Emerging Pastors

Topic: We will begin our discussions of leadership and mental models.

Presenter: Todd Lester

Preparation: Read the following article: Role of Leadership in Emergent Self-Organization. This article is an interesting case study in the role of a leader when change is emerging in a church, but not in a pre-defined, directed way by the pastors.

4H Sharing: Todd Lester, Melanie Wigg

Lunch: Five Guys

Follow-up Resources:

• This is Water – Commencement Speech by David Foster Wallace
• Why Church Volunteers Quit
• A Guide to Collaborative Leadership – Lorna Davis TED talk
• Leadership Traits History

Topic: We will continue our leadership content with an emphasis on the Transformational Leadership model.

Presenter: Todd Lester

Preparation:

• Article to read: What Leaders Really Do
• 15 Minute Exercise to complete: What Are Your Values

To Bring: a laptop – we will be doing a short online personality assessment

4H Sharing: Caleb Eisen, Brandon Claveau

Lunch: Burrito Boyz

Follow-up Resources:

• IPIP-120 Personality Test
• The Big Five Personality Range
• Change Management Process
• Core Needs That Motivate People
• 5 Ways to be an Engaging Conversationalist

Topic: We will focus on what is means to be Jesus Centred, how this is a part of our Anabaptist DNA, and practical ways that the Jesus Centred approach makes a difference.

Presenters: Jon Hand, Darrell Winger

Preparation: 

• Podcast: What Does Jesus-Centred Really Mean, Anyway?
• Article: Centred-Set Unity – How Jesus at the Centre Changes Everything

4H Sharing: Christopher Rosevear

Lunch: Swiss Chalet

Topic: We will be exploring a better understanding of our individual strengths and giftings.

Presenter: Todd Lester

Preparation: Complete the CliftonStrengths online assessment. In the back of the StrengthsFinder book which I mailed to you, there is a packet containing the access code you will need to complete the assessment. You aren’t required to read the book, but you will find it a helpful resource as you read through your assessment results.

4H Sharing: Grant Cotton, Wes Hillis

Lunch: Five Guys

Topic: We will explore Emotional Intelligence and how it impacts leadership. Each person will complete an online emotional intelligence assessment prior to this day.

Presenter: Nel Slater

Preparation: Completion of EQ-i assessment per instructions sent by Nel Slater. The assessment will take about 20 minutes to complete. After completing the assessment, read the information slides that she attached to her email.

4H Sharing: Zac Boot, Sarah Brnjas

Lunch: Burrito Boyz

Topic: Practical workshops on ministry skills and effective pastoral counselling.

Presenters: Charlie Mashinter, Chris Higginson

Preparation: Visit this Pastoral Care Skills folder. You do not need to read the documents ahead of time, but you will need to access and reference the documents during the morning workshop. If you would like printouts of the documents at the workshop, please print and bring them with you. (Note: We will provide printouts of the five “About” documents, but not the others.)

4H Sharing: Jenna Holley, Ryan McNamara

Lunch: Swiss Chalet

Topic: Practical teaching on preaching and sermon preparation. More generally, we will be focusing on key elements of effective communication which apply to a large variety of contexts and situations.

Presenters: Dave Stimers, Todd Lester

Preparation: None

4H Sharing: Amy Terpstra, Peter van Oordt, Aaron Hooper

Lunch: Surprise! … something a little different

Followup Resources: Preaching Sermons People Will Remember (Dave Stimers presentation slides)