Episode Transcript
Speaker 0 00:00:00 In today's episode, we share our top six church resolutions for the new year. 2020 has been a year of monumental change. If you're like most pastors, your prayer is that God would do great things in your church. In 2021. Join us as we share six of the best resolutions that can help make 20, 21 great for your church. We hope this conversation helps you reach people the right way.
Speaker 1 00:00:36 You're listening to the retried podcast. The show dedicated to helping pastors and church leaders reach people the right way, hosted by me, Thomas Costello, and with me as always is my cohost Ian Hyatt. We're here to help your church see more visitors and grow. Hey guys, welcome to the retried pod
Speaker 0 00:01:04 Cast episode. Number 26. I am your host Thomas Costello. And with me today as always is my cohost Ian Hyatt. Hey Thomas. Ian, has it going, man? Turns going good. Can't complain. Even though there's been plenty to complain about in 2020, I'm counting my blessings and choosing not to, but it is done the last podcast episode of 2020, that excited for what 2021 will become. I have a hunch that the beginning might be kind of similar to 2020, but, uh, it should be, uh, I think God's got good things in store. I'm one of the, go ahead. I'm sorry to interject there before he kept going. One of the funny things that, uh, one of the pastor said that he was preaching this last weekend at my church, was that if you're thinking that, you know, all of a sudden when the ball drops, you know, uh, to at midnight, you know, and we changed to 2021, that everything's going to be better and magically just, uh, be back to normal than, uh, you're going to, you're going to be disappointed in the thing coming.
Speaker 0 00:02:04 That's where that thinking comes from. But that's something that I think has been pervasive that we like emotions two years like this. So, but in that vein, I think we have a good conversation we're going to have today should be a fun one. Um, we are going to do something a little different today, but it's the top of church, new year's resolutions for 2021 kind of in that new year's theme, we're going to be going for it. Uh, and what we're going to do today is you and I each unbeknownst to the other one, we came up with three of our own top resolutions for the year. Uh, so, um, we're going to see if we agree or disagree or if there are any good, I think we'll agree that shows the same ones or something. It might be a short podcast today. We'll see.
Speaker 0 00:02:48 It might be, I brought one backup. So I have a backup resolution just in case we overlap on one of those there, but I think it should be good. So I watched, uh, a clip from night live this weekend and it kind of reminds me of that. It was, uh, the news part where, uh, Che and, uh, Collin, they, they get together. And then what they did is they wrote jokes for one another. Uh, so each one and they read it live for the first time on air. Having never seen the joke before. Uh, so at what the, uh, Che who's black, he happens to write like racist jokes for the white guy to tell on air before he knows anything. So hopefully we don't have any of that kind of stuff today. We're not going to set each other up. It's just going to be, uh, it'll be new to both of us and you'll get to see what we think of these resolutions live on the spot here. So anyway, so, uh, we didn't decide this, but do you want to go first?
Speaker 2 00:03:39 I will. I will. And so my, my first one that just came to mind was, you know, don't let, whatever happens politically take you off mission, uh, as, as, as a church. Um, so I think that we've, we've come out of a very, just tumultuous, uh, not only 2020, but election, uh, process. And, uh, there's still, you know, both sides go, there's still things in motion and process and no matter the guy in the office, you know, whatever you feel like, don't let it take you off your mission, you know, and, and that is to lead. Cause no matter who's in there, uh, you know, the mission is still the same until the Lord comes back and that's delete as many people to Jesus as possible. So I think that there will be that temptation that, you know, over with, Oh my gosh, we don't know what's going to happen. I had a, I had one pastor the other day say that, uh, uh, you know, um, yeah, I, I'm not sure if we'll be in bunkers, we might be in a bunker. It might be hard to reach people this next year in 2021. And I just, you know, I didn't actually
Speaker 0 00:04:40 Probably will be for him,
Speaker 2 00:04:44 Have the bunker mentality with that and stay on mission.
Speaker 0 00:04:48 Yeah. I think that that's really good advice. I think that, um, I think it's good to call that a resolution too, because I know for me, I had to resolve to not get political because I think a lot of times, man, I, as much as we say, we don't want to be political. How many times in our lives do we like get one of those? You see one of those Facebook posts or Instagram posts and you just like say, Oh, I, I, I know I'm not supposed to be political, but I just need to set the record straight on this guy because he doesn't really know what's going on or he doesn't really understand the truth behind this stuff here. And man, that is something that if you, if you don't have resolve behind it and say that like, I'm, I'm not gonna do that.
