A New Resource in our midst...
The Center for Leadership Impact
A new initiative has been developed through the efforts of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Myerstown, PA to come alongside local churches and leadership to help them grow in their Kingdom effectiveness.
The Center for Leadership Impact has embarked on an exciting series of events that are designed to resource local church leaders from a variety of denominational backgrounds around topics that confront each of us.
A few of the early efforts are as follows:
Leaders of Impact!
The Center's website describes this new initiative in this way:
Those of us who serve in Christian leadership are well aware of the increasing
demands on our leadership in an ever-changing and complex world.
Enter...Leaders of Impact. Not just another course, conference, or seminar.
Rather, Leaders of Impact is a leadership development initiative designed
to give you traction as you deal with the realities of ministry.
Over a season, you and nine to fourteen ministry colleagues will meet a
few hours a month as a cohort, learning to address specific ministry issues
and weaving these insights into your ministry context. Each cohort will be
lead by a gifted "been there, done that" facilitator who brings personal
knowledge and skill to the specific ministry challenge. This cohort approach
provides a high-level learning experience in a particular area of ministry, all
the while developing the two ingredients so vital to leadership impact...
integrity and skill.
A listing of the topics for the cohorts are listed below:
- 8 Leaders...8 Themes
- Help! Ministry is Killing Me Spiritually –
A Journey in Personal Spiritual Development
- Taking Youth Ministry to the Next Level
Creating a Culture of Change in your Congregation:
Congregations up to 250 – without getting stuck or blowing it up
- Developing and Casting Vision for your Congregation -
developing such issues as ownership, contextualization, perseverance, and reading your community
- Kicking the Lid of Your Personal Leadership –
taking deliberate steps to increase personal leadership effectiveness
- Leading Your Congregation to New Levels:
Congregations 250+
- Learning from Marketplace Leaders –
interaction with a different marketplace leader every month
- Building a Positive Ministry Culture as a Woman
- Who Am I Really? –
Understanding How My Family of Origin Shapes My Ministry
For more information and cost, please click on the link below to be taken to the Center's website:
www.Center4li.org
A second event that is being sponsored by the Center is:
Leaning Into The Future, A Day With Gordon MacDonald
Gordon MacDonald, Interim President, Denver Seminary
Date: October 29, 2009
Location: Dech Chapel, Evangelical Theological Seminary, Myerstown PA
Price: $39.00 (Price with CEU: $49.00) - Prices include lunch
Gordon will focus on two primary themes:
Leadership in the church: where do we go from here?
and
Engaging all ages in the mission of the church.
Bio: Gordon MacDonald has been a pastor, author, and leader for more than 40 years, most recently the senior minister at Grace Chapel, Lexington, MA. Other pastorates were in New York City, Southern Illinois and Kansas. He is also a frequent speaker with the Willow Creek Association.
MacDonald is a prolific author, a few of his most recent titles including Ordering Your Private World (2007), A Resilient Life (2005), and Mid-Course Correction (2005), Secrets of a Generous Life (2002), and most recently, Who Stole My Church (2008). He also serves as Editor-at-Large with Leadership Journal, a publication of Christianity Today, Inc.
In addition to his writing and pastoral work, MacDonald has also worked with several parachurch ministries including Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship and World Relief. He also served as interim president of Denver Seminary.
Gordon holds a B.A. from the University of Colorado ('62), and an M.Div. from Denver Seminary ('66). Barrington College awarded MacDonald an honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree in 1979.
Gordon and Gail MacDonald, married 47 years, live on an old farm they call Peace Ledge in Canterbury, N.H. Their great satisfaction is in their two married children and five grandchildren. Beyond that, the MacDonalds are hikers, bikers, kayakers, and voracious readers.
To register for the event, please click here, and you'll be taken to the Center for Leadership Impact's website.