{"id":31354,"date":"2016-12-08T03:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wwv.group.com\/childrens-ministry\/?p=31354"},"modified":"2016-12-05T14:41:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T21:41:11","slug":"4-ways-flip-flop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwv.group.com\/childrens-ministry\/blog\/lead\/4-ways-flip-flop\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways to Flip a Flop"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll admit it. I\u2019m a perfectionist. I don\u2019t like to make mistakes. Over the years I\u2019ve come to realize that perfection is not an indicator of ministry success. There\u2019s value in the process, even if it means messing up along the way.<\/p>\n

At Group, we celebrate failure\u2014because we know we can learn from it. In their book Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore<\/em><\/a>, Thom and Joani Schultz share that mistakes can be \u201cteachable moments.\u201d \u201cAs long as we own up to our mistakes and don\u2019t repeat them, our top flops can be a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

So how do you flip a flop?<\/p>\n

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  1. Name the failure.<\/strong> Identify what failed. Take ownership for what went wrong. It may be that just one element or system of the idea failed, not the whole thing.<\/li>\n
  2. Have the right attitude.<\/strong> Winston Churchill said, \u201cSuccess is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.\u201d Look for that silver lining that will come from the failure.<\/li>\n
  3. Review what happened.<\/strong> Be sure to analyze or assess the steps that led to the failure or obstacle. When the small group core team at my church was experiencing poor attendance at training sessions, we surveyed the leaders and discovered there were too many conflicts with schedules to hold onsite training sessions. We now do most of our training online through Google Groups and Good to Go<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  4. Plan and prepare to think differently.<\/strong> Determine what you\u2019ll do differently and make sure you communicate this to the whole team or the person who will take leadership on this moving forward.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Do you recall what happened in 1985 when they launched \u201cnew Coke\u201d? They flipped that major flop and went back to the original recipe. What\u2019s even more interesting is that in the late 1800s a man named John Pemberton invented a mixture he claimed would cure many diseases, including morphine addiction, indigestion, fatigue, headaches, and impotence. It was called Coca-Cola syrup. It didn\u2019t catch on as a health tonic, but it did become a popular beverage.<\/p>\n

    What flop in your ministry do you need to flip?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I’ll admit it. I\u2019m a perfectionist. I don\u2019t like to make mistakes. Over the years I\u2019ve come to realize that perfection is not an indicator of ministry success. There\u2019s value in the process, even if it means messing up along the way. At Group, we celebrate failure\u2014because we know we can learn from it. In their book Why Nobody Wants […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":31382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,670],"tags":[611,681,680,141,314],"class_list":["post-31354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lead","category-volunteers","tag-change","tag-flip-a-flop","tag-flipflops","tag-leadership","tag-mistakes-2"],"yoast_head":"\n4 Ways to Flip a Flop - Group Children's Ministry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I'll admit it. I\u2019m a perfectionist. 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