1. Dr. Kennon L. Callahan, Ph. D. St. John’s South Carolina Seminar
Worship
Leadership
Preaching
Dr. Kennon L. Callahan, Ph. D.
March 21, 22, 23, 2018
St. John’s South Carolina Seminar

2. 64th Anniversary of our First Date
Our gathering
is dedicated to….
Julie McCoy Callahan
January 31, 2018
64th Anniversary of our First Date

4. Christ, Standing at the Door, Knocking We Invite Christ In
Christ Invites Us Out
Twelve Keys to an Effective Church

5. fill you with all joy and peace, as you trust in him, until,
May the God of Hope
fill you with all joy and peace,
as you trust in him,
until,
by the power of the Holy Spirit,
you overflow with Hope.
Romans 15:13

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8. The Author
Dr. Kennon L. Callahan, B. A., M. Div., S. T. M., Ph .D. researcher, theologian, professor, and pastor
is among today’s most sought-after speakers.
Author of 22 books, he is best known for his
groundbreaking Twelve Keys to an Effective Church,
which is helping congregations across the planet.

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12. Worship
God’s Gifts
in Worship

13. 1. Hope overflowing hope for life, and church universe of hope
confidence assurance steadfastness
overflowing
hope for life, and church
universe of hope
“hope be with you”
not “force” ….

14. 2. Peace peace for their lives peace …. pace are good friends
people discover
peace for their lives
peace …. pace are good friends
peace of heart is peace of mind

15. let not your heart be troubled neither let your heart be afraid
peace is the gift of Christ
let not your heart be troubled
neither let your heart be afraid
fear anxiety anger rage war sin
the root dilemma is fear
fear is the source
sin is the symptom

16. 3. Compassion just enough help 2 full days not codependence
caring, sharing, grace
just enough help full days
not codependence
mutual compassion
sometimes, the person we are
helping is helping us to live
our lives at our best

17. 4. Community good fun, good times friends, family, fellowship
home
good fun, good times
friends, family, fellowship
roots, place, belonging

18. Worship
8 Possibilities
in Worship

19. 1. Convenience time place parking 1 is 1.75 space 80%
worship has always been at the most convenient time and place
11:00, we were all farmers
no early service, all services help
convenient for the people we hope
to reach, more than convenient for us

20. mission year of First Century mission year of 21st Century
2. Major Community Services
Easter
Christmas Eve
8 Major Community
20 Major
22 Helpful
mission year of First Century
mission year of 21st Century

21. Major Community Services
planting
harvest
fishing
hunting
sport
new children
coming of age
new vocations
retiring
passing on

22. 3. Invitations phone email text person media internet
invitation for first date
warm, welcoming
language of people you hope to reach
personal, relational
not organizational, institutional

23. 80% of decision is in First Worship Service
4. Warm, Welcoming
parking greeters
new person greeters
ushers
pew greeters
choirs, music teams
music leader
worship leaders
pastor
80% of decision is in First Worship Service

24. 5. Service first 3 minutes last 3 minutes warm moments
power movement pace
first 3 minutes
last 3 minutes
warm moments
spontaneous spirit

25. contemporary worship
traditional worship
are
spontaneous worship

26. choral response to pastoral prayer
offertory choral response
closing hymn
choral benediction

27. grateful we can worship God together
announcements
spoken, not read
3 shepherding
1 institutional
grateful we can worship God together
this morning
not glad you can worship with us
what we announce teaches
people who we think we really are

28. 6. Music stirring, inspiring
music is 40 % of a service
choir is a major life grouping
key is rehearsal invite welcome
people find home
one time choirs for major Community Sundays
each service has its own music teams

29. grow the choir, music team you will grow the service
1 in choir > 3 persons in worship
20 in choir > 60 in worship
30 in choir > 90 in worship
40 in choir > 120 in worship
chancel seating congregation seating
grow choir > merit increase

30. 1. the kinds of music they sing people join choirs that sing
200 0n Easter
10 % to 15 % choir of 20 to 35
choirs grow as large as
1. the kinds of music they sing
people join choirs that sing
music they like to sing
2. competencies of choir director
3. space in which they rehearse
4. chancel in which they sit
5. sanctuary in which they sing

31. the smaller the team, the better the team
choral team
instrumental team
drama team
arts team
video team
team x – 117
the smaller the team, the better the team

32. 7. Balance simple complex spontaneous
music liturgy preaching good friends
Christmas simple
Easter simple
8 Major Community simple
balance
balance

33. balance Preaching Music simple complex stirring profound
inspiring thoughtful
emotional intellectual
balance

34. no balance Preaching Music simple complex stirring profound
inspiring thoughtful
emotional intellectual
no balance

