Fw: Pastors - Go to where your men work

"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver What is Social Entrepreneurship? Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". 社會企業家的事業 my facebook  &  my twitter  &  my blog --- 2010年8月9日 星期一，Business as Mission Network <justin@businessasmissionnetwork.com> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: Business as Mission Network <justin@businessasmissionnetwork.com> 主題: Pastors - Go to where your men work 收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com 日期: 2010年8月9日,星期一,下午8:42 Pastors, go to where your men work. Guest Post by Pastor Justin Buzzard - During my past 4 years as a pastor in the Bay Area I quickly discovered that one of the most important things for me to do was to hang out with men in my church at their workplace. This helped the men. It showed them that I care about their callings, how they spend 50+ hours of their week, and the people they work with. This helped me. It taught me about the unique opportunities & challenges men were facing in their different workplaces, it opened my eyes to a world bigger than our church, and it helped set new trajectories for my preaching and discipling. This is how I did it (and how I will continue doing it once I get started in Phoenix): -Schedule a lunch-time visit with a man in your church. The best use of your time is to make most of these visits with men who are leader types. Schedule to meet the guy at his office, not at the lunch spot. -Once you show up have the guy show you around his workspace. If you're naturally curious like me, you'll quickly have 20 questions about all that you're seeing around you. Ask your questions. Learn the man's world. -Introduce yourself to his co-workers. Don't tell people you're a pastor, unless asked or introduced that way. They will find out eventually and they'll be incredibly surprised that a pastor looks and talks like a normal person and doesn't spend all his time on church property. -Once you get the tour, take the man out to lunch (if there's a lunch place on the work campus, go there, it will lead to more learning about the workplace) and let him talk to you at length about his work. You'll quickly discover how you can best encourage and empower the man in his calling. -Always speak out against the "higher calling of ministry" idea if it surfaces. Three out of five times when I meet a man at his work he talks to me about how the work I'm doing as a pastor is "so much more important" than what he's doing as a software engineer, financial analyst, etc. I always immediately crush and correct this unbiblical view of vocation. Your men need you to tell them that all work is a means of glorifying God, and that working for a church is not superior to working for Google. It's your job to empower your men, to help them see the nobility of the work God has called them to do. Men need pastors to jump into the fire of their work world with them and empower them to keep their eyes on Jesus and do their work in Jesus' honor, whatever that work might be. Also, at least for me, doing this is a whole lot of fun. It's been a blast visiting men at their work here in the Bay Area. I've been able to see ...  Read the rest of Justin Buzzard's article Featured Sponsors   Let's meet up at the TimeOut Conference this Fall in California When you get off the phone with Dave Dias its like you've just downed a Mountain Dew, Red Bull or your caffeine drink of choice. You just can't help but be inspired by his energy and seemingly endless drive to squeeze the most our of every day. For those of you who don't know Dave, he lives at the intersection of faith and work. In addition to his insurance company Dave is also in the midst of launching a new business called Premier Legacy Films with Michael Corwin. Dave also hosts the TimeOut Conference that has previously hosted speakers like Rick Warren, John Ortberg, Bruce Wilkinson, Os Guiness and Ken Eldred.  This year, I'm looking forward to being at the conference with 150-200 other businessmen who are journeying to combine their faith and work. We're going to be talking a little bit about Next Generation Leadership and our experience working with young adults at RightNow and how that plays into their desire to combine business and ministry.  I just booked our tickets. Would love to hear from anyone else that's planning to be out there. Shoot me an email and we'll plan a time to meet up. http://timeoutconference.org/ Lets Meet Face to Face this Fall I hope to see many of you guys at the upcoming Timeout Conference this fall in California. Looking forward to sharing about Next Generation leadership and how this next generation of 20 and 30 somethings are increasingly looking to view work as an opportunity for worship. Its also been exciting to hear from those that will be coming to Dallas at our RightNow Conference to hear Erwin McManus and others challenge 2,000 pastors to unleash their people outside the walls of the church. I also connected with Doug Hunter, President of FCCI this week. Loved hearing his passion for ministry and how they've partnered with Buck Jacobs and Don Barefoot for their upcoming Conference in Tucson. There's a chance I may be there and if so, I hope to see many of you there.  Upcoming events on Business and Ministry: FCCI Conference in Tucson, AZ Sept 26-30 2010 Timeout Conference - Oct 10-12th in California Marketplace Revolution with Partners Worldwide Oct 7-8th in Grand Rapids, MI RightNow Conference with Max Lucado - Nov 10-12th, 2010 in Dallas International Business as Mission Training in Thailand - Feb 2011.  Read on about other Conferences Quotable "You don't waste your life by where you work, but by how and why."  - John Piper I was exchanging a few emails with a new friend and I noticed the quote at the bottom of his signature from John Piper. What a great reminder that ministry isn't defined by location, in the walls of the church or by what country you live in. Its all about the how and why we do what we do. Christian Research Guru George Barna Talks About Faith at Work Last year we were thrilled to have George speak at our RightNow Conference in Dallas and I'm looking forward to having Dave Kinnaman at our upcoming conference Nov 11-12th. Last week I was encouraged to see George write about the intersection of Faith and Work. "Several years ago I wrote a book entitled Revolution that suggested a new wave of faith expressions was becoming increasingly popular in America. One of those expressions was faith-centered gatherings at places of work. The popularity of such meetings has continued to grow in recent years.

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