{"id":13554,"date":"2026-07-27T11:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=13554"},"modified":"2026-07-27T12:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:46:14","slug":"administrating-joyfully-how-to-take-good-care-of-our-people-resources-and-projects","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/event\/administrating-joyfully-how-to-take-good-care-of-our-people-resources-and-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Administrating Joyfully: How To Take Good Care Of Our People, Resources, and Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-equal has-theme-white-background-color has-theme-secondary-color gb-columns-center alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:10%;padding-bottom:10%\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Center for Leadership Excellence presents an online workshop with <a href=\"#presenter\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#presenter\">Jana Holiday<\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tOctober 6\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\">\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\">\n\t\t\t\t10:00 am\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t &#8211; \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t11:30 am\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__venue tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t\n\t\n<div class=\"tribe-block__venue__meta\">\n\t<div class=\"tribe-block__venue__name\">\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/venue\/zoom\/\" title=\"Zoom\">Zoom<\/a><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__event-price\" >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-block__event-price__cost\"> Free <\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the<\/strong> Workshop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this workshop, we will look at a life-giving approach to administration as we talk about the implications of stewarding our people, resources, and projects with a particular posture. We will explore what it looks like to bring proper presence to our work, how to engage in administration with hospitality, and how bringing our imaginative capacity to our administrative work frees us to live in the fullness of our ministries. <br><br>This workshop will be both practical (we will talk about communication with servant leaders, managing capacity, and problem-solving), as well as provide mindsets and postures so that our administrative practices allow us and our churches to flourish.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>W<\/strong>hat You&#8217;ll Gain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Helpful practices and postures so that administrative work is an expression of care for others<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An understanding of how imagination relates to administration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An effective way to collaboratively solve problems through engaging different kinds of imagination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who Should 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