We are excited about a new position that is opening up in our Family Ministries at Cross Point! We are looking for a dynamic Kid’s Director that will not only lead our Nashville Campus Kidz World environment, but also champion the Kid’s Ministry across all of our 5 campuses. If you feel like this could be you, here are a few of the traits we are looking for:

• Passionate about seeing kids from 0-5th grade grow in their relationship with Christ.
• Work and play well with others – staff, parents & volunteers.
• Able to communicate exceptionally well.
• Always looking for new ways to reach kids and parents who are far from God.
• Willing to champion the DNA of Cross Point at every campus.
• Able to commit to the vision and values of Cross Point Church.
• Are a leader of leaders.
• Excel in keeping up with the details.
• Able to lead a team of paid staff and volunteers.
• Experienced in working with kids and adults of various ages and have a management background.
• Like to have fun.

It’s kind of funny to me that I am now known as the “systems guy” at the office. This is not my natural inclination. Trust me, if you saw my closet at home – and that would be just a little creepy – you would not consider me the “systems guy” either.

It’s just a mis-mash of clothes. Some on hangers. Some on the floor. Some in a pile on the shelves with absolutely no sense of sorting or folding. And that is perfectly fine with me. Until…I’m looking for that sweet, Ed Hardy t-shirt that I feel like has another summer season in it. Then it’s a 2 hour session filled with bowling words and clothes tossing, until I finally remember that it had a rip and Jenny made me throw it away.

If only I had a good clothes system, I could save a lot of time and pain every new season. Luckily, I have worked hard to develop systems in other parts of my life to help me and the initiatives that I lead be more productive. Andy Stanley says that systems create behaviors. The systems that leaders create will drive the organization more than the missions statement.

I am going to dive into some of the systems that I use in more depth next week, but here are a few of the tools that help keep me on track:

- Spiraled notebooks. I still write it with a pen first.
- Evernote. It organizes everything digital for me.
- Google Docs. Great for collaborating.
- Dropbox. Can’t imagine not having it.
- CalenGoo. iPhone calendar app.
- Square app. For credit card transactions and inventory.
- WordPress app. iPad blogging app.
- Google Reader. For reading blogs.
- Angry Birds. For sanity.

What are some of your tools to keep you on track?

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