In one of my first meetings with the educational leaders of a church I served, I made the comment, “There are no sacred cows.” Everyone in the room agreed, Amened, and approved. A couple months later as I began speaking about some outdated practices and programs, my words were met with, well let’s say, not so positive stares and comments. People’s sacred cows were coming to light and they weren’t ready to give them up.

When you revise the methods or furnishings (changes) of a church you are in essence trampling sacred memories. What seemed like necessary changes to me were not only sacred cows, they were decades of the familiar, comfort, and religious security of these church members. To these longtime members, I was the new kid (in my forties), the change agent, and that did not bode well.

Bringing about change is not only programmatic. The changes you suggest, as good and godly as they might be, can sometimes be very personal to others. I have written in prior posts about understanding your Emotion Quotient (EQ). Just as every person has an Intelligence Quotient (IQ), so everyone has an EQ as well. Twenty years later in life, I realize the importance of not only knowing my own EQ, but also understanding the EQ of those my requests and suggestions will affect.

The year 2020 has certainly brought disruption into every life. The church has faced great disruption and necessary change. Those changes are not over yet. They will continue for some time as we maneuver through the weeks, months, and years ahead. Pastors and other church leaders are deliberating and making decisions on issues they never would have dreamed of twelve months ago.

As each next step is considered in every church a multitude of factors must be considered. Speaking with an Associate Pastor and friend recently I was reminded of EQ. He did not use that term, but he certainly was referring to it. He said to help their congregation through all the disruptions and adjustments, their church staff was not using the word change. Instead of helping their people deal with change, they have adopted a grief process. They are walking with their members as they grieve the loss of what once was.

The changes of the church brought on by 2020 have and will continue to take an emotional toll on churchgoers. This staff has challenged themselves to walk with their members through the stages of grief during this time. Your church members have lost a great deal of what they have known for years, even decades.

The emotional state of some break down quicker than others. Wouldn’t we all fare well to consider the EQ of those we serve and those who serve us? Considering the losses, approaching people from a position of grief assistance could certainly aid in the emotional and spiritual state of mind – for our members and leaders. What can you begin today that will enable you to assist others in walking through the grief stages from losses in 2020?

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

Pastor Greg mused as one of his members walked away. “Wow, that is the fifth person this morning who has commented on the changes in his/her life. Eight in the last two weeks.” Actually, none of those had used the word “change”. But what each had to share was a change in the way he/she was living. Five members of Greg’s congregation that morning shared with him of something they had done to share Jesus with others the previous week. A change was truly happening in the congregation. A good change! “After three years, what has finally made the difference?” Greg pondered.

In the past I have written about the importance of organizational leadership. Today I want to write about guiding leadership. While organizational leadership is critical, without guiding leadership your organization will become stagnant which could lead to organizational demise. Guiding leadership is directional leadership.

To be a guiding leader, you must be on the same journey with your organization. Willing to be in the trenches. Guiding leadership is directional leadership. Not only pointing people in a direction, but leading people through the transformation by making the transformation yourself. You cannot lead people to a place you are not willing to go personally.

Have you ever taken a guided tour and known the guide to stay behind and send you on your way? No. A guide is out in front, pointing out the beauty of the journey, helping you to see and enjoy the benefits and avoid the potential pitfalls.

The church of the near future will look different than the church of the past, even the recent past. In many ways, this is not a bad thing. Leaders of the local church (not only the pastor) must be willing to embrace change in their own ways of leadership and ministry.

In the coming church a pastor still preaches, teaches and cares for his people. Some of the changes come in how pastors and congregants interact with people in the community. Our observation patterns must change, watching for opportunities to serve our local community with a completely different mindset of what to watch for. Opportunities abound. We only need to be prayerful and watchful for God’s great opportunities to show His love in ways we have neglected the past 40 years. People may not tell you of a need. We need deeper listening skills, listening to the Holy Spirit for the ways we can serve.

