We offer a variety of seminars, now available as webinars, as follow-up to the first three-phases: leadership and stewardship. and community discernment.

These seminars provide continuing support for the "new way" of being church. There are currently 17 seminars available on mission/ministry, finance, prayer, and relationship-building. This page offers just a few samples. Contact Us for more information on the specific webinar that will support your continued transformed growth.

New Webinar:  Servant Leadership
in a Time of Crisis

SUPPORT DURING THE CORONOAVIRUS PANDEMIC
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This 3 -hour webinar focuses on 3 Key Concepts:
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EVANGELISM
STEWARDSHIP
​MISSION & FUTURE CHURCH

…and these three work synergistically within the womb of 
SERVANT-LEADERSHIP following the example of Jesus.

These are not new concepts in the church, but our approach to them is,
and it involves a heart change, not necessarily a program change.
 
This change in heart must be discerned, not learned
and we use Scripture and prayer to accomplish  that.

This discernment involves the whole body: lay and clergy 
​praying and listening together.
 
We believe that every church is unique and uniquely gifted for a divine purpose which is dynamic and living , just as God is dynamic and living in them

Mission in the Local Context

​This 4-hour seminar engages participants in an intentional review of your current core values, local demographics and how your ministry and mission are in harmony with your church’s divine purpose. Once clear on that, a tool is taught and utilized to provide concrete, short-term steps for accomplishing your mission goals. 

New Ministry Start-Up

​This 3-hour seminar offers a comprehensive review of the core values driving the start-up, the needs of your local context, the assets available or needed to meet those needs, and utilizes a tried and true tool for moving from dream to successful ministry.

The Basics of Grant Writing ​

This 3-hour seminar offers basic how-to information: how to find a grant, how to write a grant, how to write a grant budget, how to keep documentation for the grant, and how to report to the grantor. 

Contemplative Retreat:
​Nothing Short of Everything

​This 4-hour seminar engages Scripture and the discipline of contemplative prayer to build relationship and community among vestries, ministry teams, and committees, breathing new and harmonious life into stale ministries or groups experiencing the start of  conflict or the consequences of previous conflict. 

Missional Budget Development

This 2-hour seminar facilitates a mission-centered approach to the budget which becomes a tool for stewardship of the fullness of the gifts present in the parish. Group discussion of servant-leadership, stewardship, and the current expenditures of the budget enables the facilitator to work with the vestry/leadership to fit the entire budget into four missional categories then create a visual and narrative explanation to share with the membership. This seminar offers a concrete follow-up to the SEOL curriculum and is especially suited for Treasurers and Finance Committees. 

How to Talk to People About Money

​We need to be able to talk to individuals in our church communities about money and its stewardship, yet many clergy and lay leaders in the Church find that difficult. Using discussion and role-play, this half-day seminar is designed to help a rector and her/his chosen lay leader to achieve a level of comfort and ease when talking to people about money. This 4-hour seminar is a natural next component of the Stewardship of the Entirety of Our Lives © (SEOL) initiative.

 Interim Intervention

Many churches may be  hamstrung by unresolved systems issues following a clergy transition. This seminar, designed and led by a certified interim, enables the church to move freely into its present divine purpose and invest in the short and long-term health of the parish and its rector.