Learning Environments
October 2018
Flourishing in Ministry: How to Care for the Flock without Losing your Soul (Seattle)
We will be gathering for a hearty breakfast and discussing how to flourish in our ministry.
Our discussion will encompass compelling questions about how we as pastors and church leaders can truly flourish in our own unique vocations. Perhaps it goes without saying, but if our aim is to help our congregations flourish in their vocations - it seems pretty important that we have some sense of how to do that ourselves.
This is a great opportunity to listen and share about our success and struggles with flourishing in our work as pastors and ministry leaders.
Made to Flourish Lunch & Learn (Richmond)
For this year’s Lunch & Learn series, we invited Amber Weigand-Buckley. She is the founder of Barefaced Creative, specializing in global brand and communications management. She is also a member of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA), and holds more than 20 years of award-winning media experience. We will learn how to use digital media and branding in order to minister better to our communities and how to help those we serve to connect their Sunday faith to their Monday to Friday lives.
Find out more »Lunch & Learn: The Leadership Circle with Alan Schutz (Orlando)
For this year’s Lunch & Learn series, we invited Alan Schutz to come each month and teach us a pioneering faith, work, and economics curriculum called The Leadership Circle. The Leadership Circle curriculum is a tool for pastors to use with their church leaders, as well as others in their congregation. As Cru has piloted this program in a few global settings, pastors have commented that though they may teach some of these ideas on Sunday, they don't see a…
Find out more »November 2018
Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory
One of the most difficult aspects of pastoral leadership is navigating change. This is especially true when the change leads us off the map of our experience into unknown territory. As pastors begin to embrace a theology of faith, work, and economic wisdom, it will require that we navigate change: from Sunday to Monday, from centralized power to the priesthood of all believers, from inward focus to outward mission. But how can churches navigate these changes into uncharted territory? Join…
Designing Your Life (Pittsburgh)
Are you confused about your direction and life goals? Are you looking for a unique opportunity to reimagine your vocation? Join The Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation in partnership with Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, The Metro Urban Institute and Made to Flourish for a workshop with Dave Evans, Silicon Valley design innovator and co-author of the book Designing Your Life. With countless years as a practitioner, Dave will use his expertise to help you work out what is most important and how to build…
Find out more »Flourishing Churches and Communities (Detroit)
Let us "break bread together" again as we listen to words of wisdom spoken by Detroit native and MTF's very own, Kevin Dudley (senior pastor, The Church at North Point, Columbus, Ohio) and Ian Watts (author, Business Dream Coach and board director of Evangel Ministries in Detroit, Michigan) on Flourishing Churches and Communities: Creating a Culture for Fruitful Work. Join us in the conversation as we explore why work is central to the pastoral task of helping people live into the likeness of God.
Whole-Life Discipleship in the Context of Your Daily Work (Pittsburgh)
*Do you want to know where God is moving in your relationships at work, rest and play?
*Could you use help honing your ability to know when to say yes or no at church, home and on the job?
*Would you like to be able to better understand how the work you are doing this week fits into God’s bigger plan to restore the world?
*Want to join a cohort this fall underwritten by Made to Flourish to help you become a more integrated Christian Disciple?
Find out more »Whole-Life Discipleship in the Context of Your Daily Work (Pittsburgh)
*Do you want to know where God is moving in your relationships at work, rest and play?
*Could you use help honing your ability to know when to say yes or no at church, home and on the job?
*Would you like to be able to better understand how the work you are doing this week fits into God’s bigger plan to restore the world?
*Want to join a cohort this fall underwritten by Made to Flourish to help you become a more integrated Christian Disciple?
Find out more »Practicing The King’s Economy (Dallas)
Brian Fikkert from the Chalmers Center will explore what it looks like for Christians to live within the biblical story and practice the "King Jesus Economy." He will offer an invitation to a way of economic discipleship that cuts through the economic beliefs and practices often accepted in our secular culture and instead exhibits the characteristics of Christ's kingdom.
Find out more »Hear and Be Heard | Learning Community Conversation
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If you have completed the Learning Community, we’d love to hear from you. How was your experience and how can we make it better? Also, if you’re interested in participating in the Learning Community, come and hear from us and others about what this next round holds. We will have Chris Robertson, Associate Director of Leadership Development, with us as a resource to guide expectations and answer questions. Hope to see you there!