Another mindset change is from when we see or hear of an opportunity we must act right away. In the past we might have sat on an idea. Maybe mulled it around a few days until the opportunity passed. Often without sharing the opportunity with anyone. Changing your church’s operational structure to meet needs according to the giftings and passions of the church members.

In this new era when an opportunity appears, we should immediately place a phone call (or text) to one of the leaders in the church who will spring into action getting others in the church reacting to the opportunity. Helping your members find their true passions and giftings, then matching those to ministry opportunities is perhaps the greatest key to exceptional fruitful Great Commission ministry.

Regardless of your position in the church are you ready and willing to be a directional leader? What is your first order of business to become a directional leader?

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

A young man in our church, approached me in the hallway a few months after the launch of a fruitful aerobics ministry. Carl was a former military man. Apparently in the military he taught a form of martial arts. Hearing of the fruitfulness of the aerobics ministry, Carl stated that he wanted to teach this martial arts discipline in our church.

I have nothing against martial arts, Carl and certainly nothing against new ministries to bring people to the saving grace of Christ and building disciples. Due to the disciplines of martial arts, I could envision a fruitful disciple growing ministry. However, talking with Carl for a couple short minutes on this day, I knew where this was going.

Like the young lady with the aerobics ministry, I asked Carl to set an appointment, to discuss this ministry possibility and to share with him about writing a ministry plan. Unlike the young lady with the aerobics ministry I never heard from Carl again about this possible ministry.

In the brief hallway encounter, I could tell that Carl was serious, thinking this could be a great ministry opportunity, and I agree it could have been. I could also tell by his delivery that this would unfortunately be a fleeting moment for Carl. A worthy and noble pursuit, his passion would wane and die. I am not certain there was ever any passion in Carl’s heart for this as a ministry. Starting new ministries in the church is a great way to advance the Kingdom of God, if those ministries are God sent.

The events of 2020 have provided many wonderful opportunities for new ministries in and through the local church. Yet, we must open our eyes to things we have been closed to in recent years. We must be willingly ready to follow God in His desire to be His church, not the church of our comfort. Regardless of the past successes or shortcomings, we must be willing to let go of the grip we have on what we believe in as church. New ministries, new processes abound and will resonate the church of the future. In many aspects this church of the future, to be fruitful, will look more like the church found in the book of Acts than what we’ve called church for the last century.

Below are links to two free resources every church can use for greater impact in ministry. One is a ministry evaluation form. I believe every church should evaluate each ministry every year. You ae not going to do away with all ministries but evaluate them for fruitfulness. What functions of the church is this fulfilling? Which parts of the Great Commission have been fulfilled this past year through this ministry? The other resource is a New Ministry Questionnaire. Eighteen questions to answer before starting any new ministry or event in your church. Both resources can be vital to the success of your ministry service to God.

New Ministry Questionnaire – https://soncare.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/New-Ministry-Questionnaire.pdf

Ministry Evaluation – https://soncare.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Evaluating-Ministries.pdf

What is the biggest hurdle for your church in beginning God-sent viable ministries to reach your community? What ministry opportunities has God placed before you/your church in the past 30 days that your church could respond to answering the eighteen questions on the New Ministry form?

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

I read a very encouraging article this weekend of a church, Pleasant Grove, in Owensboro, Kentucky. This church, PGBC, in the last six months has completed a 2.5 million dollar building project, hired a new pastor, almost doubled their weekly income, baptized dozens, and seen an increase in attendance from 320 to 477. All during the pandemic and unrest in our nation.

How did they do it? By carrying on with the business of The Great Commission. Some of their ventures were simply retooling the ministry opportunities they had previously been involved with, including a t-ball league (yes during the pandemic – in accordance with all guidelines). 2020 gave the church a unique opportunity to tweak this ministry and reach more people for Christ. God is Awesome.

It fills my heart with joy and encouragement as I read and hear of church stories like this during this time of trial and hardships of 2020. These are the churches I desire to be and see throughout our land. God has not given us a timeout to await the pandemic’s demise. Instead He has given us great opportunities to reach more people than ever for Christ. Each church has opportunities like these for the taking. We need only to be willing and obedient in fulfilling The Great Commission.

