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.
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Are you prepared? Communicating in Times of Crisis
When your church has a crisis, how can you be ready?
We have invited Diane Degnan, Director of Public Relations at United Methodist Communications, to lead us in a 3-week workshop series to help our churches and church leaders be prepared to communicate in times of crisis. Participants will learn how to:
A Day of Learning: Leading During Anxious Times
The Center for Leadership Excellence presents a Day of Learning with Craig Gilliam from Just Peace…
Leading During Anxious Times
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.
Are you prepared to respond to a crisis?
No one plans to have a crisis, but being prepared and knowing how to respond in the event of a crisis is essential. Join us for a three-week workshop series […]
An Encouragement for July
I recently received a phone call from an elderly female congregant, concerned that she had heard me use a feminine pronoun to describe the Holy Spirit in my sermon the Sunday prior. She called me a bit upset, but also faithfully curious.