(RE)ENERGIZING
YOUR MINISTRY
PRESENCE
What does it mean for your organization to be who it is, where it is… now?
DEEP LISTENING
Attuning to the multiple narratives shaping your ministry
We have a God-given desire to see our ministry communities thrive from the knowledge they are participating in God’s Good News within their place. Yet things all around us change. Many of the things that once worked don’t anymore. These seasons of upheaval invite deep listening to our leadership story, the stories of our faith community, the stories of our local context, and God’s redemptive story.
SHALOMIC COACHING
Flipping the script on barriers & crises threatening your ministry
Wise and courageous leadership can transform problems into opportunities… resurrection hope dares us to imagine new life. Often we benefit from the thoughtful counsel of others who can help us see our situation with fresh eyes, curiosity, wonder, even gratitude. Participating in God’s Shalom becomes more plausible when we attend from our group’s particularity.
ROOTED TRAININGS
Growing the presencing skills your ministry needs within its context
Your ministry and its people are somewhere. Your place matters. Your ministry is in dynamic relationship with your neighborhood and all its inhabitants. Reciprocal engagement in, with, and for your place and all who call it home is a vital aspect of what Jesus was talking about when he mobilized followers to, “Love God and love neighbors as we love ourselves.”
DISCOVERING
AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME
Faithful participation in God’s Shalomic reign within your context is the ultimate mission of local church ministry. Dr. Dwight J. Friesen can walk alongside you as you lead your ministry boldly into its future of loving their neighborhood and all their neighbors as they love themselves, as more than a tactic or strategy, but as a real expression of their love of God. Collective faithful presence within your group’s time & place invites fresh questions about > > >
+ Your group’s “Big Why” for existing…
+ The values & mission compelling your leadership practices, property stewardship, & patterns of gathering…
+ And your personal & collective practices & postures unto even greater faithful presence…
LOCATE YOUR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Three Clear Next Steps
BEGIN ASSESSING YOUR NEEDS
Complete the short survey at the bottom of this page, briefly describing your group’s pressing needs & hopes.
ENGAGE A CLARIFICATION CALL
Talk with Dwight about the challenges you are facing & what you feel you need.
RECIEVE A “NEXT STEPS” PROPOSAL
Use the next steps proposal to explore your group’s way forward.
Post-Pandemic OPPORTUNITY
The three punch combo of life after lockdown, combined with heightened cultural divisiveness, and combined with climate change is altering the context of both your personal life and your organization’s mission. As an influencer, you are responsible for navigating some very uncertain times; times which many are referring to as ‘polycrisis’ or ‘metacrisis.’ The particularity your leadership presence, together with the culture of your organization or church can be stretched thin as you foster resilience, nimbly adapt, all the while operationalizing your group’s core values within your particular context. One thing is a given… you can’t expect to do tomorrow what you did yesterday. The Spirit of God is inviting y’all to engage your time & place afresh.
While many sectors of life are wondering about the emergence of a “new normal” . . . during this season it may be vital to proactively plan your group’s future. To actually help design your ministry’s new normal, rather than be caught off guard by it.
This wild & unprecedented era may be just the opportunity to (re)energize your ministry!
So… What might it mean for your organization to be who it is, where it is… now?
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