Speaker 0 00:05:29 Like, and commit to the Lord, even that that's one of your missions for this year to not let political things sway you one way or the other, or get deep into the weeds on that. I think that that is something that, um, that I think you really need to do. I think that's some of it. And, you know, we had a whole podcast about, um, dealing with this right after the election. We did a whole episode on that. And I think that there's just so much value in, in not getting political, because like we said, then half your audience is immediately removed from taking you seriously, the moment you start to get political with these kinds of things. And so, uh, I count the cost a big time before you do anything like that. But I think that's a, that's a good one at first. I was like, well, I don't know if that's like, it seems like it's more just like a, uh, a good idea or a good practice, but I think it really does take, resolve to say, I'm not going to do that at all costs,
Speaker 2 00:06:20 That's it. And no matter what happens, you know, I think that one thing too, that comes to mind with this is that, uh, you know, I've heard some people say, well, I don't know how we're going to be able to reach people. If we're all, if you know, the government just shuts us down and we can't go out anymore until this, uh, the vaccine and all this stuff, there's still going to be ways to reach people, uh, until God comes back, there's still going to be ways to reach people. So no matter what happens, we'll we'll, we have to be intentional and keep stay on mission. So
Speaker 0 00:06:49 Yeah, I think that for those that have the right kind of attitude right now, our ability to reach people today is even stronger than it was pre pandemic. We have more opportunities and more technology and tools at our disposal to take the gospel even further. And I think this, like, I, I think 30 years ago, people would have read the verse of, uh, going into all the world and preaching the gospel, these kinds of ideas, and, uh, going to the ends of the earth from acts one eight, we would have thought about that differently. I think that 30 years ago, going to the ends of the earth meant literally going to the ends of the earth, but now the gospel can be heard in every single corner of the earth and from, you know, from any place or the other place on the earth where, uh, it's really unprecedented times where we have that kind of opportunity.
Speaker 0 00:07:37 So, yeah, that's my number one, uh, is, uh, this is one that I was, I never had the courage to do as a resolution for me, uh, at the church I was pastoring, but if I were pastoring the church today, I think my first resolution would be, uh, setting a rule of no notes on stage having no notes on stage. So whether that be, uh, here's two parts to that, number one, when you're preaching or doing announcements, I think trying to do that without notes on stage and the even bigger challenge. I think when I brought up this idea before was having our worship team not have notes on stage, um, I dunno if they have them on stage at your church or not, but just that the power of, of being free from that barrier of a music stand or a podium or, uh, something like that.
Speaker 0 00:08:26 I think there's just a lot of value in that. It's been one of my goals, uh, to preach with less and less notes. I've never been a reader, uh, when it was up there. Uh, but I, and I was kind of, I've always been kind of an outline guy. So I have an outline and, um, I tried to reduce the length of that outline more and more, but I was never able to totally wean myself off of looking at some kind of notes, but that would be one of my big goals. And I think the reason for that is that it really helps you connect with whatever, whoever your audience is more, if you're not looking at something and it feels just, it helps the authenticity of something. I think it certainly with warship, there's a lot of authenticity that's lost. If people are seeing you reading something that's in front of you or reading the words or, yeah. And I think it's certainly important for the singers. Maybe for musicians having some kind of notations up there could be okay. But I think it just kind of removes some of those barriers and the ability people have to connect with you when you're on stage, if you're kind of operating through notes on something like that. So what do you think? Yeah,
Speaker 2 00:09:30 No, I agree with you. And I think that that could be a challenge for a lot of churches. You know, it's funny, you've made me think of my church are, and yes, you know, we've mentioned this before in past podcasts too. I'm a large, I'm a part of a large mega sized church here in the greater Austin, Texas area. And so production is a big deal and all of that and yeah, they are, our worship team does not have them, but our pastor still has, you know, the podium and he has some notes there. He's now he's a very, he's a very good preaching pastor and he's great at what he does. There's a reason why as many people want to hear from him. Uh, but, uh, he he's done really well and not having to look at them, but they're still there. And sometimes they'll have to go back a little bit. So I think it's even hard for the large mega sized church to do that. But, but if you can, I agree with you. I mean, one of the things that he does a great job of is making it very conversational and you feel, he, you feel like even though it's a large church, you're connecting with him, uh, and he connects well to the audience and, and, uh, and so I agree with you. I think that should be a great goal.
