My Elevator Pitch
“An elevator pitch is an overview of an idea for a product, service, or project. The name reflects the fact that an elevator pitch can be delivered in the time span of an elevator ride (for example, thirty seconds or 100–150 words).” Wikipedia
I previously covered the whys and wherefores of this blog project in my first post in this blog. So you can look it up, or you can check out my report to the Blog Challenge.
From the Blog Challenge over at Growing Kids Ministry Blog, I wrote:Reporting in from Oregon, I’m Frank Tan, former Pastor to Children & Families of Village Baptist (Beaverton, OR) and currently unemployed and actively seeking ministry position.
Blog: Jonah 101
Elevator Pitch: 101 ways of teaching the story of Jonah from the Old Testament Bible
Rationale: “Prof” Howard Hendricks often quipped, “It is a sin to bore people with the Word of God.” I agree and hope to help equip those entrusted with teaching the Word of God to avoid going down that road.
I first thought about starting Jonah 101 Blog in 2006, but the original seeds were planted about five years earlier when I started a new ministry at Fort Bend Community Church (Missouri City, TX) in 2001. More than one Sunday school teacher came up to me with their dilemma, “How do you teach a Bible narrative in a fresh way to church kids who have heard the same lesson many times over?”
The first lesson I taught the kids in TX was the story of Jonah. In subsequent years, I would teach Jonah’s story each year in a different fashion. And so, when it came time to pursue a worthy blog project, Jonah 101 was born.
However, no sooner than I had set up the blog than the demands of life and other interests took over, and I failed to proceed any further. With this Blog Challenge, I hope to resume my task and successfully move forward, or at the very least, be a lot more consistent.
Keep me accountable, guys and gals.
BTW, I did looked up Wikipedia's article "Elevator Pitch" and it mentions Will Smith’s “effective and impressive elevator pitch” in The Pursuit of Happiness. I saw the movie years ago and will have to look it up again to find the particular scene.
