Archive for the ‘Leadership’ Category
Wrapping up two reading groups
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
During the fall of 2010, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship sponsored two sets of book groups using two of our recent publications: Worship Words, by Debra Rienstra and Ron Rienstra and Shaped by God, edited by Robert Keeley. We gathered the leaders of these book groups during summer to orient them to the books’ content [...]
Tags: book group
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New Film “Reparando” Explores Theology of the Cross
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Once you start getting to know people who are suffering, you can’t help but wonder how to see God in their midst or how to explain Christ’s death on the cross as good news for them now. Joel Van Dyke, a missionary who works in Guatemala’s slums and prisons, helps urban missions graduate students flesh out [...]
Tags: culture, Joel Van Dyke, reflection, Reparando movie, suffering, theology, theology of the cross, world
Posted in Events, Global, Leadership, News, Resources, Worshiping Communities | No Responses »
Resolve Not To Try Please Everyone This Year
Monday, January 4th, 2010
From Christianity Today’s Church Laughs newsletter: click to view
Tags: congregations, newyear
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Alban Weekly on 'The Importance of Outcomes'
Friday, June 12th, 2009
From Alban Weekly: An old saying goes “If you don’t know where you are going, any path will get you there.” This suggests that if you are not clear about what you, your staff, and your congregation are to “produce” in ministry—what the clear outcomes of your work are to be—then it is okay for [...]
Tags: albanweekly, congregations
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Five upcoming webinars on 'Congregations and the Economic Crisis Conversation, Perspective, Guidance' from the Alban Institute
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
From Alban: We have all felt the effects of the economic downturn in our personal and organizational lives. Individuals and organizations of all sorts are wondering what this crisis means in terms of the resources available to accomplish their missions. Congregations and religious organizations are not immune to the forces at work during economic tough [...]
Tags: alban, congregations, economy, learning, upcoming, webinars
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TribalChurch on raising money
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
From ccblogs.org: Alright, we all know that this is not a good time to be raising money for anything. And… yet… people are still giving to the things that matter to them. I’m not a fundraiser, per say. Except in the fact that I am a pastor, and ministers are often worrying about the budget, [...]
Tags: congregations, fundraising, money, reflection
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Alban Weekly on 'Increasing Resiliency to Hardship'
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
From Alban Weekly, excerpted from A Ready Hope: Effective Disaster Ministry for Congregations: Research with survivors of many types of calamities—including natural disasters, wars, domestic violence, severe illness, major accidents, and job-related losses—indicates variables that compassionate people can influence. Though an individual’s attitude, beliefs, and values are key factors in recovery, so too is the [...]
Tags: albanweekly, congregations, crisis, disaster
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Theolog on 'the idolatry of church-jumping'
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
From Theolog: Sometimes institutions are truly intractable, and exodus may be the only way to free their slaves. Still, there is something nefarious at work here. Eugene Peterson notes that when the heart’s proclivity to idol-making is combined with North American consumerism, the sad result is a soul-numbing, market-based smorgasbord that impels people to jump [...]
Tags: churches, congregations, culture
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Alban Weekly on 'Leading in a Culture of Change'
Monday, May 4th, 2009
From Alban Weekly: If this approach to change were taken in a congregation, there would be no formal engagement in a step-by-step change process. Instead, these various elements would be introduced over time: The church board would take time on a regular basis to consider the dynamics of change in a congregation and the forces [...]
Tags: albanweekly, change, communities, congregations, pastors
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Alban Weekly on 'The Art of Governance'
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
From Alban Weekly: Religion transforms people; no one touches holy ground and stays the same. Religious leaders stir the pot by pointing to the contrast between life as it is and life as it should be, and urging us to close the gap. Religious insights provide the handhold that people need to criticize injustice, rise [...]
Tags: albanweekly, congregations, orgs, renewal
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