Speaker 0 00:10:31 Yeah. I think it's, it's just, it's challenging no matter who you are. I think just it's a decision that you have to make, I've heard. It said that it's the really, the challenge is that you need to not memorize your talk, but you need to actually like internalize your talk and really understand your talking to do this. I would imagine it would take several runs with notes, you know, just practicing out loud to yourself. That's a practice that I was in. I always preached my sermons to my computer screen before I gave them to, uh, to an audience live on Sunday mornings there. And I think really internalizing it, uh, thinking through the topic on your own and having it there, but I will admit it's scary to not have that crutch. Cause you know what happens after I forget the second part of 0.2 or something like that, that I need to say, you know, you're caught up there without notes. It's scary, but I think there's a lot of value to something like that.
Speaker 2 00:11:23 That's good. We'll all go with my second one here. Uh, and, uh, that, that is you and meaning the pastor and your staff need to be in shape. Uh, so, and you know, we all have that goal, um, of, of ally. That's the, one of the first things people think of with a resolution. Right. But I think it's a very healthy thing. I think that when you see a lot of the more sucks, hear me the right way, I'm going to take a step back here. We know there's a balanced, all this. I'm not recommending everyone becomes a bodybuilder, uh, or does high-intensity fitness. And cause we can go off the deep end there. We know what scripture says that, that, that profits little, but, uh, and I think that's to, to go over the line there and you know, again, everything in moderation, right?
Speaker 2 00:12:06 We know how scripture teaches that and the word teaches that. But I think that when you look at successful churches, uh, and, and I don't mean just that your goal is to become a mega sized church or, uh, to be successful in the world's view, but the, the people are in shape and it makes them better for ministry. Uh, and I think that unfortunately, some of the most overweight people in obese people, um, are in churches. You know, they're you think of the Sunday? Not always, not all the ways, but, but a lot of times you think of the Sunday potluck or, you know, they're, they're, they, they love their, I've heard past, put it to you this way. Why I thought of that, I've heard pastors tell me, well, you know, I'm a preacher, so I like to eat, you know, we, we, we go out to eat and, uh, that's what we do. We do the potlucks and maybe that's some of the more the traditional mindset, but I think it's going to free up for ministry. It's just going to make you more effective. And I think that people will kind of, I don't know, respect you a little bit more if you're taking care of yourself again, there's degrees of all of this, but your thoughts on that.
Speaker 0 00:13:05 Yeah. I mean, I think it's hard. I think that's one of those things that, uh, as someone that, uh, is it's, uh, you're in much better shape than I am. Obviously I know that's something you've taken seriously over the past several years. And, um, you know, I know that I, it's not that I don't take it seriously, but I struggle with it probably. Uh, and so yeah, I've used it a lot. I do serve a lot more, but I just like to eat a lot too. So I'm, I'm one of those nights. So I don't know. We, we have this, I confess this to my church. I've always pastored and bed really open and vulnerable, but I had to confess to my church, but there's been times where it talks about how the pagans do this, that their God is their stomach. And I had to say that at times, like I struggle with this, that sometimes I make decisions based on, you know, what I, what I get to eat next.
Speaker 0 00:13:53 And it's in my thought life a lot. And so, but I think even more than, um, you know, just the appearance side of things, which is there's value to that. I'm not going to go against that. I think just like that. It makes you like when you're exercising and you're eating healthy, I think it helps you think more clearly it helps you rest better at night. Uh, it helps you, uh, just, there's all kinds of evidence that it makes you more effective, whether you're a pastor or having any kind of a job. Yeah. I think that that's, it really changes your outlook on those kinds of things and it, it makes you more effective. So, yeah, I certainly don't disagree with that. I just recognize that it's hard to say something like that. And I think that, um, especially like to make it, make it for a church, like, I think that, um, it's one thing for people individually to do that, but you know, people don't like being told that they're fat, I've found it.
