It
is with great pleasure that I announce that General Assembly approved our
Presbytery Transformation Grant. This grant will help fund retreats,
educational seminars, online training, personal coaching and demographic
studies to be utilized by congregations to catalyze their efforts toward
congregational renewal. These activities will be designed to benefit both ruling elders and teaching elders, as
our conviction is that shared leadership for ministry is essential to
congregational transformation!
Our presbytery’s transformation
grant application focuses on several themes:
1.
Promoting
Congregational Evangelism – skill development for
individuals, ideas for congregations, sharing the Gospel in Word through faith
sharing
2.
Leading
through Change – skill development for pastors and
Sessions on steps required to lead a congregation in changing contexts, with
adaptive rather than technical processes
3.
Cultivating
Multi-Cultural Ministry – steps that encourage movement in
the direction of becoming more multi-cultural as congregations,
and what steps that stifle such movement
4.
Initiating
Congregational Renewal – learning to evaluate one’s
changing neighborhood, demographics and ministry challenges and concrete steps
to take toward discussion, planning, and action
5.
Moving
toward Missional Ministry – learning the theology and
specific practices that help congregations move toward building community and
compassion with and for their neighbors: mission + relational = missional
6. Ministering to Millennials
– learning the new cultural ethos of younger generations and how churches can
respond in helpful ways relationally, missionally and, of course,
technologically
The plan is to host Leadership Training Events beginning on Fridays at 1:00 the day before our stated presbytery meetings. Each training event will include two, 90 minute workshops in the afternoon, dinner, and one workshop after dinner, with the keynote presenter preaching at the next day’s presbytery worship. When possible, a workshop will be scheduled for Saturday in association with the presbytery meeting. Expenses for both dinner and hotel rooms for those traveling from out of town will be paid by the grant. Registration details will be forthcoming in July, so stay tuned!
The plan is to host Leadership Training Events beginning on Fridays at 1:00 the day before our stated presbytery meetings. Each training event will include two, 90 minute workshops in the afternoon, dinner, and one workshop after dinner, with the keynote presenter preaching at the next day’s presbytery worship. When possible, a workshop will be scheduled for Saturday in association with the presbytery meeting. Expenses for both dinner and hotel rooms for those traveling from out of town will be paid by the grant. Registration details will be forthcoming in July, so stay tuned!
Seeking
to Row in the Same Direction all for the sake of Jesus and as the Body of
Christ,
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