Wayne Hedlund

Category: VIDEO

  • Nancy Ortberg & the Pastor’s Wife

    Many months ago, now, I had the distinct privilege of interviewing Nancy Ortberg while she was visiting our area. She graciously allowed me to film three separate interviews. You can check out the first two interviews by clicking the respective link below this interview.

    In this interview, we broach the topic of the challenge that pastor’s wives face in being, well, a pastor’s wife. In particular, the huge expectations that people tend to automatically place on wives simply because their husband pastors a church. Enjoy.

  • Nancy Ortberg on Valuing Everyone Around You

    Last year I had the distinct privilege of interviewing author, teacher and leader, Nancy Ortberg on several topics. I’ve already posted my interview entitled, “Nancy Ortberg & Finding Great Leaders in the Church.” In this interview, Nancy talks with me about valuing the people around you, especially those who might often go unnoticed. Enjoy.

    To learn more about Nancy’s book or order it through my
    Amazon Affiliates Bookstore, click this link.

  • Mark Batterson on Reaching the Younger Generation

    What a great joy it was for me to spend a few minutes with Mark Batterson earlier this year. Mark is perhaps most notably well-known for his book, The Circle Maker, an excellent and timely book on the topic of prayer. He is also the Lead Pastor of an exciting, thriving church in Washington D.C. 

    In this 13 minute interview, Mark shares three (note – he says 2 but you’ll discover it’s really 3) pointers on how the body of Christ can more effectively reach the younger generations. Enjoy.

     

  • Lecrae and the Local Church

    lecraeCheck out this powerful video testimony from hip-hop star, Lecrae. As I watched it today, I couldn’t help but hear him describe his ‘Grandma’s Church’ and wonder . . . what would that young man have said if he visited my church or your church, before he found Christ? Sure, you’re probably not going to do hip-hop during worship. But would he have sensed the Presence of God there? Would he have experienced a group of believers passionately worshiping God and loving one another? What impression do you think you would leave on him?

    If you have a team that you meet with to talk strategy as a church, I challenge you to show this video to them and ask those questions. Let me know how it goes!

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  • Elevation Creative: Who Am I?

    Pastors and church leaders. Bookmark this great video from the team at Elevation Church for your Sunday service. Hold it for a timely message. Show it pre-service, during the offering, or post-service. Put it on your website. Show it to your kids and teens. Let your people watch it over and over this coming year. It certainly isn’t going to hurt – we all need to be reminded who we are!

     

  • Nancy Ortberg and Finding Great Leaders in the Church

    Last year I had the amazing opportunity to interview several leaders on behalf of Elim Fellowship and Transforming Leader. One such leader included author, speaker and leader, Nancy Ortberg. Check out these motivating words from Nancy Ortberg for pastors and church leaders on the topic of leadership in the pew!

    To learn more about Nancy’s book or order it through my
    Amazon Affiliates Bookstore, click this link.


    Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

  • Strategy Kickstart – Asking the Question, ‘Why?’

    strategy kickstart logo3A Strategy Kickstart is a short 3-5 minute video clip which can be used to ‘kickstart’ a strategic discussion in your church or ministry. Simply show the video clip to your team and use the ideas and question posed to stimulate a valuable and hopefully relevant discussion on how you can better fulfill your ministry mission.

    In this Strategy Kickstart, Wayne Hedlund challenges us to identify events and activities in our church and challenge them as a team by asking the question, “Why do we do this?”

     

  • The Power of Criticism in Meetings

    meetingsHere’s the deal. If all you have are a bunch of head nodding people in your team meetings, you will have a hard time coming up with new and fresh ideas. I know. I’ve been there. There have been times when it’s been really important for my team to find a creative solution to a problem, but when we tried to discuss it, nothing happened. Often, I would end up standing up and pacing around while people talked until I was able to come up with a viable solution myself for us to consider. After watching this video, I’m realizing the problem was probably related to how willing my team was in pushing and prodding one another’s ideas.

    The main problem with this comes back to the first dysfunction of teams found in Patrick Lencioni’s book, “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” – Lack of Trust. If you haven’t read that yet, put it up high on your list of books to get and read.

    So check out this short (2 1/2 minute) RSA video with Journalist & author Jonah Lehrer talking about this problem. 

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    Application: Why not show this video at your next team meeting and ask the question, “Do we trust one another enough to engage in this kind of constructive criticism when we brainstorm together?”

    Image by Caitlin Applegate.

  • The Internet is a Mission Field

    I ran across this great little video today (90 seconds) that challenges us to include social media and the internet in our creative outreach strategies. How about your church? How’s your website look to guests and those in your community? If you’d like some genuine, unbiased feedback, send me an email. I’ll look it over and give you some thoughts to consider.

    You also might want to check out this article by the good people over at Willowcreek entitled, “Your Digital Front Door“.

    Internet: A Mission Field from Resolute Creative on Vimeo.

     

  • Procrastination Inception

    procrastinationI ran across this great little video about the science of procrastination on churchm.ag the other day and just had to spread the wealth. Great stuff. Enjoy!

     

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