35. balance Preaching Music simple complex stirring profound
inspiring thoughtful
emotional intellectual
balance

36. balance Preaching Music simple complex stirring profound
inspiring thoughtful
emotional intellectual
balance

37. balance Music Preaching simple complex stirring profound
inspiring thoughtful
emotional intellectual
balance

38. 8. Type of Service 30 persons gather 15 teams 5 small groupings
5 invite 5 each
30 persons gather
15 teams
5 small groupings
2 excellent ideas, good suggestions
select 7 of 10 as our first possibilities
encourage service to discover future
30 invite 4 each = 150

39. 2008 2018 1. Total Worship Family 2. Largest Worship Service
400 is is 950
2. Largest Worship Service
3. 10 Largest Worship Services
4. Average Worship Attendance

40. 2. Major Easter Christmas 8 Major 3. Invitation person …. email
1. Convenience time place park space
2. Major Easter Christmas 8 Major
3. Invitation person ….
4. Warm, Welcoming
5. Service power movement pace
6. Music stirring inspiring
7. Balance simple complex
8. Type of Service

41. Leadership
God’s Gifts
in Leadership

42. God gives you Four Freedoms to grow yourself as a leader
Only you can grow you
as a leader

43. God gives you Four Freedoms to grow yourself as a leader
95 theses Luther
95 protests Barth
Institutes Calvin
Rules Regulations Knox
Conditions Stipulations
Laws Mandates
Policies Procedures

44. God gives you this Freedom
1. grow your strengths
Claim
Expand 2
Add 1
God gives you this Freedom

45. You have the freedom to grow You

46. Leading As you grow you, you help others to grow
Leading is first leading you.
It is easier to lead you.
Once you have learned to lead you
you will have learned to lead others.
Dr. Kennon L. Callahan, Ph. D. March 20, 2018

47. with a relaxed perfectionism fun enjoy satisfaction well done
not
compulsive addictive perfectionism
tense tight nervous anxious
fear anxiety anger rage
always desiring more

48. External Influences ancestry and heritage
social and cultural influences
preferences we have developed
family and friends

49. we look for the strengths we really have not the ones we wish we had

50. we run to our strengths

51. not a focus on weaknesses sailing principle 5 % course is 80 % future
strengths
not a focus on weaknesses
and shortcomings
sailing principle
5 % course is 80 % future
spillover impact
well done

52. strong
weak
dying
small
middle
large
mega

53. program
access
visibility
parking
facilities
giving
mission
visiting
worship
groupings
leadership
participation

54. motives stir our best strengths God gives you this Freedom
2. develop your motives for living
motives stir our best strengths
God gives you this Freedom

55. balance breeds balance
fear breeds excess
excess breeds excess

56. Motives compassion greed community abandon hope despair peace fear
challenge
reasonability
commitment
greed
abandon
despair
fear
defeat
analysis paralysis
anger

57. we live in three cultures
Motives
we live in three cultures
Church Culture
Mission Culture
Millennial Culture

58. Motives
Church Culture
challenge
reasonability
commitment

59. Motives
Mission Culture
compassion
community
hope
peace

60. Motives
Millennial Culture
hope
reasonability
compassion
peace

61. Leader creates Motive Match
Motive Gap
Leader creates Motive Match

62. Community Hope Peace Challenge Reasonability Commitment Key Leaders
Grass
Roots
Pastor
Staff Un
church
Compassion
Community
Hope
Peace
Challenge
Reasonability
Commitment

63. Compassion Community Hop e Peace Challenge Reasonability Commitment
Key
Leaders
Grass
Roots
Pastor
Staff Un
church
Compassion
Community
Hop e
Peace
Challenge
Reasonability
Commitment

64. PAB
LGH KL SR
EFA
50 H H
50,000
10,000
Commitment Challenge Reasonability
40,000

65. this is a motive match with the grassroots
Compassion Community Hope Peace
50 H H
50,000
50,000
this is a motive match with the grassroots

66. compassion and generosity of God’s grace in our lives
We are grateful for the
compassion and generosity
of God’s grace in our lives
We are thankful for the hope
with which God blesses us
We look forward to giving ____ to
advance God’s Mission in 2019

67. Motives compassion greed community abandon hope despair peace fear
challenge
reasonability
commitment
greed
abandon
despair
fear
defeat
analysis paralysis
anger

68. God gives you this Freedom
3. live your life with
a pace comfortable for you
God gives you this Freedom

69. sprinter Major Shifts nomad marathon agrarian industrial marathon
technological
marathon
marathon
marathon
sprinter

