Big Asks Bold Moves

I was thinking about the importance of making Big Asks and Bold Moves this week after reading "axiom" by Hybels.

Here's why I've made the Big Ask of Spring Creek to serve their First Look and 252 children on a weekly rather than monthly basis.

What else that's really important to you do you commit 1 hour a month to?  Its a value statement isn't it?  How would we feel about a different teacher every day in your child's local school?  How effective would that one day a week teacher be compared to the teacher down the road who spends all day with his students?

Look at this from your child's perspective.  How much more likely is it that she will be comfortable seeing the same face each week rather than a different one from Sunday to Sunday.  What are the chances that she will connect on a spiritual/relational level with the month to month teacher?  Many families struggle to get their kids to connect at church already.  Kids from different schools, a new learning environment, and strangers all contribute to their anxiety.  One simple change in our approach will make a dramatice difference.

I'm just saying that the leader that's willing to spend 40-52 hours A YEAR influencing children for Jesus is more likely to make a lasting impression on their hearts than the leader that commits 9-12.