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SEMINAR:
10 BEST PRACTICES FOR MANAGING THE STRESS OF MINISTRY
LEADER'S GUIDE BY NELSON SEARCY
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Nelson Searcy is an experienced church planter, coach and church growth strategist, consulting with churches around the world, including many of the largest and fastest-growing ones. He is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church in New York City. Started in 2002, this groundbreaking church sees the majority of its growth coming from new believers and currently meets in locations in Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island, as well as San Francisco and Boca Raton, FL. Nelson is the recipient of the prestigious 2013 Donald A. McGavran Award for Outstanding Leadership in Great Commission Research. He is the author of over 75 church growth resources and 12 books, including the brand-new The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life and Ministry. He’s trained more than 50,000 church leaders as founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, which is designed to help pastors abandon average and strive for God’s best in their personal lives and ministry. For more accelerated growth, pastors also participate in Nelson’s Senior Pastor and Advanced Coaching Networks. His continued mission is to help church leaders around the world cooperate with God in creating healthy, thriving churches.
The Eight Systems of the Church:
Assimilation
Evangelism
Leadership
Ministry
Small Groups
Stewardship
Strategy
Worship Planning
NEW se!
Relea
Books by Nelson Searcy:
THE RENEGADE PASTOR’S STRESS MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
by NELSON SEARCY
INTRODUCTION Stress causes damage to: -‐ Relationships -‐ Spiritual Life High Stress makes you worse than you are. Low Stress makes you better than you are.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
Three Truths About Ministry and Stress: 1. There is no such thing as a stress free life (ministry.) The issue is not can I eliminate stress but how can I manage stress. John 16:33 In this world you will have trouble -‐ Jesus 2. Ministry on its best day is stressful. 3. You are never going to get it all done.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
10 Ideas for Managing the Stress of Ministry:
1. Understand the difference between good stress and bad stress. Eustress: this is the good stress in your life. It makes you more of the person God wants you to be.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
2. Get clear on the source of the stress. Philippians 4:6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. You cannot control the situation, but you can control your response to the situation.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
3. Manage my time well. You will be able to expand your tolerance of stress by managing your time well. Tips: A. Don’t start the day until you finish the day. -‐ Write the ‘to-‐do’ list. -‐ Prioritize the ‘to-‐do’ list. B. Eat the Frog That which is more stressful but lesser priority – just go ahead and take care of it. C. Live off peak The abuse of time is one of the greatest causes of stress. To maximize your time – look for opportunities to eliminate wait.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
A SYSTEM is anything that: Saves You Stress Time Energy Money
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
4. Practice Positive Self-‐Talk When stress comes into your life, it’s like a flame. 2 Corinthians 10:5 We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. Replace your negative self-‐talk with Scriptural talk.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
5. Take mini-‐breaks but not too many breaks.
-‐ Take a walk
-‐ Breathe
6. Learn to rest. Learning to rest means finding a way to end your day. Practice the “Big Sleep”: add an hour or two hours earlier to the time you fall asleep and sleep longer than needed.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
7. Take care of yourself physically. When you exercise it will lower your stress. 8. Take time to decompress every day. As you switch gears throughout the day, there are things that you do that are very stressful and there are things that you do that are not very stressful. Avoid carrying the stress from one meeting to the next. Transition times are decompression times in your day and in your domains. Have a decompression time between home and office.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
9. Talk to others about your stress. (Talk to the right person about your stress.) You need someone to ground you in your stress. G – A – P: Gain Another Perspective 10. Praise God through the Stress. Give God thanks and praise for the opportunity for growth. Jonah 2:9-‐10 But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’” And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. Acts 16:26 Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
SEMINAR:
10 BEST PRACTICES FOR MANAGING THE STRESS OF MINISTRY
LEADER'S GUIDE BY NELSON SEARCY
$29.95 VALUE !
PASTORS NETWORK
www.ChurchLeaderInsights.com
with
NELSON SEARCY
www.RenegadePastors.com
Meet NELSON SEARCY
Nelson Searcy is an experienced church planter, coach and church growth strategist, consulting with churches around the world, including many of the largest and fastest-growing ones. He is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church in New York City. Started in 2002, this groundbreaking church sees the majority of its growth coming from new believers and currently meets in locations in Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island, as well as San Francisco and Boca Raton, FL. Nelson is the recipient of the prestigious 2013 Donald A. McGavran Award for Outstanding Leadership in Great Commission Research. He is the author of over 75 church growth resources and 12 books, including the brand-new The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life and Ministry. He’s trained more than 50,000 church leaders as founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, which is designed to help pastors abandon average and strive for God’s best in their personal lives and ministry. For more accelerated growth, pastors also participate in Nelson’s Senior Pastor and Advanced Coaching Networks. His continued mission is to help church leaders around the world cooperate with God in creating healthy, thriving churches.
The Eight Systems of the Church:
Assimilation
Evangelism
Leadership
Ministry
Small Groups
Stewardship
Strategy
Worship Planning
NEW se!
Relea
Books by Nelson Searcy:
THE RENEGADE PASTOR’S STRESS MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
by NELSON SEARCY
INTRODUCTION Stress causes damage to: -‐ Relationships -‐ Spiritual Life High Stress makes you worse than you are. Low Stress makes you better than you are.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
Three Truths About Ministry and Stress: 1. There is no such thing as a stress free life (ministry.) The issue is not can I eliminate stress but how can I manage stress. John 16:33 In this world you will have trouble -‐ Jesus 2. Ministry on its best day is stressful. 3. You are never going to get it all done.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
10 Ideas for Managing the Stress of Ministry:
1. Understand the difference between good stress and bad stress. Eustress: this is the good stress in your life. It makes you more of the person God wants you to be.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
2. Get clear on the source of the stress. Philippians 4:6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. You cannot control the situation, but you can control your response to the situation.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
3. Manage my time well. You will be able to expand your tolerance of stress by managing your time well. Tips: A. Don’t start the day until you finish the day. -‐ Write the ‘to-‐do’ list. -‐ Prioritize the ‘to-‐do’ list. B. Eat the Frog That which is more stressful but lesser priority – just go ahead and take care of it. C. Live off peak The abuse of time is one of the greatest causes of stress. To maximize your time – look for opportunities to eliminate wait.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
A SYSTEM is anything that: Saves You Stress Time Energy Money
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
4. Practice Positive Self-‐Talk When stress comes into your life, it’s like a flame. 2 Corinthians 10:5 We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. Replace your negative self-‐talk with Scriptural talk.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
5. Take mini-‐breaks but not too many breaks.
-‐ Take a walk
-‐ Breathe
6. Learn to rest. Learning to rest means finding a way to end your day. Practice the “Big Sleep”: add an hour or two hours earlier to the time you fall asleep and sleep longer than needed.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
7. Take care of yourself physically. When you exercise it will lower your stress. 8. Take time to decompress every day. As you switch gears throughout the day, there are things that you do that are very stressful and there are things that you do that are not very stressful. Avoid carrying the stress from one meeting to the next. Transition times are decompression times in your day and in your domains. Have a decompression time between home and office.
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
9. Talk to others about your stress. (Talk to the right person about your stress.) You need someone to ground you in your stress. G – A – P: Gain Another Perspective 10. Praise God through the Stress. Give God thanks and praise for the opportunity for growth. Jonah 2:9-‐10 But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’” And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. Acts 16:26 Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!
© Nelson Searcy -‐ For local church use only.
The Stress Management Seminar