Fruitful leading of a church goes beyond the functional interests of numbers and dollars. It is easy to get caught up in the day to day affairs of church as usual and keeping up with attendance numbers and budget receipts. God’s intent is for the church to reflect the true personality of God. This is done when we empower the people of the church to be Great Commission Christians, providing opportunities to share God’s glorious character and personality.

Think back, did you let some ministry lapse this summer due to the coronavirus? How could you have tweaked and reshaped that ministry to reach people for Christ? Next, look ahead to your Fall ministry events. How can you empower your people to be the church, God’s church moving forward with God’s directive, The Great Commission?

As an individual, what opportunities has God placed in front of you to share His love and character of forgiveness, mercy, and grace? To whom (how many) can you share in the bounty of God’s love and grace to you? Share a meal, pack a goodies basket, mow someone’s yard, carry a vase of flowers, hand someone a gift card (even $5), pay for someone’s meal. The possibilities are endless.

Whatever you do, do all these things as unto God, for His glory, and be sure to shine His light. Share with the person why you are doing this act of kindness. Watch and pray for opportunities to tell of God’s great goodness.

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

One of my mentors in ministry recently left this earth for his eternal residence. I was working in retail management when Pam and I joined Pastor Jim Whorton’s church. I went to work in the church right away. Jim told the Director of Missions I’d make a good youth minister for one of the churches in the Dayton area. The Director of Missions gave my name to a local church, within weeks I was serving as Youth Pastor.

I look back on my time as youth pastor there and realize though I had served in youth ministries of churches for eight years, I had no idea how to lead a fruitful youth ministry. Don’t get me wrong, it was a very fruitful youth ministry. We had five teens my first Sunday as Youth Pastor. By the end of two years, forty-five were involved in the weekly activities. Sunday morning Bible study attendance grew from five to twenty, one class to two. Our church saw several teen baptisms each year. Despite my pedagogical teaching style on Sunday mornings, God grew His kingdom.

God has taught me and blessed me every place He has led me to serve. All the credit goes to God, for I know from whence I came. Oftentimes in ministry I believe we rest heavy on the side of rationale and short on relevance. Our teaching may be relevant to God’s word, but not relevant for practical application in the lives of our members. Christianity is not only learning about God and His desire for our lives. All teaching to which we ascribe should lead people to apply each week.

Most pastors would tell you that is the way they teach. Yet our churches are falling short. From not sharing our faith, not voting biblical values, lifestyle choices, our teaching is not translating to transformed lives. Regardless of the time (years) spent in church, the outside culture has more influence on the lives of “Christians” than the church. Pastors would also lay the reasoning at the feet of the believer, “It’s their fault.” While certain responsibility indeed falls on each believer, my contention is that as leaders we must provide opportunities for learning through application if we want to change the culture inside the church and have any Godly affect on the culture outside the church building.

Most of Jesus’ teachings were not in a classroom or behind a pulpit. His teaching came in His daily living, sitting in the living room of a crowded house, at a meal, beside the seashore or walking along the road. He practiced as He taught. His Disciples watched Him in action as He interacted with the world. Then He sent them out to do likewise. While you cannot walk with every member of your church or class, as leaders we must find opportunities to serve our communities – in ways that have grown unaccustomed to our nature. Remember, many of Jesus’ methodologies went against the traditions of the religious leaders. We are not called to be religious leaders, but shepherds and followers of Christ. How will you challenge yourself to be more of a Jesus leader from this day forward? Jim Whorton was a Jesus leader.

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

Through this pandemic of 2020 God has given us many opportunities to be the church. Unfortunately, only a few churches have taken advantage of these opportunities. The ones that have embraced God’s opportunities are sharing stories of regeneration, new people coming into the church, people being baptized. One church in Kentucky baptized 156 people from the day in May when the re-entered worship through the end of August. How? The people of the church went after family, friends, and coworkers with the gospel. It was not the Sunday morning preaching, according to one of the lead pastors. It was the people. And I would venture to say that church, the people, will not stop.

