Just Say Yes! Leader Retreat Guide: Unleashing People for Ministry - eBook

In Just Say Yes! Robert Schnase shows church leaders how to unleash

people for fruitful ministry. He teaches leaders to spot their own

nay-saying, and gives specific instructions for reversing the culture of

‘No’ that has become so prevalent in many churches. Step by step,

Schnase shows readers—pastors, other church leaders, and congregants—how

to make significant change in their attitude and actions, to become a

permission-giving church.

This set of resources is the next step in the author’s effort to reshape

church leaders across the mainline denomination. Just Say Yes! Becoming

a Permission-Giving Church give church leaders what they need in order

to begin implementing the principles in the original book. It starts

with a group study experience for church leaders, facilitated by a

senior leader (typically the pastor). The study can be done in as little

as 3 hours or, if groups watch all the videos and do all the optional

exercises and activities, up to 6 hours total. The sessions can be used

as a single-day retreat or broken up into 3 or 6 separate sessions. They

can be stand-alone sessions, or incorporated into meetings for staff

and lay leaders.

The Leader Guide includes instructions and guidance for leaders in

planning, hosting, debriefing and following up after the experience.

Using this resource, plus the included customizable PowerPoint slides

and the video Stories of Permission, a pastor or other key leader can

effectively facilitate an extraordinary group experience resulting in

transformation for the congregation.

The Participant Guide is a complete workbook and devotion guide for

church leaders—staff and laity—who participate in the Permission-Giving

group experience. These will typically be church councils, staff teams,

committee chairs, ministry team leaders, and the like. The Guide

includes prompts to reinforce the material shared in the videos and by

the facilitator, questions for reflection and discussion, and specific

action steps for becoming permission-giving leaders in the church. It

includes plenty of room for writing and note taking during the group

experience. It also includes a 30-day Devotional, which the participant

can complete either during or after the group experience. The group

experience includes 6 inspiring and compelling videos from real church

settings. Several additional video clips are also available, for groups

wanting to spend more time exploring ideas together.

A printed 4-Week Devotional is also available, and can be used by

individual church members autonomously, or (ideally) used by every

member as a personal study guide accompanying the 4-Week Sermon &

Worship series. The material is flexible and accessible for all adult

readers, and can be done in one sitting or spread throughout the week.

This study consists of a Leader Guide, Participant Guide, DVD, a

Devotional Guide and free Customizable Downloadable Resources. The DVD

has 8 video stories showing the Permission-Giving Church in action, 3

brief videos essays demonstrating the essentials of a permission-giving

church and 1 video promo for inviting participation in the Just Say Yes!

experience.