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Lay and Clergy PartnershipCreating Fruitful Leaders
Agenda Prayer Devotion Listening Appreciative Inquiry Building Relationships How Laity & Clergy Work Together How we Build Leaders Reflection
Prayer & Devotion
Discovery “What gives life?”
(The best of what is)Appreciating
Dream“What might be?”
(What the world is calling for)
Envisioning Results
Design“What should be – the
ideal?”Co-Constructing
Destiny“How to empower, learn, and adjust/improvise?”
Sustaining
Appreciative Inquiry Process
What is a powerful question? Thought provoking and invites reflection
and finding deeper meaning Expands possibilities or focuses
attention Brings underlying assumptions to light Stimulates curiosity and creativity Can help a group move forward
Dimensions of a powerful question
Less Powerful
Questions More Powerful Questions
Yes/No Which Who When Where What How Why* What If
Using Appreciative Inquiry Spend time crafting questions:
Start by discussing the end-in-mind for the discussion or process Work with panning partners to write down several questions relevant to the topic
Discuss and rate the questions: What is best constructed to promote reflection and creativity? Which has the right scope for the end-in-mind? What are the underlying assumptions embedded in each question?
Experiment with changing the construction and scope to get a feel for how each can change the direction of the inquiry
Give each question the “genuine test” – Is this a question to which we do not already know the answer? If we already know the answer or have a present response, it is not an inquiry
Run the question by an outside key informant to see how well the question works and where it leads the discussion.
Building Relationships
The Greatest Commandments
28 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one
another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him,
“Which commandment is the first of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The first
is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30 you shall love
the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with
all your mind, and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this, ‘You
shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment
greater than these.”
Mark 12:28 - 31
8 Lessons Jesus Taught Us About Relationships1. Jesus helps us to see what’s right when we’re
with people2. Jesus said love it non-negotiable3. Jesus is our role model for how to love people4. Jesus told His friends not to do life alone5. Jesus redefined family 6. Jesus put others’ needs before His wants7. Jesus shared meals with people 8. Jesus emphasized individuals over tasks
Ways To Be In Relationship With Each Other Spend time together – outside of church Make it personal – know about each others
strengths and weaknesses Have patience, tolerance, forbearance for
others Refuse to give up on each other Find value in the work we do together and
separately Take the judgment out of it Pray together
How Clergy & Laity Work Together
Jason Young Southport UMC
Southport UMC Example Fruitful Congregations Journey
Consultation Weekend Prescriptions (recommended actions)
Move to Accountability Leadership Structure Single Board System Not much additional Direction
Guiding Principles Winning on Purpose by John Edmund
Kaiser Accountability Leadership Structure
Provides framework for governing & leading the church• Sr. Pastor = Leadership• Admin Council = Governance/Oversight• Staff = Management• Congregation Leaders (You) = Ministry
Guiding Principles Mission Principles
Purpose: Object of the game Audience: Admin Council to Sr. Pastor
Boundary Principles Purpose: Rules for game Audience: Admin Council to Sr. Pastor
Accountability Principles Purpose: How to keep score Audience: Leadership Team to Chair
Guiding Principles
Mission Principles Based on Great Commission (Matt 28:19-
20) Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
Mission Principles Primary Focus = New Disciples
The highest priority of Southport United Methodist Church shall be to make disciples of Jesus Christ and welcome them into the Body of Christ whether they be unchurched or dechurched in background.
Secondary Focus = Building Disciples A significant and supporting priority of Southport
United Methodist Church shall be helping believers to become grounded in the Christian faith by actively engaging in the Connect – Grow – Serve – Give discipleship process so that they are transformed and mobilized.
Discipleship Process
Connect Grow Serve GiveGuest ?? ?? ?? NoAttender Monthly ?? ?? MaybeMember Yes Yes Yes TitheLeader Yes Yes Yes Tithe +
Offerings
OutlineThe Story of Spiritual Leadership,
Inc. Discoveries along the way What we value What we do Our Hope Our Challenges
Spiritual Leadership, Inc.
In 1997 a pastor and two church members began meeting weekly for accountability and rediscovered a team approach to ministry.
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Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received. 1 Peter 4:10
Spiritual Leadership, Inc.
SLI is a Kentucky based, 501(c)(3) public foundation founded in June, 2000 as a coaching ministry for leaders.
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Spiritual Leadership, Inc. Our journey began as we recognized
how serious the situation has become for the American church.
We wanted to understand the root cause of this serious situation and find a way to help reverse the trends.
We hoped to use the gifts that we have been given.
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What we discovered A lack of unity within the leadership of
any body will prevent healthy growth. To truly love as Christ loved, we must be
willing to risk becoming incarnational leaders--leaders who leave the comfort of their own culture and circumstances to find ways to connect and unify others.
When working with God you should expect the miraculous.
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Therefore:We continue to expect and we are
seeing God accomplish“immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine, according to
God’s power that is at work within us…”
Ephesians 3:20-21
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Central District Spring Lay Servants School
April 11, 2015Plainfield UMCOnline Registration Coming Soon
Reflection
Contact InformationJason YoungCo-Lay Leader - Central DistrictSouthport United Methodist [email protected]
Anthony SwingerLay Servant [email protected]
Doris Clark Conference Lay [email protected]
Megan FetterAssociate Director of Leadership Development - [email protected]