Learning Environments
November 2019
Pastors Lunch (Los Angeles)
LA area pastors are invited to gather at Rosebud Coffee in Pasadena for this month's lunch. Two members of Union Station Homeless Services will be sharing about their work and how churches can partner with service providers to help care for those in need. Come learn with us and share the heart you have for your community's needs.
Lunch is on us. Just let us know you're coming! Parking is available behind the coffee shop.
Find out more »Self-Awareness: A Tool for Serving and Empowering Others (Cleveland)
"Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult." Warren Bennis
Self-Awareness is essential for good work, healthy relationships, and servant-leadership. Join us as we engage interactive exercises designed to help us intimately confront ourselves and become more self-aware leaders.
Facilitators:
Dr. Elizabeth Roe, Malone University
Pastor Duane Crabbs, founder of South Street Ministries
December 2019
Shepherd Life: Help and Hope for Pastors and Leaders (Cleveland)
Who pastors the pastor? Who ministers to the ministry leader? Every pastor and ministry leader needs the same gospel they preach and teach to others, as well as the same encouragement in Christ. This seminar will provide a safe time and place to honestly address some of the unique challenges ministry leaders face and offer practical help and hope so that we “will not grow weary and lose heart” (Hebrews 12:3).
This biblically-based interactive seminar seeks to provide a confidential opportunity for pastors and ministry leaders to:
1) Be refreshed and reminded of their high calling from God
2) Process some of the hard realities and hard consequences of ministry leadership
3) Learn how to better pastor themselves and protect their families
4) Explore how to best promote a mutually healthy relationship with those they are leading
There will be two opportunities to attend this event:
Monday, December 2nd, 8:30 - Noon, Lakeside Christian Church (Akron, OH)
Tuesday, December 3rd, 8:30 - Noon, Radial Church (Canton, OH)
Pastors and Leaders Collaborative Breakfast (Twin Cities)
There is great kingdom blessing through the collaboration of pastors and churches in the Twin Cities. Join Made To Flourish Twin Cities monthly meeting to discuss what's happening in the Cities through Faith/Work, Economic Wisdom engagement and to build greater collaboration.
MTF Pastors and leaders are invited to join together for breakfast and sharing. This breakfast is graciously covered by Thrivent so there is no cost to attend. In addition, they are providing gift bags to pastors full of books to fuel your 2020 reading.
The topic for discussion will be how you can make Faith, Work, and Economic wisdom a part of the normal rhythm in 2020.
Pastors and Ministry Leaders Christmas Lunch (Richmond)
Made To Flourish Richmond is hosting a special Christmas event to discuss what's happening in the Richmond, VA area through Faith/Work, Economic engagement, and to build greater networking collaboration.
All area Pastors and Leaders are invited to join together for free catered lunch and fellowship.
Topics that we will cover:
What are we learning (specifically from the last MTF events you attended)?
What are we applying in terms of Faith, Work, and Economic Wisdom?
What are we / our churches struggling with in terms of FWE?
How can we help one another (prayer, processing, partnership, resources)?
Work of Faith, Labor of Love – Relationships and Thanksgiving (Hampton Roads)
Starting November 1 the Pastors Dialogue On Racism, Poverty & Violence and the Hampton Roads Made To Flourish City Network will embark on a month long intentional activity of building relationships in the marketplace. Pastors and clergy will visit the workplaces of their congregants and their community neighbors. Non-Clergy members of both groups will visit their friends at their workplaces, homes and visit with someone they do not know within their respective work environments. This will intentionally seek people of different ethic groups, racial groups and denominations.
Our theme of reference will be, "The real work of the church is what is done between Sundays when the church is scattered all over the metropolitan area where it is located - in homes and schools, and offices, on construction jobs, and marketplaces."(How I Changed My Thinking about the Church, Richard C. Halverson).
On December 11, 2019 at 11:30am, everyone is invited to a free Holiday lunch to discuss their month long journey experiences. This annual holiday luncheon is being sponsored by Altmeyer Funeral Homes. In addition, each attendee is asked to bring a non-perishable food item that will be donated to THRIVE Peninsula for their food pantry and we are also requesting gloves, scarves or socks that will be donated to the elderly through Peninsula Agency on Aging.
February 2020
Serving Your Neighborhood Through the Built Environment (Phoenix)
Your physical place in your neighborhood matters and your property has the power to be a life-giving presence to all who encounter it, even those simply walking by on a weekday afternoon.
This session with Sara Joy Proppe will consider how our engagement with the built environment is a fundamental component of our calling to seek the welfare of the city.
This conversation is for anyone who is a steward of a place, including church properties, office buildings, or homes. This online workshop will include a short talk by Sara Joy Proppe and a brainstorming session about ways we can be creative placemakers in Phoenix.
