Creating a "Leadership Development Team" in Your Congregation - Repeat Session
This is a "blended" class, with online on your own time advance work mixed with four group discussion webinars.
This class will help you to:
- Imagine paths to leadership in your congregation as part of a larger plan of faith formation
- Encourage a culture that nurtures new leaders
- Help you to develop an understanding of how to include youth, young adults and people of color in your congregation's leadership
- Develop a community of learning and reflection that appreciates new ideas and is patient with the small failures that come with innovation
- Advance your seasoned leaders into new roles where they nurture new leaders
- Develop a three year plan to help guide your congregation through this transformation
How the class is set up:
- There are four 2-week sessions
- You will have 2 weeks to do the reading and view the pre-recorded videos and presentations for that session at a time convenient to you.
- At the end of each 2 week session, we will have a 90 minute live roundtable webinar discussion. (See below for dates.)
- Please plan to participate in all 4 discussion sessions!
What you will need to participate:
- A computer with high-speed internet access and a phone that has long-distance service. Having a webcam is optional.
- You will be given a login and password for our online Moodle learning center and instructions for the live roundtable webinar discussions.
Schedule:
- Session 1: Leadership Development as Part of the Membership Journey. Materials available Feb. 27. Discussion Session is Monday Mar. 12, 7pm EST
- Session 2: What Kind of Leadership Do We Need for the Next 50 Years?. Materials available Mar. 13. Discussion Session is Monday Mar. 26, 7pm EST
- Session 3: Creating a 3-Year Leadership Development Plan: Part 1 Materials available Mar. 27. Discussion Session is Monday Apr. 9, 7pm EST
- Session 4: Creating a 3-Year Leadership Development Plan: Part 2
- Materials available April. 10. Discussion Session is Monday April 23, 7pm EST
Register at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N7RNDBQ
REGISTRATION IS LIMITED!