Speaker 2 00:14:44 And to be clear when I say you should be, and your staff should be in better shape, I'm not, I'm not recommending that you mandate everyone get on a strict diet and fitness brand or anything like that. Or, you know, they got to stop eating all their food. Not, they probably you'd probably lose some staff members if you did that. And, uh, and it would come off as mean, but it should be encouraged to be healthy and in shape for, for ministry. For sure. And like you said, for all the other benefits as well. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:15:10 I'm just thinking the last church I pastored, I, I, we had four or five women on our staff and I'm just imagining how I would have delivered this information to that. So I've been praying about it and I've decided that our church, one of our resolutions is all of us are going to have to get in shape and lose weight. And you know, it's a tough conversation. So prayerfully consider this one faster, maybe encouraged
Speaker 2 00:15:36 One and encourage like someone that's close to someone else to go share that with someone,
Speaker 0 00:15:41 I don't know, start small, pray about it. Start with you like everything else, like, like a, what's the old saying, if you want to start a revival, draw a circle around yourself and start there. If you want your staff to get in shape, draw a circle around you and say, this guy is going to get in shape first. So I think that's a good one, but that's good. All right. Let me hit my number two. Uh it's um, one that I probably have talked about this on our podcast before, but, uh, start a church blog. I think that would be an encouragement that I think you'll need to resolve to do. Uh, if it's something that you want to do, I talk to a lot of people that understand, or kind of had this idea about blogging, where they'd say I'd like to do a blog.
Speaker 0 00:16:23 I like to blog for my church, but I want to tell you that, um, it takes real resolve to do that. It'll take you hard work and time to really do a good job with something like that there. So, um, the benefits are enormous. In fact, we actually outlined a whole nother podcast. I think the next episode, episode number 27 is going to be reasons why you ought to start a church blog because there's a lot of value to that. Uh, but I think, um, I know for the church that I pastored last week, we blogged, um, let's say religiously, we, we blogged very consistently. Uh, we built a team around it and we all wrote in that and it was really our secret sauce to getting visitors in there. Uh, we, we grew our, um, our, um, our visibility in our community by blogging. And I think it's something that every church, uh, really ought to consider. There's tons of reasons why, but, uh, blogging is something that I would resolve to do this year if I was pastoring a church right now. So thoughts. Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:17:27 Yeah. And I think it's, you know, one of the things I thought of too with that is that I think it's, it's, it's good for your brain too. You know what I mean? It's kind of like the goal of reading X amount of books each year. That's, that's a good thing. It's going to keep you smart. It's going to be fulfilling blogging. I've found when I've done it. It's the same thing. It's you end up? It just, I feel good after I do it, you know, I put thought into a topic or a subject and expounded upon it and had certain points and I accomplished it. And, uh, it, it makes you stay up on your vocabulary too. So I found that even though it takes work, it's a very fulfilling thing to do. Is it, you know, we blog here at reach, right. And we've, I've been active with the blogging team at times. And, uh, and each time it's been a, been a real fulfilling thing for me that way. So yeah, I like that.
Speaker 0 00:18:12 Yeah. I think at retried, it's obvious that that's our, um, a platform that has made an enormous impact in our, our company as a whole, um, you know, we, you, Ian, you're able to have, you know, a few dozen conversations on any given single day with people. I'm the same way other team members here at retreat, they can have a dozen or so conversations. Uh, we see on our small days, 2000 people that are engaging with our blog posts on big days, it's over 6,000 people that are getting on there and reading blog posts. And one of the crazy things about this, and I don't want to take away all the conversation from the next one, but one of the crazy things is this is really, it's not just linear growth. It has been exponential growth. We kind of set goals for our blogging. And part of it is being consistent.
Speaker 0 00:19:01 Like I want, I will say this too, is that if you are going to do a church blog, which we encourage you to do, and it should be a resolution, you have to do it consistently. It can't be, I'm going to start a church blog. And when I feel like it, I will blog. You have to decide I'm going to do it weekly. I want to write every single week. I want to write something. It's going to be this long and you have to commit to doing it because if you do it six times over the next year, it's not going to make any kind of an impact. But because we've done long form, 2000 word posts at reach, right, we've done it for four years without stopping every single week. We've done at least one, sometimes two of those blog posts without missing a single week, that that has led to thousands of people doing this.
Speaker 0 00:19:46 And literally dozens of people every single day, engaging with us, asking for help on website related stuff or Google grant related stuff, whatever it would be. And so I think that that's something that, um, churches, there's no reason why this can't apply to your church too, is that there are people in your community that are searching for all kinds of topics there. And if you become the authority on them and write on them on your church blog, I think that it can make a huge impact and you'll get lots of eyes on your stuff there.
Speaker 2 00:20:13 Yeah. You just I'll leave, uh, leave you with this thought and, and folks listing with this thought too, is that I remember one of my first blog posts that I did. And this was back when you and I, when you started, uh, when you planted a church here and I came on board with you and got licensed as a pastor, uh, and we re so we, we wanted to start blogging as a church. And, uh, I put one out there. I w I'll, I'll never forget the title of it. Is it? Sin is fun. Okay. And the whole goal with this was just talking about the reality that there's a lot of things that are desirable, uh, with the flesh and all that, but here's what it led to. It led to someone, someone that I was having a conversation with and who saw it on our church's website, it led to a conversation that, uh, that to lead them to Jesus.