70. One Time
Seasonal
Short Term
Long Term
Weekly, Monthly Yr Rd

71. Strong, Healthy Congregations8 6 4 2 1
short term 3-5
long term 6+
wk mo yr rd
one time
seasonal

72. Dying Congregations 8 6 one time seasonal short term 3-5 long term 6+
wk mo yr rd

73. Weak, Declining Congregations8 6 4 2 1
one time
seasonal
short term 3-5
long term 6+
wk mo yr rd

74. Strong, Healthy Congregations8 6 4 2 1
short term 3-5
long term 6+
wk mo yr rd
one time
seasonal

75. an excellent sprinter culture a solid marathon runner culture
pace
we are
an excellent sprinter culture
we were
a solid marathon runner culture

76. pace excellent sprinter solid marathon runner middle distance runner

77. learned patterns of behavior you can learn multiple patterns
pace
learned patterns of behavior
you can learn multiple patterns
grandparents

78. you are comfortable with “your pace is your peace”
your pace is whatever
you are comfortable with
“your pace is your peace”
Dr. Kennon L. Callahan, Ph. D.
2015

79. God gives you this Freedom
4. live your life with
God’s gift
of overflowing hope
God gives you this Freedom

80. Mrs. Lott
come and love us
we can come to love
bring us hope

81. “The beginning of leadership Persons become leaders
is hope.
Persons become leaders
as they live in hope.”
Dr. Kennon L. Callahan, Ph. D.
2018

82. compulsive addictive perfectionism third act deus ex machina
“Leadership is not
wishful thinking
compulsive addictive perfectionism
third act deus ex machina
excessive challenge
stern commitment.”
Dr. Kennon L. Callahan, Ph. D.
2018

83. “Leadership is hope confidence assurance steadfastness compassion
community
peace.”
Dr. Kennon L. Callahan, Ph. D.
2018

84. River People
Easter People P IF DF NL
Flimsies People
Cliff People

85. hope hope is stronger we live on hope we live with hope
hope lives with you
you are hope

86. hope is before the beginning
hope is now
hope is beyond the end
of forever

87. We play to win We play to avoid losing We play to lose
We are not certain we plan
to leave the locker room

88. God gives you these Four Freedoms
Leadership
1. grow your strengths
2. develop your motives
3. live your life with a pace comfortable for you
4. live your live with God’s gift of overflowing hope
God gives you these Four Freedoms

89. Preaching
God’s Gifts
in Preaching

90. God’s Gifts in Preaching
Preparing Almost
Grassroots
Encouraging
Overflowing

91. Since therefore we are surrounded so great a cloud of witnesses
Hebrews 12:1
Since therefore we are surrounded by
so great a cloud of witnesses

92. hope mentors

93. Preparing Almost First Century Liturgy Easter Christmas
8 Major Community Sundays
20 Major Sundays
22 Helpful Sundays

94. Preparing Almost prepare one sermon, not three
find first/last sentence, first/last three minutes half way through preparation, or on Sunday
eye contact first…. last three minutes
prepare as an excellent sprinter…. middle distance runner
how you prepare is what you preach

95. God’s Gifts in Preaching
Preparing Almost
Grassroots
Encouraging
Overflowing

96. Grace comes equally to all persons Jefferson
Luther
Grace comes equally to all persons
Jefferson
We hold these truths to be
self-evident that
all men are created equal

97. Preaching is grassroots.”
“Grace is grassroots.
Life is grassroots.
Preaching is grassroots.”
Dr. Kennon L. Callahan, Ph. D.
2018

98. grassroots
village
empire

99. God is drawn to Village. Where Jesus is born is sacramental,
is purposeful, is intentional, not accidental
Jesus is born in a manger, not a mansion.  
He is born in a cattle stall, not a castle.  
Christ is born in a cradle, not a cathedral.  
Christ is born to Mary and Joseph,
not to a King and Queen,
an Emperor and Empress.

100. We make much of the high and lofty, the pedestal and prestige,
the power and the prerogatives,
the pomp and circumstances.  
There is much made of
the might and power of persons
in lofty positions and places.

101. God gives much attention to Village.
Humankind gives much too much,
much too much attention to Empire.
God gives much attention to Village.
God gives much attention to Grassroots.

102. conquest and expansion ego and self gratification
Empires,
across the millennia of human history,
arise because of the  confluence of
these dynamics:
trade and commerce
safety and protection
power and control
conquest and expansion
ego and self gratification
“we need to get organized”

103. “God” endorses this plan.”
the empire says
“we will protect you
if you give us your power
you will have no power
but you will be protected
The Empire claims
“God” endorses this plan.”

104. for a large collection of villages.
The Experiment builds
on the convictions
1. grace is grassroots
2. what works in villages
will work
for a large collection of villages.  

