drive home on Sunday afternoon from church replaying all the issues over and over in my mind. Then I would get home, plop down in front of the TV and just retreat into a state of vegetation while I watched football. I put it all out of my brain. But then…on Monday morning it would all come back with a vengeance. Ha! I shudder when I look back on those dark days.

When, after a few long years, our church started growing…rapidly…we started getting calls from all around the country asking us what happened and how we did it. We eventually decided to launch a weekend conference on the nuts and bolts of church growth called MAKE ROOM. This will be our 5th year and the conference gains momentum every year because of the practical emphasis we place on resourcing churches. This year there are twice as many people registered as last year at this time and we’ll probably have over 100 churches represented and 1000 pastors and leaders this year.

It’s coming up this Friday and Saturday. Check out the web site – www.makeroomconference.com – register now, bring some of your team. I promise you will get some ideas that can help jump start the growth of your church. And you can start enjoying Mondays again.

Hope to see you this coming weekend!

Love,
John