I met today with the new pastor of Washington Community Fellowship (WCF). What a great guy. I think the only way to have a kingdom mindset is to see other churches as teammates. We each play a unique role in the kingdom of God. We don't compete. We complement each other--literally and figuratively.
Scott shared a couple of great thoughts. He said change happens best when its by evolution not revolution. There are some exceptions to that rule, but I felt like that one thought was instrumental in the way I'm viewing the changes we need to make at NCC in 2004. By personality, I think I'm an "all or none" kind of person. I want it to happen and I want it to happen now! But I think we need to focus on evolution in 2004.
He also made a comment about people worshipping from the shoulders up. I'd never heard it put that way, but what a great description of worship that only goes to the intellectual level. We certainly don't want people to worship from the shoulders down, but we want people to engage in worship body, mind, spirit and heart. Worship should be a physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual experience.