In recent weeks I’ve shared about reaching out to the business community. This is one area God has certainly opened doors of opportunity for the church in 2020. You never know what impact you might have on someone. Let me share a story with you that was shared on a recent Zoom meeting with several pastors and denomination leaders. A friend of mine, Mike Stewart, Associational Mission Strategist, shared this story and gave me permission to use it.

Mike was serving as interim pastor of a small church. Following a Wednesday night prayer meeting and Bible study, the church members decided to a restaurant for food and fellowship that they had been missing. Upon deciding where to dine, that evening they walked into an empty restaurant, ate, enjoyed their time, paid their bills and left. Since the restaurant was easy to get to, had good food, and no waiting line, the members decided to go again the following Wednesday. They continued to frequent the restaurant on Wednesday nights.

Fast forward a few weeks, Mike is visiting the bookstore next door to the restaurant. The bookstore owner approaches Mike and inquires, “Aren’t you the man who leads the church that has been going into my friend’s restaurant next door?” Mike replied that “Yes.” He was. Not knowing what was coming next, good or bad, Mike was not expecting the next statement out of the bookstore owners mouth.

“I want to thank you for saving my friend’s business.”

Think on that for a second. If that does not render Holy goose bumps on you, you’ve become numb to the workings of God and Christ, our Savior. Mike admitted on that Zoom call that the church had not given a thought to the opportunity in front of them or saving someone’s business. Their whole intent was to have fellowship. And all the time God was working, using that little church. Mike’s perhaps regret was that he and the church members did not capitalize on more opportunities to be intentional in that restaurant and other businesses in the community.

You never know whose life you will impact. But don’t wait until the opportunity is gone. Take advantage of what God has given us today the great opportunities of 2020. Get out in the local business community, talk to businesses, listen for the God-ordained opportunities for you and your church family. Then spring into action. Stop wringing your hands about doing church and Be the church. For more ideas on prevailing opportunities, read last week’s blog post. Whom Does God want you to impact for eternity?

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

One topic that has come up in several Zoom and in person meetings recently has been how to get the church going again, five months into this pandemic. While most inquirers and responses have been about getting people back into the church facility, I have been offering a differing view. Should our main focus be about getting people back into the building or equipping them to serve in life’s arenas? Gathering, socializing, and learning together is an important physical and mental need that God has built inside each of us.

However, as I read scripture, I sense that Jesus’ focus for us was to be on sending rather than gathering. “Go into all the world…” people will always learn more through doing than sitting and listening. It has been said that, “Experience is the greatest teacher.” While I relent that The Holy Spirit is our teacher, no amount of classroom or pulpit instruction holds a candle to learning through experience. With that being said, we must teach why to serve and how to grow in Christ.

This past Sunday, my church engaged in an act of service. I smoked 54 pounds of Boston Butt Pork shoulder. Others made Mac-&-cheese, baked beans, and cookies. Some purchased buns and other accessories. After service Sunday morning a group gathered to pull the pork, mix it with B-B-Q sauce and plate the meals. Children of the church colored and decorated Thank You cards to go with the meals. Then several families, couples, or individuals set out to deliver the meals to the households of some of our long-serving senior saints.

The idea was to involve many different people in the church to show gratitude for those who have served in & through the church in recent decades. A secondary idea was to involve people in an act of service to open our hearts and minds to more service ministry projects. Ideas have been tossed around about doing for other groups in the church and community. Thoughts were shared for serving businesses in the community. Some of these I have shared in Zoom meetings over the last few weeks and in documents for religious organizations. Consider these.

Businesses are hurting. Lost income has hit very hard. Small businesses have been severely impacted. While your church cannot reimburse local businesses for all their loss, there are ministry opportunities abounding outside your church door.

