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WHY Go?<\/p>\n
Missions is an important aspect of the church I serve.\u00a0 <\/span>Multiple trips go to various locations around the world, ministering in a holistic manner.\u00a0 <\/span>The budget is strong and wonderful leaders and volunteers support the many efforts of cross-cultural ministries.\u00a0 <\/span>But could it be better?<\/p>\n Simon Sinek in the book Start With Why<\/em> suggests that we often try and manipulate people to influence human behavior rather than use influence.\u00a0 <\/span>By knowing the Why of anything, the need to manipulate decreases and the ability to influence increases.\u00a0 <\/span>It seems that we normally act and communicate in ways opposite of the WHY.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Instead of communicating the Why of an opportunity or desired outcome, we present varies versions of the What and How.<\/p>\n Communicating the missional opportunities \u2013 going, giving and praying \u2013 are conveyed through media, website, traditional \u201cpaper\u201d marketing tools and through the weekend services.\u00a0 <\/span>Start With Why<\/em> has reminded me of the importance of getting to the heart of a person.\u00a0 <\/span>Too often I will announce the What is going on in missions.\u00a0 <\/span>Or I\u2019ll talk about the mission trips \u2013 the How – but seldom do I reach down into people\u2019s hearts and communicate the Why of their participation.\u00a0 <\/span>If the Why is understood, Sinek believes that people will got the extra mile to be involved.<\/p>\n I generally speak about What is happening \u2013 \u201cthe poultry project is helping to make the school in India sustainable, thanks or giving!\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Or I share the How \u2013 \u201cplease join the group of businessmen going to India to work with our partners developing the poultry project, only $2,500!\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>But if the Why is presented – \u201cmany of us have yearnings of making a difference, of living a life of purpose and meaning, here is an opportunity to give your life the purpose you a so longing for,\u201d then perhaps the passion that accompanies knowing the Why would well up in the lives of those in our churches.<\/p>\n Sinek concludes with the statement that\u201d all leaders have two things: they must have a vision of the world that does not exist and they must have the ability to communicate it.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Understanding the Why helps us journey a lot further down the road of communication and meaning, resulting in passionate volunteers ready to make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE \/* Style Definitions *\/ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} WHY Go? Missions is an important aspect of the church I serve.\u00a0 Multiple trips go to various locations around […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,307,303,306],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dminlgp","tag-missions","tag-sinek","tag-why","cohort-lgp3"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}