105. Among the early experiments in this direction
was in one of the great city states of Greece, namely, in Athens
and the surrounding area of Attica.
In 507 BC, Cleisthenes created
a system of gathering people
in what he called
a demokratia,
a rule by people.

106. any grassroots gathering
we are now engaged in
an experiment
as to whether
any grassroots gathering
of life and government
can endure.

107. Welcome to an Experiment
Welcome to Grassroots
Welcome to an Experiment
Welcome to some of the
best days of your life

108. God’s Gifts in Preaching
Preparing Almost
Grassroots
Encouraging
Overflowing

109. Under threat, people whither.
With Encouragement
Under threat, people whither.
With encouragement,
people grow.
Dr. Kennon L. Callahan, Ph. D.
1979

110. Under Threat Yes, under threat, people mobilize....
Their adrenaline surges…. yet more.  
There is a momentary, fleeting flash of productivity. The runner runs faster.  
The pitcher pitches faster.  
The student studies harder.  
The singer sings better.  
It works…. for a short time.

111. Under Threat And, we become, along with all of this,
more tense and tight,
nervous and anxious.
Threat produces fear.  We live in fear.  
We live in excess.  
We do not live in balance.  
We try too hard, under threat.

112. Under Threat…. we create
passive aggressive behavior
low grade hostility
subliminal resentment
eruptive forms of anger

113. With Encouragement we create
active, leader behavior
high creativity
deep appreciation
a relaxed intentionality

114. God’s Gifts in Preaching
Preparing Almost
Grassroots
Encouraging
Overflowing

115. Overflowing…. Hope is overflowing Preaching is overflowing

116. Humanity is capable of
much peace much fear
much good much evil
much hope much despair
much compassion much dependence
much community much isolation

117. There is much evil in the world. There is much fear and anxiety
There is much fear and anxiety
anger and rage, strife, sin,
pestilence, war.  
There are ugly, evil, wicked, vicious, sinister, diabolic, demonic people
in the world. They live in fear.  
Be not naive.

118. amazingly, abundantly clear the complete, full, whole work
Sermons make
amazingly, abundantly clear
the complete, full, whole work
of Jesus Christ, the Son of God
with his birth, growing, life, teachings,
gatherings, miracles, sacrifice,
death and resurrection on earth.

119. Sermons share the good news of grace, peace, hope, resurrection
with those living now,
to free them to live fully and wholly
in the overflowing hope of God.

120. Laughter and hope are good friends. Joy and peace and hope

121. 5 minions lead humanity astray
Compulsive addictive perfectionism
Greed
Power, excessive desire
Gossip
Unhappiness

122. Some people fall in love with their own unhappiness. They create….
live in their own living hell.

123. some people fall in love with their own happiness....
By contrast,
some people fall in love
with their own happiness....
with the overflowing hope
of God.

124. the land of happiness is filled with grace and compassion
For them,
the land of happiness is filled with
grace and compassion
community and family
peace and joy
encouragement and hope

125. Human beings have the capacity to create a living hell.
God has the capacity to
create a living heaven.
Heaven is overflowing hope,
peace, grace.

126. Karl Barth
When you accept Christ,
you are living in heaven now.
John Wesley
Even in the fires of hell you are surrounded by the asbestos of God’s grace.

127. God’s gift to you is a life of happiness….
of grace, peace, hope, resurrection,
the four freedoms of
strengths, motives, pace, hope….
You are blessed beyond measure with
joy and peace, and overflowing hope.

128. You are predestined to benefit from the Four Freedoms. Trust God.
God encourages you,
with the power of the holy spirit,
with all joy and all peace,
to overflow with hope.

129. I see the Christ You Are I see the Christ in You
I see the Hope You are
I see the Hope in You
You are hope….
Dr. Kennon L. Callahan, Ph. D.
2018

130. God’s Gifts in Preaching
Preparing Almost
Grassroots
Encouraging
Overflowing

131. Worship Leadership Preaching

132. God’s grace, peace, and hope are, in the end,
so winning and irresistible,
so alluring and inviting,

133. so compassionate
and loving,
so winsome
and encouraging,

134. so overflowing with hope that we are drawn to God’s way of living.
so warm and welcoming,
so overflowing with hope
that we are drawn
to God’s way of living.

135. God wants us to have freedom for the direction of our lives,
God wants the decision
to be ours to make.  
God wants us to have freedom
for the direction of our lives,
here and beyond.

136. through the course of the universe, and beyond the end of forever,
Hope overflows….  
Before the beginning,
in the beginning,
through the course of the
universe, and
beyond the end of forever,
Hope overflows….

137. and beyond the end God bless you with overflowing hope this day
of forever more.
Amen.