• Offer counseling or a listening ear for business owners and employees
• Ask for an appointment with local business owners (one on one) or managers. Simply go to listen & offer to pray. Listen for opportunities your church can serve that business. Then serve!
• Offer to prepare a meal for every employee in a small business (Hair salons, banks, local gov’t office, water company, knick-knack shop, the list goes on and on)
• If not a meal, what could your church offer to show you “care” for the community
• Adopt a business as a church. If your church is large enough each group in the church (worship team, Bible study groups, staff) adopt a business and search for ways to show you care because God cares.
• Frequent small businesses in your community to boost their economy.

Each one of these offers opportunities to teach and practice discipleship. Each will help build bridges to the community & gospel conversations. Get farther outside the box than you’ve ever gone before and if you need some thinking help, contact me.

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

I began last week’s post with the statement, “As healthy environments promote healthy individuals, so unhealthy environments promote abnormal or unhealthy interpersonal behavior within the culture.” There are many environments within a culture. The church is but one of those environments. Also stated  was the fact that the church in North America has failed to maintain its percentages compared to the population growth, let alone any increase. This week our focus is on creating an environment of the church in ways that can truly affect the culture in which we live.

We would have to admit in many churches compliance and conformity are placed at the highest value, overlooking and ignoring the value of God-given potential of each individual. Are we not creating an unhealthy environment/culture if we are teaching sound theology, yet not creating an environment with ongoing opportunities for people to fulfill their God-given purpose? I understand and agree with the need for sound theology. I have also heard the thought process, “They should know what to do.” That was not the question. The question is, are we as a church creating the environment, the ongoing opportunities to use their knowledge, wisdom, and giftings?

What makes a successful lemonade stand? Is it one child who decides to sell lemonade? It takes much more than a thought. Before the lemonade can be sold, a table and or materials for a stand must be available. Someone had to manufacture the product that made that stand. Promotional signs must be made. Someone must manufacture poster board and markers to write with. Each of those must be purchased from a distributor (retailer). Cups, pitchers, ice , lemons, and sugar must be purchased. Aside from this, somewhere, a lemon farmer is growing a large orchard of trees to produce the lemons. A treatment plant is cleaning the water and sending it through miles of pipe to the homeowner.

Every person along that list has had a part in the success of the lemonade stand. Just as the thought of one person for a successful lemonade stand is the beginning, teaching sound theology is only the beginning for creating an environment for succeeding in fulfillment of The Great Commission. In each local congregation, this type of environment, valuing and empowering each person’s God-given talents with ongoing opportunities to flourish individually and corporately is needed. Until we do so, we will continue to have declining, unhealthy environments feeding off the outside culture rather than influencing that culture.

It is not taking in information that creates a disciple. Even Jesus’ Disciples true growth came when they were sent into the world. Their true growth came as He invited them to get actively engaged through practicing His teachings.  These Disciples continued growing in spiritual maturity not only while Jesus was with them, but throughout their entire lives. Read the book of Acts with an eye for their learning experiences.

A person growing in spiritual maturity will develop mental, emotional, and spiritual health, will desire restoring and building healthy relationships inside and outside the church, and will move toward his/her God-given creativity in fulfilling God’s purpose. God has not given us a box of lemons in 2020. He has given us a world of opportunities. Go and make some lemonade! Change the environment, change the culture.

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

As healthy environments promote healthy individuals, so unhealthy environments promote abnormal or unhealthy interpersonal behavior within the culture. “Negative environments raise negative and broken children.” Erwin McManus. Within any culture you can have both healthy environments and unhealthy. Every entity within a culture will lead to healthy or unhealthy individual behavior. An entity can be each home, school classroom, business, media, or other institution. When any one of these is not promoting and fulfilling a healthy role in the community, the culture will suffer.

We are witnessing widespread dysfunction today and we can point fingers at any number of negative environments within our society. Let us focus on one, the church. As stated in an earlier blog post, while the world’s population has increased from one billion to over seven billion in the last seven decades, the church in North America has not kept up with the increase. In fact, the church has been in decline for the past at least four decades.