Speaker 2 00:20:56 They actually didn't, they weren't following God. And the topic was the title in, was intriguing to them and they started reading and then they, they just talked about how, yeah. You know, I took part in a sin that was fun. And then it ended up destroying, uh, her career, uh, and ended up just, you know, steering to a conversation that led her closer to, to, to cry. So, so there's a, there's a good thing to lead out with too. It could, it could be something that someone sees and they needed to hear it and they get in touch with him. So that's awesome. Good stuff. Good. Yeah. Number three is kind of just, you know, it might be just a little general, but spend more time with family. Um, you know, I, that I kind of was thinking through it, reason I thought of this.
Speaker 2 00:21:37 I mean, that should always be a goal, right. For, for any pastor or church leader, but we have come out of a very unique year, probably the most unique year I've been alive in, uh, you know, we've, we've seen a lot of things from, and I know you and I were alive during nine 11 and, and a lot of other just, you know, Wars and things, but this has been a crazy year. And I think that, you know, people got to stop and, and, and kind of realize what matters most, you know, and, and I think a lot of us who are in ministry, we see these things as a sign of, of the Lord returning sooner. And we don't know that time and we're not going to get all dooms there. Uh, you know, uh, apocalyptic here today. But the fact of the matter is we're coming out of a tough year and some of the stuff's going to spill over into 2021.
Speaker 2 00:22:24 But I think that if anything, that I was one of the main things I was taught and that God helped me with this year was to just, you know, spend valuable quality time with the people that mattered most your, your wife, your children, or your grandkids, or whoever it would be spend as much time. And I know that's been a challenge. People have been distanced. People have been, uh, some people haven't distanced at all, and it's been a real kind of a, uh, upper down type thing. But I think no matter what, however, you can spend that time, uh, do more of it in 2021.
Speaker 0 00:22:56 Well, I couldn't disagree more. That's a, no, I think that, um, I don't know, like part of me is at first when you said that I'm like my goodness, I spent nothing but time with my family for the past nine months. And I know a lot of our audience is working from home. And I know a lot of, uh, men who, uh, who are pastors of churches and have kids and they get to be around what their wives and kids are doing 24 seven. They're like they have a new appreciation for what, what the ladies in our lives are doing. At least I do having to see, not just having my kid, my kids are home from school, I'm home. Uh, my wife is home. We're all here. We're one big happy family.
Speaker 2 00:23:37 Yeah. Instead of been forced to become school teachers, virtual school teachers, Oh, I totally get that. You know, and, but at the same time, I think what we've seen and one of, a couple of the things that I thought of that, that made me want to share that as my third and final one was that we have seen, unfortunately the suicide rate has gone up. Depression has gone up, uh, obviously there's been, there was a recent, uh, Oh, uh, wasn't a Barna study, but, uh, there was a recent one that was done where we, we saw just that, uh, I saw some numbers that were just, uh, kind of staggering, but at the same time made me think of that. So, no, what matters most, you know, God and family is people try to say it.
Speaker 0 00:24:16 Yeah, that's it. Yeah. I think that's a really good one to end that, um, just, uh, I think that while we have been surrounded by family, uh, most of us, um, you know, those of us that don't live alone, we've been surrounded by our immediate family. I think there's a lot of value to spending time with extended family. I know a lot of us miss that. And how many of us said, you know, when I can finally travel again, I can't wait to get over to see, so and so, or to go to this place, like, we're, we have this pent up demand to go out there and do those things. And I think don't let that Wayne, uh, this desire you have to be with family. But I think especially with the immediate family, just, um, things, God willing, we'll go back to something, not normal, but something that looked like it did in 2019 a little bit, maybe this year, as people hopefully get vaccinated. And that gets better in 2021, that may be some things might get to slide back. I think it's important that we resolve to not lose the ground, that we may be gained with our family and our intimacy, and be able to spend time with kids and husbands and wives together. So I think that's really good, just, uh, not losing sight of that even as this, uh, this time shifts from us here. So, but it has been crazy. It has been a crazy year
Speaker 2 00:25:30 In closing on that one. You know, I had a conversation, uh, with, uh, with a grandmother. She was a church administrator, but it was a grandmother. And, and, uh, what made me kind of sad was when I wished her a Merry Christmas, she said that, uh, basically she was just going to be at home all by herself, uh, you know, for Christmas. And so when we have the, as things hopefully get better and yeah, can people get vaccinated, especially if you're that grandparent that's been separated or that person with a preexisting condition or whatever really hope you get some great quality time with your family. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:26:03 Yeah, absolutely. That's good. So, well, let me wrap up with bine, uh, number, uh, number three for me is resolve this year or make a resolution, is your church to define your slogan and your verbiage that you use at the church there? Um, I think so often this is one of those things. That's just not a, it's seen as not a necessity, uh, and it just gets backburnered and tabled over and over again. Uh, you know, you know, how many conversations you and I have Ian, where, um, you know, we're doing major branding work or major web development projects. And one of the last things churches can give us is the verbiage about what they believe and their ministries. And even the simple, like the stuff that we should know is mission and vision and slogans and catchphrases, these kinds of things, that kind of stuff.
