{"id":10805,"date":"2025-02-11T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/?p=10805"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:37:54","slug":"leadership-and-church-administration-summertime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/2025\/02\/leadership-and-church-administration-summertime\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership and Church Administration: Summertime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Center for Leadership Excellence presents <em>Summertime<\/em>, a Leadership and Church Administration workshop with Laura Thompson and Carl Frazier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Engage with colleagues and explore strategies for preaching, planning, and programming during the summer months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Workshop:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSummertime and the living is easy,\u201d Clara sings to open Porgy and Bess. <em>*The Center for Leadership Excellence issued an apology for referencing this opera, which perpetuates stereotypes.<strong> <\/strong><\/em>For many of our members, it may seem that way. But for clergy, summertime can be a mixed bag of low attendance, a drop off in participation, and decreased giving (unless one is serving a coastal appointment when summer can be your busiest time of the year). How does one make the most of summer days in preaching, planning, and programming? How does one keep a congregation engaged? Join us for this conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Leadership and Church Administration: Summertime<\/em><br>with Laura Thompson and Carl Frazier<br>Tuesday, March 4, 10am\u201311:30am ET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/event\/leadership-and-church-administration-summertime\/\">Register Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Presenters:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/02\/Laura-500x500-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10789\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/02\/Laura-500x500-1.png 500w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/02\/Laura-500x500-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/02\/Laura-500x500-1-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/02\/Laura-500x500-1-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Laura Thompson<\/strong> is an ordained elder in the NC Conference and currently serves as Lead Pastor at Swansboro UMC, where she was previously on staff from 2012-2014. Before returning to Swansboro, she spent seven years as pastor of Pleasant Green UMC and also served at Candor UMC and Centenary UMC in New Bern. Outside of ministry, Laura enjoys outdoor adventures, running, NC State sports, reading, and spending time on the water with her husband, Charles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/12\/Carl-Frazier-e1576687028440.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/12\/Carl-Frazier-e1576687028440.jpg 220w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/12\/Carl-Frazier-e1576687028440-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/12\/Carl-Frazier-e1576687028440-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carl&nbsp;Frazier&nbsp;<\/strong>is a retired elder in The United Methodist Church. For 43 years, he has pastored churches of all sizes in the NC Conference from some of the smallest in membership to one of the largest.&nbsp;In addition to his parish work, Carl has served on several Annual and General Conference boards and agencies, as a delegate to three General and four Jurisdictional Conferences, and as a District Superintendent. He has degrees from Barton College (B.A., 1980), Duke University (M.Div., 1984), and Princeton Theological Seminary (D.Min., 2003). &nbsp;As a local church pastor, Carl\u2019s passions were preaching, teaching, vision casting with a congregation, and leadership development in the context of congregational life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/event\/leadership-and-church-administration-summertime\/\">Register Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Leadership Excellence presents Summertime, a Leadership and Church Administration workshop with Laura Thompson and Carl Frazier. 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