Bio:
Sara Joy has a passion for cities, stories, and the Church. She loves to imagine how churches can be active and faithful participants in city planning and development in order to bring hope and redemption to the setting of our stories. She speaks and writes for a variety of audiences on this topic. She currently works full time as a Project Manager in commercial real estate development in Minneapolis, where she oversees mixed-use and historic rehab developments. She serves on the Executive Board for the Congress for New Urbanism - Members Christian Caucus. She is also the co-chair for the Urban Land Institute Minnesota's Young Leaders Executive Committee.
Sara Joy holds a B.A. in English Literature and a Masters in Community & Regional Planning. She loves to cook, garden, and bike around town. She shows her Texas roots with many aptly-placed y'alls in her conversations.
Based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, there is a team of local organizers and supporters for Proximity Project. They work in industries such as affordable housing development, economic development, real estate brokerage, urban planning and academic research. Together they dream about how to change the Twin Cities through encouraging faithful presence and good design in their churches and neighborhoods.Sarah
This workshop will be a virtual workshop through Zoom. The link and login instructions will be sent to anyone who registers.
Serving Your Neighborhood Through the Built Environment (Phoenix)
Your physical place in your neighborhood matters and your property has the power to be a life-giving presence to all who encounter it, even those simply walking by on a weekday afternoon.
This session with Sara Joy Proppe will consider how our engagement with the built environment is a fundamental component of our calling to seek the welfare of the city.
This conversation is for anyone who is a steward of a place, including church properties, office buildings, or homes. This online workshop will include a short talk by Sara Joy Proppe and a brainstorming session about ways we can be creative placemakers in Phoenix.
Bio:
Sara Joy has a passion for cities, stories, and the Church. She loves to imagine how churches can be active and faithful participants in city planning and development in order to bring hope and redemption to the setting of our stories. She speaks and writes for a variety of audiences on this topic. She currently works full time as a Project Manager in commercial real estate development in Minneapolis, where she oversees mixed-use and historic rehab developments. She serves on the Executive Board for the Congress for New Urbanism - Members Christian Caucus. She is also the co-chair for the Urban Land Institute Minnesota's Young Leaders Executive Committee.
Sara Joy holds a B.A. in English Literature and a Masters in Community & Regional Planning. She loves to cook, garden, and bike around town. She shows her Texas roots with many aptly-placed y'alls in her conversations.
Based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, there is a team of local organizers and supporters for Proximity Project. They work in industries such as affordable housing development, economic development, real estate brokerage, urban planning and academic research. Together they dream about how to change the Twin Cities through encouraging faithful presence and good design in their churches and neighborhoods.Sarah
This workshop will be a virtual workshop through Zoom. The link and login instructions will be sent to anyone who registers.
Serving Your Neighborhood Through the Built Environment (Phoenix)
Your physical place in your neighborhood matters and your property has the power to be a life-giving presence to all who encounter it, even those simply walking by on a weekday afternoon.
This session with Sara Joy Proppe will consider how our engagement with the built environment is a fundamental component of our calling to seek the welfare of the city.
This conversation is for anyone who is a steward of a place, including church properties, office buildings, or homes. This online workshop will include a short talk by Sara Joy Proppe and a brainstorming session about ways we can be creative placemakers in Phoenix.
Bio:
Sara Joy has a passion for cities, stories, and the Church. She loves to imagine how churches can be active and faithful participants in city planning and development in order to bring hope and redemption to the setting of our stories. She speaks and writes for a variety of audiences on this topic. She currently works full time as a Project Manager in commercial real estate development in Minneapolis, where she oversees mixed-use and historic rehab developments. She serves on the Executive Board for the Congress for New Urbanism - Members Christian Caucus. She is also the co-chair for the Urban Land Institute Minnesota's Young Leaders Executive Committee.
Sara Joy holds a B.A. in English Literature and a Masters in Community & Regional Planning. She loves to cook, garden, and bike around town. She shows her Texas roots with many aptly-placed y'alls in her conversations.
Based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, there is a team of local organizers and supporters for Proximity Project. They work in industries such as affordable housing development, economic development, real estate brokerage, urban planning and academic research. Together they dream about how to change the Twin Cities through encouraging faithful presence and good design in their churches and neighborhoods.Sarah
This workshop will be a virtual workshop through Zoom. The link and login instructions will be sent to anyone who registers.
March 2020
Pastoral Residency Workshop
Our pastoral residency network offers resources, peer relationships, coaching, and start-up funding to churches interested in beginning and sustaining a pastoral residency program.
Bring your church team to learn how to begin and sustain a Made to Flourish pastoral residency in your local church.
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