August 26th CPP Motivator - Randy Harper

Randy O. HarperDistrict Secretary

Randy O. Harper was elected in April 2005 as the Louisiana District Secretary for the United Pentecostal Church, International. He served as an assistant pastor for seven years before beginning 30 years as pastor of 3 Louisiana churches. In addition to serving in various ministerial capacities throughout his life, Reverend Harper holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. He has held numerous accounting positions with his most recent position as Sales Tax Auditor.

He and his wife, Martha, have one daughter – Heather. They reside in Tioga, Louisiana.

Prayer over CPP Leaders by Jeremy Foster

"Do not be afraid! For the battle is not yours, but God's" (2 Chron. 20:15).

Thank you God for Pastor Pavlu and this awesome church staff. Thank you lord for allowing us to be laborers together in your vineyard. Help us to understand and accept that this is not my ministry, it is yours, we must depend on your Spirit to show us what to do. The people that we lead are not our people. You sent them to us and we've helped organize their efforts, but they do not belong to us. You entrusted them to our leadership, and they agreed to follow us. These people that follow us deserve a tour guide not a travel agent. Help us not to just tell them where you want them to go but help us to lead them there.

Help us to take them into a depth of prayer, fasting, devotion, and complete consecration. God help these leaders to be saturated with the Holy Ghost and completely filled with Your Spirit, so that they may stir up the gift that is within them and be used to their fullest potential. Jesus help us to lead as we are lead by your almighty hand.

In Jesus name.

Amen

(Plan - Lead - Organize - Delagate) Motivation from Jeremy Foster

Lets begin with self evaluation; As a leader ask yourselves these questions:

• What am I doing right?
• What am I doing wrong?
• What can I do better?

You are a ministry administrator. You are leading and administrating. You are very similar to Payton Manning the quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. He is in the field leading the offense down the Gridiron adjusting and adapting the plays from the lineup as the team encounters the challenges of the defense.

Let me share with you 4 tasks of administrative Leaders represented by the acronym

P-L-O-D

1. Planning and Goal achievement; A goal is no good without a plan. You Don't Fail, You only get results. 99% of our failure or success is based on how well we planned. Success is the result of proper planning and execution. Failure is a result also, of poor planning and poor execution.

Let me give you an example from my experience with political campaigns. A Politicians Goal is to win the election but in order to get that result, organizing volunteers is critical.

Some of us expect God to take up our slack in planning because of our passion for ministry. Not gonna happen. Too often we come to pastor with a goal and never set the plan in place. A goal needs a plan to make it work.

2. Leadership and Supervision of Staff: You want to know the number 1 reason why ministry staffs fail? Lack of Communication

As leaders we have Great Expectations; we expect consistency and passion for ministry. Volunteers or staff expect vision and communication. If you are not communicating with your core staff on a weekly basis shame on you.

Lets see if we can determine what kind of leader you are?

• Dependence – only upon my authority. No one else can
• Independence – you're only going to see me every now and then.
• Interdependence – I need you and you need me, let's work together.

What kind of followers are you inspiring?

Leadership does not work unless felt needs of the group are being met. If your ministry is not healthy there are probably and unmet needs that you should address.

Confrontation is a good thing. Confront the problem or issue without being confrontational. That's called communication.

3. Organization and Quality Control; Here's what our leadership is saying to our followers when we refuse to get organized:

"Well, I'm not organized, I'm just lazy"

Funny how we can be organized in every other area Life: lunch, directions, outfits surely you can organize your ministry.

Who is in charge of quality control in your department – YOU ARE.If your ministry is not running at full potential who's fault is it?

Take ownership of your success and your failure and work to make it better.

Quality Control: People don't do what you expect they do what you inspect. Inspection is a form of communication.

4. Delegation and Motivation

Are you empowering people for ministry?

Lets talk about the Energizer bunny. He's ready to go all you need to do is empower him with a Duracell. He'll bang the drum for whoever empowers him.

In the book of acts, the local church model in the Apostolic Age always functioned under a plurality of leadership or a group of leaders.

Motivate them to succeed and give them the resources to win and let them own victories. Celebrate their triumphs. Nothing motivates a team more than a leader who isn't selfish about success.

In Conclusion:

1. Planning and Goal achievement

2. Leadership and Supervision of Staff

3. Organization and Quality Control

4. Delegation and Motivation

Finally, I close with this; YOUTUBE: The founders were Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim – all of whom met via their employment at PayPal. As far as I know, none of them are over the age of 30. May 2005 – October 9 2006 $1.65billion

They were driven by their frustration. Frustration and ministry go hand in hand.

