When your church has a crisis, how can you be ready? Session one covers crisis planning and strategic response. Participants will learn how to create a crisis plan; develop strategies for use in managing a crisis; and earn trust and build credibility.
When your church has a crisis, how can you be ready? Session two covers audiences and messaging. Participants will learn how to communicate with a purpose; identify target audiences and create an effective communication strategy for each and get how to's for creating messages.
In partnership with the NC Conference Evangelism and Discipleship committee, the Center for Leadership Excellence invites you to a virtual workshop designed for children's ministers, youth ministers, parents, and those who work with children and youth.
When your church has a crisis, how can you be ready? Session three covers dealing with the News Media. Participants will learn essential skills for dealing successfully with the news media during a crisis.
Sometimes it takes a little nudge to reach out to a neighbor and start to build a relationship. The Christian Unity Committee and Center for Leadership Excellence seek to encourage church leaders to develop intentional ecumenical partnerships and Pan Methodist connections.
Center for Leadership Excellence in partnership with Lay Servant Ministries will be offering an advanced course, Leading Bible Study with Alan Felton. This is a 4-week session, held on Thursday evenings. This course opens a new world for many lay servants who have not had professional training in biblical interpretation.
I believe that God, whose middle name is Surprise, shows up in the most unusual places, spaces, and faces, and is still at work in the midst of it all, including in anxiety and chaos.
This workshop will equip you to review, update, and fine-tune your existing Safe Sanctuaries policy. Participants should bring a copy of their church’s current Safe Sanctuaries policy with them to this event.
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer – the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. This popular, evidence-based, nationally recognized training is modified for faith communities using supplementary material from the QPR Institute and can be provided in approximately 90 minutes.
Designed for laity, this course equips participants to understand the need for Safe Sanctuaries in every congregation. Participants will gain a better understanding of what Safe Sanctuaries means to them, their churches, and those they are protecting.
These are challenging times in which to preach and minister. We live in a pandemic-scarred world where communities are being asked to reimagine what it means to be church. Denominational affiliations are shifting, with church members and leaders feeling adrift or in flux.
