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Ideas.  They are a dime a dozen.  Well, at least the bad ones are.  Old ideas aren't much better.  But new ideas ... good ideas?  Can you put a price tag on those?  Survey says, "No!"

Creativity.  The byproduct of curiosity and the cousin of necessity.  The result of both need and wonder.  Creativity starts with questions. 

 
These are the kind of questions children aren’t afraid to ask. They seem naive at first. But think how different our lives would be if certain questions of wonder were never asked. Jon Collins of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business has compiled the following list of questions of wonder:

Albert Einstein: What would a light wave look like to someone keeping pace with it?
Bill Bowerman (inventor of Nike shoes): What happens if I pour rubber into my waffle iron?
Fred Smith (founder of Federal Express): Why can’t there be reliable overnight mail service?
Godfrey Hounsfield (inventor of the CAT scanner): Why can’t we see in three dimensions what is inside a human body without cutting it open?
Masaru Ibuka (honorary chairman, Sony): Why don’t we remove the recording function and speaker and put headphones in the recorder? (Result: the Sony Walkman.)
Many of these questions are deemed ridiculous at first.

Other shoe companies thought Bowerman’s waffle shoe was a “really stupid idea.”
Godfrey Hounsfield was told the CAT scan was “impractical.”
Masaru Ibuka got comments like: “A recorder with no speaker and no recorder—are you crazy?”
Fred Smith proposed the idea of Federal Express in a paper at Yale and got a C.
Firstverb is all about creativity.  So naturally, what that looks like for you, your ministry, your church is, well, different.  We offer Custom Creative Consulting to individuals and organizations - to mega churches and volunteer youth pastors. 
 
Custom: We can taylor our services specifically to your needs.  Can't come to us?  No problem.  We'll come to you.  Need one on one consulting?  You got it!  Meet with the entire eldership?  We can do it!  Brainstorming, Strategic Plans, Ministry Development, Long Range Plans, Visioneering... we can help you journey through the field of questions and walk the path of creativity.
 
Creative:  The writer of Ecclesiastes assures us that their is nothing new under the sun.  That is true but sometimes it is just the cloud of status quo hiding it from our vision.  Firstverb wants to help you find what you are looking for.  We don't have all the answers but we will help you ask creative questions - questions to stretch your mind.  A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. During periods of great change, answers don’t last very long but a question is worth a lot. The word question is derived from the Latin quaerere (to seek), which is the same root as the word quest. A creative life is a continued quest, and good questions are useful guides. We have found that the most useful questions are open-ended; they allow a fresh, unanticipated answer to reveal itself.
 
Consulting:  With over fifteen years of ministry experience, Joel can safely declare one thing: he doesn't know much!  But consulting isn't always a matter of expertise.  It is always a matter of perspective.  The old saying that you can't see the forest thru the trees is more relevant than we care to admit.  The view of an outsider is sometimes just what we need.  I'm not going to give in to the self-promotion, prideful, pettiness that some feel the need to succumb to in order convince you that you need me.  I will, however, acknowledge that I have some experience, some talent, the spiritual gifts of creativity, leadership, and communication and I do love Jesus, the church, and helping others.
 
So if you need any type of creative input then let Firstverb help and fill out our contact form today.
 
The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
- Albert Einstein