"Channel your frustration in the right direction

and it will blow your mind what God will do in your city."

July 22nd CPP Motivator - Jeremy Foster

Jeremy Foster is an innovative speaker and trainer who is noted for his unique approach to communication. He is known for his vivid examples and humorous delivery style that appeals to people of all ages and backgrounds. His proven track record and refreshing style make him a sought after speaker across the country. He is passionate about progressive change and has a heartbeat to see people’s lives revolutionized for Christ.Jeremy has served as media relations consultant (press secretary) in numerous local, state, and federal political campaigns affording him the opportunity to work with the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, and others. He frequently provides leadership, media and marketing
consultation to non-profit organizations and corporations. Jeremy is a dedicated husband to Jennifer Foster and the proud father of his daughters, Jayden and Jeselyn. His family is the number one priority in his life.

Prayer over CPP Leadership by Terry Shock

Lord you know all things and you do all things well. You have put together the leaders of this church, you picked them. You have put them in place. I pray that there vision will be clear, that there passion will be hot. I pray that if there are any character issues on the leadership team that your Spirit would convict and also that wisdom will be given to be able to fix whatever is needed. I pray against any pride issue that would be on the team and I pray that our hearts would continue to increase. I pray that as we lead the people that our love and our heart for them will just grow and that the power of your spirit will lead us and guide us. Let us reach every honest hearted person in this community. In Jesus name let it be done.

"Take care of my Treasures" - Words of Motivation from Terry Shock

The #1 leadership question that I’ve come across is this;
Am I worth following?
Many leaders work in the church as volunteers or otherwise and they get so hung up on who is following them and they never seem to be able to stop and ask themselves the question, am I even worth following? When we put our attention and focus on leading ourselves, since that is the hardest person to lead that I find is myself, people follow.

I would like to leave you with 5 more questions that will help you assess your ability to lead effectively:
1.) Is my vision clear? There is absolutely no way that we can lead people into the future if our future picture is fuzzy. Not matter what ministry in the church we are leading we have to ask ourselves the question is my vision clear.

2.) Is my passion hot? I have said to leaders in our church on many occasions that I would much rather have to pull people back a bit than to have to kick them in the rear to get them moving. I must ask myself, am I halfway pouring myself into this our am I really pouring myself into it? Impassioned people really move people and it is really important if we are going to move anything.

3.) Is my character submitted to Christ? One leader said this, “a leader doesn’t have to be the sharpest pencil in the drawer or possess the most charisma but his teammates will not follow a leader with character flaws for very long.” The fact of the matter is that every time we compromise our character we compromise our leadership.

4.) Is my pride subdued? 1 Peter 5:5 …for God resisteth the proud. When you are leading people there is going to be from time to time people that oppose you and we all need the wisdom of Solomon and the patience of Job to deal with them. The fact of the matter is that if we have a pride issue then God resists us. There is absolutely nothing that you can do about that accept, fix the pride issue. One leader said it this way, “if your wondering if you have a pride issue, ask somebody that will tell you the truth. Then he followed that up by saying, “If your thinking there is no way that I could ask anyone that question, I can save you the time; you have a pride issue.”

5.) Is my heart for God increasing and is my capacity for loving deepening? The longer we are in ministry the more we have to monitor this question in our life. We can definitely get so busy doing the work of God that we can get away from God. We can get so frustrated with dealing with people. The longer we are in ministry the bigger our hearts should become. I find that from time to time I have to do a real heart check and sometimes I discover, Wow, my heart is shrinking and if it is shrinking that means it is getting hard.

One leader said this, “God is saying to leaders of the Church,
"Promise me, give me your word.
Take care of my treasures.
Grow in leadership so that you can become
the greatest you can be at taking care
of my treasures.
Love them,
Nurture them,
Develop them,
Challenge them,
Mature them.
They are all that really matters to me in this world."

We all need to realize what a privilege it is and just how big of an opportunity we have been given by God to be able to work in the souls of men and women.

May 27th CPP Motivator - Terry Shock

Terry Shock who previously served as The Pentecostals of Alexandria's Youth Pastor and then as Assistant Pastor, was elected Associate Pastor in 2001, and along with the Manguns and the rest of the pastoral team, continue to lead the congregation in the same purpose; the same love for souls; the same commitment to prayer, fasting, Bible reading, and evangelism; and with the same anointing that have been a part of the church since its beginning. With plans on the drawing board for expanding facilities and new programs, and with weekly attendance moving toward the 3000 mark, The POA continues to carry out its mission to provide connection for all people to Jesus Christ through worship, evangelism, discipleship, and fellowship.