Speaker 0 00:26:55 And I think the reason for that is it just takes a lot of mental energy and teamwork to do something like this and to get the buy in that you need to do it, but it is so valuable to have that kind of stuff written down, being used everywhere and ready to go. So, um, yeah, because you know, you, and I know that so often those conversations are well, that's a work in progress, you know, we're, we're not quite there yet. We're still working on that right now. And I think if you do it right, you know, it's something that you, can't just, it's not going to be the same for 50 years, but I think it should last you for maybe a generation, a generation of ministry can be operating on these values, these, this vision statement, this kind of a slogan, it's something you're going to reinvent every six months or something like that. So,
Speaker 2 00:27:40 Oh, not, he'd probably have some issues at the church if you're remitting,
Speaker 0 00:27:44 But I think one, like a, if you're a new pastor at a church, I think that's something that you probably should do within the first couple of years of coming into that place and kind of helping to think through how, how the church talks about itself and what you're all about and what your values are. Because I think that that's something that really, um, the saying is that you're, you're not saying it too much, unless everybody starts telling you, they're sick of hearing. You talk about it, then you're saying it enough at that point. So I think really ironing out those things, getting those slogans, getting those catchphrases, uh, and here's the reality is it's going to, it probably is going to take you organizing, like, and setting aside large chunks of time with other people to go through that process. There are some great books out there we can put in the notes of this episode on how to walk through that.
Speaker 0 00:28:31 Uh, but I think that, you know, I, a lot of churches they'll do a retreat for this. They'll spend it, but let's when we can have retreats again and go to places together. But they'll let, let's spend a, um, let's spend two full days where we just kind of talk through some of these processes, iron out who were, who we're trying to reach and what we want to say to them. And what is that thing that they're looking for and what is the, what is our community like doing some of those demographic type things, all of that is really valuable and it lasts you a long time. So here's, the encouragement is resolved to set aside some time to do this. Yeah. Like take, take 16 hours and really just pour in and build a team around this. I think it'll be really a good thing. So thoughts. Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:29:14 Not much more to add you covered a lot of good stuff there, but what I would also say is we're always thinking about, you know, wanting, you know, our church to be on board with a vision for the first of the year. And not that you get this stuff done right in and can get it all finished in January or something like that. But once you do have this stuff down and written out your, your, your church and members can get behind it. Uh, and I think that, that everyone's going to need to be behind kind of one single vision and plan all of that.
Speaker 0 00:29:42 Uh, you know, that's always a good thing to lead out with in the new year as well. Yep. Yep. Last a week, or I guess a couple of weeks ago now we did a whole podcast that was about the, uh, ways to do a church or what not to do with your church slogan or your tagline on your website. So that's a good place to start for people if you want some just quick hits on those kinds of things. But yeah, I think that'll be, um, that, that would be a great thing to tackle here and a great thing to resolve to do so well. Good. Yeah. I hope this is, uh, I believe 2021 is going to be a great year. Um, I think that if we look the right way, there's been a lot of good things that have happened in 2020 even, and lots of things we didn't like.
Speaker 0 00:30:20 I think there's, there's a lot for us to be thankful for. And I think 20, 21 is going to be a great year. So, uh, for our audience out there, we're thankful that you're part of the retrial nation here. And, uh, you're a part of this each week with us praying for a great 2021 for each and every one of those churches you guys represent. Uh, so I just wanted to, from the retread family, uh, be here to say, happy new year guys, happy new year. Yup. We'll talk to you guys, uh, in 2021. And here we go.
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