Presented as Laity Sunday Worship Sermon, UMC Stockwell 2007 (Mark Eutsler, Lay Leader)

1. Inverting the Initiative

2. It’s not my job.

3. Imitating Initiative

5. Invigorating Initiative “ You can measure anything you want to,” Indianapolis Meridian Street UMC Lay Leader Daniel F. Evans, CEO, Clarian Health Partners. United Methodist-affiliated Clarian Health Partners uses 636 data sources to assess goals progress, which support its mission. “ Final year medical students who can’t relate to patients are not graduated,” United Methodist Layperson D. Craig Brater, Dean, Indiana University School of Medicine.

6. Inverting the Initiative Instilling Initiative

8. Instilling Initiative Insightful Initiative

15. Inverting the Initiative Intentionally Interdependent Initiative

21. Inverting the Initiative Imaging Initiative

49. Inverting the Initiative Integrating Initiative

52. We must be careful that the holy friendships we form within the church leave room for interruption by other persons and other ideas. Scripture reminds that God often comes to us as a stranger. Hebrews 13:2 instructs, “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.” Integrating Initiative Interrupting Initiative Greg Jones and Kevin Armstrong: Resurrecting Excellence: Shaping Faithful Christian Ministry.

59. Clergy Laity If we believe this …

60. Churched Unchurched … do we also believe this?

61. My generation Other generations … or this?

62. Inverting the Initiative Increasing Initiative