Lay Leaders Day - Trinity Church Durham

A wonderful day with great participation by the group.  There was a sense that we have moved a fair distance from last year.  People seem to have a sense of new shoots of green grass are popping up here and there and that church is starting to move forward again.  I invite you to leave your comments below.

Lay Leaders Day May 4th, 2013 - Trinity Church Durham

Lay Leaders Days 2013

Building Your Congregation’s Leadership

 A day to look at leadership styles for lay leaders and ways to increase the capacity (numbers and strength) of the lay leaders in your congregation.

Cost $20.00

***Special*** To the first ten participants from each location who volunteer:  We will give you a FREE token to take an online survey of your leadership strengths.  The survey is conducted by NCD Canada. You will need to invite at least two people who you have influenced in your life to answer an online questionnaire about you.  By volunteering you agree to share your results with a small group of people as a part of the 

Trinity Church, Durham – May 4, 2013

Schedule:

9:30        Coffee

9:45        Welcome, Sharing Expectations, Housekeeping

9:50        What does your congregation look like?

                 What does your current leadership look like?

                 Group Feedback

10:20     Worshipful reflection

10:30     What would you like your church’s leadership to look
                 like?

                 Leadership mind map

11:00      Youth Video – Youth Expectations of Leadership

11:10       What did you forget?

11:15       Bible Study on leadership

11:45       Leaders are called.  How do you hear the call?

12:00      Worshipful reflection

12:10      Lunch

12:55       Empowering Leadership
                 (The three colors of leadership – Natural Church
                 Development)

1:20        Personal reflection

1:30        Group Discussion
                 How could you better empower leadership in your
                 congregation?

1:45        Group feedback

2:00        The six wing traits of leadership (Natural Church
                 Development)

2:25        Some individual case studies

2:45        Worshipful reflection

2:55        Evaluate the day

3:00        Home

Register today by emailing allsaints.sarnia@gmail.com

Please indicate the location and date of the session you plan to attend, if you have any dietary restrictions and if you wish to take advantage of one of the free tokens to take the leadership survey please indicate as well.

Fees will be payable on the date of the event.  Checks should be made payable to: “The Diocese of Huron.”

St. Thomas Lay Leaders Day

A good day for all who attended the event.  I have read the feedback on the evaluation forms.  Thank you for taking the time to fill them out.  Those that wished handouts of the leadership material please note that we are unable to photocopy the material in the book for you because of copyright considerations.  The 3 Colors of Leadership book is available on the the 3 Color World website.  www.3colorworld.org

Be glad to have you share your reflections on the day with others by posting comments on this blog.

Clergy Day Schedule May 10, 2013

The Clergy Day will take place at Huron University College.

The schedule:

9:00        Registration and coffee (Great Hall)

9:30        Eucharist in the Chapel (Bishop Bob to celebrate)

10:15      Shifting Contexts: A National and International Perspective (Kingsmill Room)

                10:15 – 11:00    Archbishop Thabo Makgoba to address the gathering

                11:00 – 11:30    Archbishop Fred Hiltz to address the gathering

                11:30 – 12:15   Question and Answer period moderated by Dr. Stephen McClatchie

12:15      Lunch

1:00        Introduction to Mutual Ministry

1:30        Renew updates

2:00        Homeward Bound

Please send your intention to attend to allsaints.sarnia@gmail.com and your regrets to the

Bishop’s office bishops@huron.anglican.ca

Strategic Plan Implementation Group Meeting 23.03.13

The monthly meeting of SPIG was held on March 23, 2013.  A number of matters were dealt with that are noteworthy:

