Servant Leadership
Roger Thomas
Matthew 20:20-28
Introduction: Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's, who died a few years, became a familiar sight to millions in his company's television commercials. I used to refer to him as Uncle Dave. He wasn't my uncle, but I hoped that if he ever heard about my referring to him that way he might remember me in his will. He didn't. I guess I can just call him plain old Dave Thomas now.
Dave also appeared in a lot of in store training films. In those, as in many of the more familiar commercials, he would dress as his workers. One year he appeared on the cover of one of the company's annual reports dressed in a knee-length work apron holding a mop and a plastic bucket. For many years, a framed copy of that picture graced the back rooms and manager's office of most Wendy's. That picture was built on the fact Dave was a self-made millionaire. He didn't finish high school. He worked his way up through the ranks of Colonel Sanders' Kentucky Fried Chicken chain long before he went off on his own and started Wendy's. Here's how Dave explained that picture: ''I got my M.B.A. long before my G.E.D. At Wendy's M.B.A. does not mean Master of Business Administration. It means Mop Bucket Attitude.'' Dave Thomas taught all of his employees that service comes before success. The Wendy's owner could have learned that lesson from Jesus.
You are leaders. You have been selected by the fellow members of this church to lead and make decisions. What you do will affect the life and future of this congregation. You have agreed to accept that challenge. For that you are respected and honored by your brothers and sisters in this church. Your leadership is important.
But as followers of Jesus you are a different kind of leader. You are what Jesus describes as a servant leader. On the surface that might seem like an oxymoron-a contradiction in terms. Words like jumbo shrimp, baby grand, adult children, male lady bug, government organization ...
Roger Thomas
Matthew 20:20-28
Introduction: Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's, who died a few years, became a familiar sight to millions in his company's television commercials. I used to refer to him as Uncle Dave. He wasn't my uncle, but I hoped that if he ever heard about my referring to him that way he might remember me in his will. He didn't. I guess I can just call him plain old Dave Thomas now.
Dave also appeared in a lot of in store training films. In those, as in many of the more familiar commercials, he would dress as his workers. One year he appeared on the cover of one of the company's annual reports dressed in a knee-length work apron holding a mop and a plastic bucket. For many years, a framed copy of that picture graced the back rooms and manager's office of most Wendy's. That picture was built on the fact Dave was a self-made millionaire. He didn't finish high school. He worked his way up through the ranks of Colonel Sanders' Kentucky Fried Chicken chain long before he went off on his own and started Wendy's. Here's how Dave explained that picture: ''I got my M.B.A. long before my G.E.D. At Wendy's M.B.A. does not mean Master of Business Administration. It means Mop Bucket Attitude.'' Dave Thomas taught all of his employees that service comes before success. The Wendy's owner could have learned that lesson from Jesus.
You are leaders. You have been selected by the fellow members of this church to lead and make decisions. What you do will affect the life and future of this congregation. You have agreed to accept that challenge. For that you are respected and honored by your brothers and sisters in this church. Your leadership is important.
But as followers of Jesus you are a different kind of leader. You are what Jesus describes as a servant leader. On the surface that might seem like an oxymoron-a contradiction in terms. Words like jumbo shrimp, baby grand, adult children, male lady bug, government organization ...
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