One thing the church should understand is that it is far more significant to shape the values of the culture than to write its laws. Abraham Lincoln said, “The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” Oh, how we are seeing this played out in front of our very eyes. It has happened on our watch ladies and gentlemen. The church in North America has failed to influence the culture with biblical values the last 50-70 years.

Can the church shape the future? Absolutely! But not in and of itself. The church is the bride of Christ. We cannot allow the church to remain as it has been for the last 70+ years. If God’s team is the winning team and the church is declining, its influence fading, we must ask ourselves, “Are we truly on God’s team?”

We have tried programs and priorities, shaming people and enticing them. We’ve tried deeper, richer Bible expository. All this and more, yet, the church is still in decline, the culture moving farther left of center from God’s will. What are we missing?

One thing perhaps missing is our understanding of God’s directive. We understand God’s directive to be The Great Commission. We preach it, teach it and go after it – in our 21^st century comfort, politically correct ways. What we are missing is the hunger and thirst of the church found in the book of Acts. I’m not sure that reading the Acts account or studying it is enough. We’ve been reading and studying it for years.

We need to die to self as these early believers did. They were known as the Way. They created a movement that flipped the world upside down. We need a pivotal change in our thinking and our way of living. We need to plead with God to change our thinking and lifestyle so radically that He can create within us a movement unlike any since the early church in Acts.

The choice is yours. The choice is mine. Choose you this day whom you will serve, the Gods of the church of the 20^th & 21^st century or The Lord of Lords, God Almighty.

Join us this Wednesday for the first “Conversations in the New Reality“. See photo header for information & registration. It’s free!

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

There are many questions floating around in our nation about churches, reopening, how to carry on, getting members back into worship services. There are also quite a few voices. Most of those voices are legitimate and truly want to help the church. Though, I’ve seen a couple that were more in line with late night infomercials. Where do you turn? To whom do you listen?

The first place to turn is the Holy Scriptures. The ultimate voice to listen to is God’s voice. Yes, He has many people He has equipped, and experienced to help. Listening to more than one is, in my opinion, wise and can lead to wise decisions. Follow God’s lead and practicality, not only “big name”, best selling authors or speakers. Here is a couple of questions to ask yourself.

Who understands and speaks to the demographics in our church and community?

Who is aligned with our doctrinal stance?

From these blog posts over the last four months have arisen conversations about the church for the remainder of 2020 and beyond. I am blessed and honored to have been able to write and asked to speak with different groups (via internet) about current issues surrounding the church.

Out of these conversations I have asked two gentlemen to join me in delivering some healthy conversations for church leaders in what we are all dealing with in these times. Let me introduce them:

David Stokes is Associational Mission Strategist for the Central Kentucky Network of Baptists. David has led in the transformation of the association of churches and is a practitioner with a heart for seeing God’s success through the local church.

Mark Gainey is Lead Pastor of Fultondale First Baptist Church, just north of Birmingham, Alabama. Mark is passionate about the Gospel, Discipleship, and helping churches. Also, Mark is the founder and main voice of Church Leadership Podcast and can be seen in many videos on his youtube channel (Mark Gainey).

I pray you will join the three of us on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 11:00AM Eastern Time, 10:00AM Central, & 8:00AM Pacific Time for our first in a series of “Conversations in The New Reality.” It is free, though you must register to receive entrance code for that day. Please register today at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TWaPBQ7pS_yjGNlbPDLlCA

“Conversations in The New Reality” will be Zoom based and are truly interactive conversations about the issues you are facing as church leaders today. We will discuss issues as those mentioned in the first paragraph of this post, draw on our own experiences and those of others, including some on the Zoom meeting that day.

Whether you are a church leader or denominational leader, you will gain insight in helping your church(es) in navigating the twists and turns of Life’s highway in 2020 and beyond. Click the link above and register today as participation is limited by Zoom guidelines. Then pass this on to other church leaders in your circle of influence. There is no cost and no sales pitches! Any questions, please contact me.

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.