Going Green Notes... and Process

Download who_owns_the_earth_wk1_we.doc
Just in case you wanted my notes... Here they are. It could be fun to match up my message with my notes. compare what jokes were on the spot and which ones were scripted and best of all see what I left out on Sunday.

Here is my process...

• Any where from 3-4 months out (usually) we pick a trimester blog of series and titles. sometimes we are clear on content other times we work it out on the way to 0 hour.
• about a month out I start gathering material and thinking bout the topic. I pray and look for what other people have written or said about the topic.
• the week that I end a new series I take a half a day and map out what I want to do for the next few weeks. This is always flexible and it gives me a chance to run the ideas by Elizabeth or my dad and mom or Paul Stewart.
• then I write the message with what I have gathered and  TRY and get my notes to Courtney by Thursday night. I hope that happens this week
• I toss it around and flip it over and think about it night and day and often rewrite or edit it on Saturday. Some days It is an overhaul and other days it is a miner tweak.
• Sunday I get up... go over it  and print. Always 2 sided and in my 3 ring binder. Then I head over the the theater by 8:30 run through the power point and help were needed and pray with the team.

That is my process. it lends itself to be messy but full of a lot of prayer and a tremendous amount of thought and study. I appreciate the prayer you give because each week i have to gather the Word of God and serve it out before a group of people who need to hear something Life Changing. It can be a lot of pressure... I LOVE IT!

Hope it helps. if you are a pastor reading this It would help me to hear your process.