• The Director for Mission and Ministry reported that the Rev. Andrew Wilson has been asked by the bishop to establish a diocesan network of people who have been involved in Vital Church Planting conferences.  Andrew will be contacting potentially interested parties after Easter.
• Due to the visit of Archbishop Thabo Makgoba the clergy day date and location has been changed to May 10th at Huron College.  This also means that the planned agenda for Mutual Ministry will be somewhat modified.  
• The Mutul Ministry sub-group reported on its meeting. The sub-group produced the following statement about its Mutual Ministry initiative: “The Mutual ministry initiative is a process and a structure of support and encouragement for clergy in order to ensure healthy clergy. This comes as a response to needs clearly stated by the clergy to help them deal with loneliness, isolation, confusion, depression and stress.   Healthy clergy are: confident in their own skills and eager to continue to develop them; able to deal with the stresses of parish ministry; enthusiastic and energetic for their ministry and  feeling valued and supported both personally and in their ministry.  It is not the only response but it is an easy and proven way to offer a first response."
• The Rev. Dr. Gary Nicolosi made a presentation on the formation of church culture that was helpful in developing our understandings of the needs that Mutual Ministry must address.
• The sub-group working on the SPIG's synod presentation made a report of its plans.
• The SPIG was pleased that Diocesan sub-council passed the motion it sent to them concerning a special budget committee for the diocese.  After some discussion the following statemtment was passed as a submission to the newly appointed committee:  "At its March 21^st meeting, SPIG was pleased to hear the creation of an ad-hoc budget committee to assist the annual Budget Development Process of the Diocese of Huron. SPIG had a discussion about how our committee might best further that process, consistent with its mandate to assist the Diocese with the identification of Strategic Priorities within Huron’s Strategic Plan.The following motion was passed and is offered for the consideration of the Special Budget Committee: "The members of SPIG recognize 1) the importance of maintaining a strategic planning function in the Diocese including paid staff support through a Director of Mission and Ministry; 2) the importance of reviewing and improving processes of communication within our Diocese, 3) the importance of providing adequate recruitment, training and continuing education opportunities for clergy and laity and 4) the importance of wellness and support for clergy as frontline employees of our Church and its ministries.“ 
• Following significant conversation about continuing Education for clergy the following motion was passed:  “In cooperation with Huron’s Human Resources Department, SPIG recommends that a catalogue of Continuing Education opportunities be compiled and communicated regularly to clergy for their use.”  
• There was significant conversation about how the diocese can help people discern that they might have a call to ordained ministry.
  
  

Woodstock Lay Leaders Day

We had another good day with Lay Leaders from the diocese in Woodstock on Saturday February 23rd.  A special thanks to all who made this day possible including Church of the Epiphany, the women in the kitchen, Rob Lofthouse, Matt Kieswetter, Paul Silcox and Bishop Terry.  I invite those who attended to leave their comments below.

Richard

Communication to the Diocese from SPIG

The Strategic Plan Implementation Group met for its regular monthly meeting on January 24, 2013.  Highlights of the meeting included:

• Hearing of the Bishop's plans to renew the membership of the RENEW committee and to revise its mandate in order to position it for the next phase of the Renew program.  The renewed committee's membership is intended to better represent the various geographical areas of the Diocese.
• A report by Keith Nethery and John Mencel about a visioning day that discussed the communication issues and needs that face the Diocese.  The day included discussions about who the Diocese needs to communicate with, what the messages are and what mediums should be used.  There were also significant discussions about how to coordinate these efforts.
• A discussion about concerns regarding the ability of parishes to continue to pay large increases in their share of apportionment, and whether or not the diocesan budget was in fact allocating money according to the strategic priorities of the Diocese.  It was agreed to present the following motion to Diocesan Council for its consideration:  "This Council requests the Bishop to establish a special committee to implement a process that aligns diocesan priorities as expressed in the Strategic Plan with the diocesan budget and that will align the diocesan budget with the parishes’ ability to pay apportionment.” 
• Continued discussion about Mutual Ministry.  The following motion was passed:  "“SPIG recommends to the bishops and human resources that a process of mutual ministry be introduced to diocesan clergy and offers its help in the implementation should it be requested to do so.”
• A presentation by the Rev. Dr. Gary Nicolosi regarding the plans for a post-ordintion training program.  The program has 12 modules - six of which would be offered each year.  Newly ordained clergy could enter the process at whatever point it is at, as each module is independent of the others.