Embracing the unexpected…In the life of the local church and ministry, change happens. Using improvisational skills and tools can help local churches adapt and thrive.
Join us for this Day of Learning where we’ll spend time considering the scriptural journeys of biblical figures whose “yes, and” approach is a means to a greater path forward. We will also practice new models and ways to adapt, and at the same time explore the beauty of not having all the answers.
Embracing the Unexpected:
Facing the Unknown with Grace and Humor
Presented by the Center for Leadership Excellence
with MaryAnn McKibben Dana
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 9:30am – 3pm ET
NC Conference Building, Garner
$40, includes lunch
Bring Your Team! We believe this Day of Learning, like most of our events, will have the biggest impact when clergy and laity attend together. Bring a group of 3 or more from your church and receive a 20% discount on your total registration. You must register by this Wednesday, May 8th, to receive this discount!
About MaryAnn Mckibben Dana:
The Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana is a writer, pastor, speaker, and ministry coach living in the Virginia suburbs of DC. She is author of three books, Hope: A User’s Manual, God, Improv, and the Art of Living, and Sabbath in the Suburbs, and writes a weekly newsletter for thousands of subscribers called The Blue Room. Her writing has also appeared in TIME.com, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, Religion Dispatches, Journal for Preachers, the Christian Century, and Presbyterians Today. She was featured on PBS’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly for her work on Sabbath and was recognized by the Presbyterian Writers Guild with the 2015-2016 David Steele Distinguished Writer Award.
She is a sought-after speaker, preacher, conference leader and writer around issues of leadership, faith formation, and congregational transformation. She currently serves as associate pastor at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Herndon, VA. MaryAnn is a graduate of Rice University in Houston, Texas and received her M.Div. from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. She is a mother of three, an imperfect knitter, and an occasional ultramarathoner. Connect with her at her website.