The Peacemakers Key Questions 4 Amy Astin amp Mark ORiley 8 Virginia Smith Kim Gabrels Janet Silgar 14 Terry hale John Doughten 1 Reflections of a retired Methodist Minister ID: 726926
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Leadership UMC Small Group Presentation The Peacemakers
Key Questions: #4 = Amy Astin & Mark O’Riley#8 = Virginia Smith, Kim Gabrels, Janet Silgar# 14 = Terry hale, John Doughten
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Reflections of a retired Methodist Minister Rev. Michael Holt
Reflections of a retired Methodist Minister’s Wife Mrs. Inez FearsReflections of an active Methodist Minister Rev. Beth Sanders
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#4 Vital churches focus on increasing
the
effectiveness of lay
leaders. Slide3
This leader represents lay people through collaboration with church staff and in meetings. Spiritual gifts: servanthood, faith, compassion, apostleship
3Lay Leader: What's my job?Who is qualified for this job? Slide4
Works with the pastor in leading. This leader represents the lay people in the congregation.
This leader is a role model of Christian discipleship. This leader Continuously looks for ways to connect Christian discipleship with daily life. The Lay Leader collaborates with other church leaders to find
ways within the community of faith to recognize the ministries of laity in worship.
This leader meets
regularly with the pastor to discuss
the state of the church and
opportunities for ministry. In some congregations, the lay leader partners worship.4
What does the lay leader do? Slide5
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8. Vital pastors give attention to developing, coaching, and mentoring lay
leadership to
enable laity to increase their ability to carry out ministry
. Slide6
Rev. Steve Wood was my pastor for many years at Sugar Hill United Methodist Church prior to becoming the senior minister of Mt. Pisgah UMC. Both
very large and thriving churches. My second choice for a vital pastor to interview was Dr. Jeff Ross who is senior pastor of Cumming First UMC. He leads a large church and the church seems to be thriving under his leadership.6
Vital Pastor InterviewsSlide7
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Vital Pastors Coaching & mentoring lay leadership Slide8
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14. Vital churches have preachers who tend to use more topical sermon series
in traditional services. Slide9
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To
be a vital church we need more topical
sermons,
so when life gets rough and it feels like the world is crashing all around there is a calming of the sea and the
soul.
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