BOSTON BRUINS THOUGHTS ON CHURCH LEADERSHIP

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1. DON’T CRITICIZE - Vancouver’s goalie criticized Boston goalie on a missed save, suggesting he would have made it. The very next game the BRUINS scored 3 goals on him and he was YANKED from the game, OOPS! Don't get caught up in criticism, focus on bringing your A game each and every time you play!

2. PROTECT EACH OTHER - I love how the BRUINS have each others backs! If you mess with one Bruin, you’re gonna find a bunch of guys standing by the side of their fellow teammate! UNITY MATTERS!

3. EVERY MINUTE MATTERS - Remember how the Bruins lost the first game of the series in the last 18 seconds? Focus and intensity matter for the full 60 minutes, (ha-ha I'm not being critical, it’s an observation). What it shows me is that there can never be a time where we just go through the motions, because there is an opposing team, looking to beat us! MINSTER HARD OR GO HOME!

4. CELEBRATE - I love watching the BRUINS celebrate after each goal. We should celebrate the GREAT THINGS JESUS IS DOING and CELEBRATE BIG! Celebrating not only fires up the team, it fires up the entire stadium. CELEBRATING is CONTAGIOUS!

5. KNOW YOUR ROLE - It is critical that every BRUIN know their role and position and then function accordingly. When they do there is harmony and balance. The results speak for themselves. Tim Thomas can't win a game alone and neither can Krejci. As leaders we must know our roles, and strive to bring HARMONY and BALANCE to the team!

Anyway these are just a few thoughts I had, what would you add?

Comments

  1. Joe DittrichJune 15, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    We must work together, regardless of the task at hand. Teams do better when they perform as a team and not a group of individuals. Our church is the same way. Yes, we have a leader, but we all must work together as a church to spread the message of God's awesome work and power...not just rely on one person to get the job done.

    Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (ESV) -- 9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!

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  2. PastorJune 15, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    so true Joe!

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  3. JoeJune 15, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    6. Sometimes the situation calls for finesse and sometimes it is time to drop the gloves!
    Eternity is long and the stakes are way too high for anything less than our best effort. We need to discern when a hard stand needs to be made and a line drawn in the sand.
    When passion for the victory overflows, it is contagious and fires up the rest of the team!

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  4. CourtJune 16, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    Love those comments JOE!! How about BE WHO U ARE? Claude got trashed for the style of B's hockey but stuck to his guns. We are going to take heat in church for our "style of play" but we've got to stick to it and push hard. We are playing for the critics we're playing for the CUP!

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  5. PastorJune 16, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    Thats an awesome thought Court!

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