Catalyst: Innovation

Margaret Feinberg discussed keeping the church relevant and innovative to spread God's message.

• “When I try something a little bit innovative often it doesn’t turn out like I expected”
• “As followers of Jesus we’re called to step out of our ruts and be innovators”
• We flavor and illuminate as followers of Jesus
• Passion + Calling = Innovation
• Passion
• Passion keeps your light in orbit around something
• Passion is more a notion or an equaling. It’s something you find yourself doing over and over again. For others it’s less clear and you may have no idea what you want to do with your life. For those people listen to your friends. When you talk about your passion you light up, those around you can help identify those things.
• Calling
• We should have a calling that is heavenward but secondarily is to the people around us
• Innovation
• Innovation is not the same as being inventive
• Innovation is a place of prayer
• Our passion and our calling brings us to a point where we really don’t know what to do with it and we must turn to Jesus
• Innovation is a place of relationship
• If you’re going to be innovative you can’t do it alone
• Who are we seeking as mentors of the previous generation so that we’re not learning the same thing over and over again?
• Who are we seeking of the next generation to pass the baton to
• Innovation is a place of personal and spiritual growth
• Jay, a church planter, asks new people one question, “What do you love about Jesus?”
• Innovation is something that can’t be measured. You never know how it’s going to be spread.
• How do you live the innovative life?
• You must embrace it
• Don’t just look at the new stuff and say “I’ve tried that before and it didn’t work”
• It’s the nature of people to be inventive. Everyone feels like they have something inside that they want to invest. The world moves forward because we are innovators… – Don Kelly - Former patent office chairman
• Demonstrate
• Need to actually live your passions for others to see it
• Dust off your passions Put them into practice
• Even if following your passion doesn’t work out the way you expect, living your passion encourages those watching you to innovate and try new things as well
• Mentor
• Diving into your passion and living the innovative life, mentor others. Encourage them that nothing is more important than loving god and loving others.
• Even things that are innovative and you’re passionate about should be held back and put on the back burner to allow you to spend time on those things that are important, like God, family and loving others.

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