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Ministry Meeting Dates March 6, 2010 March 9, 2010 April 5, 2010 April 27, 2010 May 6, 2010 March 11, 2010 "Evidence of a New Life Cycle" Churches, like all organizations, go through predictable life cycles. As a leader you must know what those life cycles are, how to identify where your church/organization is and what your next steps must be. Most often, leaders cannot determine where they are on the life cycle or they "think" they know where they are, and therefore, put the organization in further jeopardy. |
Spring Prayer Summit |
Rev. Dr. Kimberly Majeski |
“Dreaming a New Dream in
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Michigan State Youth Convention Western Michigan University, Speaker
Remedy Drive
Michael Jr.
Box Stars
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Older Adult Feast & Fun "Always Patsy Cline"
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ABC's of Church Management |
Links for Missional Thinking |
| XPastor - Dr. Milfred Minatrea Missional Church |
1st Quarter 2010 ACTION Online |
Day Conference at Faith United Church
Bill Jones A Message from State Pastor It is hard to believe that I have now served the Church of God in Michigan as your State Pastor and Overseer for nine and one half years. It is time that I take a needed and much appreciated Sabbatical from March 1-June 1 of this year. Our office will continue to provide its full range of services during my absence. Our staff looks forward to serving you during my Sabbatical. Thanks in advance to Pastors Demetrius Booker, James Sparks, Robert Dulin, Dave Perry, and Mike Stadelmayer for faithfully and effectively covering for me.
Trinidad-Tobago Mission Trip a Great Success On January 30, 2010, twenty-two persons headed to Arima, Trinidad, to help Pastor Clinton Providence and his congregation. Our goal was to lay almost 9000 square feet of ceramic tile in the sanctuary, to provide Vacation Bible School for the children of the area, as well as teach, preach, and share in any way the church could use us. Eleven men and eleven women came from ten different congregations. African American and Caucasian, we ranged in age from 17-79 years old. We did lay the tile and host 51 kids in VBS. Demetrius Booker, Jerry Lyon, Wendell Thompson, and I spoke in four different churches. Pastor Booker and I also spoke on a radio program heard all around the Caribbean. We were able to visit three churches where we have done work in the past. We made friends that will last a life-time. Though we were busy, we experienced the Lord’s presence and blessing in the midst of our labor and our new found friendships. Our team worked hard and represented the Church of God in Michigan well! Below is a statement from Pastor Providence about our work and especially the young people who went with us.
Those “young members” he speaks of worked and loved in amazing ways. They were Andrea Tippin, Hannah Bilby, Chelsea Thompson, Deanne Perry, and Jaela Jones. I want to say thank you to the following churches that sent, supported and prayed for this vital mission experience.
Institute for Servant Leadership (new dates) Hey Church Leaders, I enjoyed meeting many of you at Pastor’s Institute a few weeks ago and talking about the new and improved INSTITUTE FOR SERVANT LEADERSHIP. There was such a good response that we decided to start a new Leadership Essentials class next month. Some of you may be familiar with the Institute for Servant Leadership, may have attended in the past. We have worked hard to revise the curriculum and are excited about the potential for making a difference in your life, your congregation and the Kingdom. I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of gimmicks and empty promises. I want to be effective in touching lives, making a difference for Christ in ways that honor Him. That’s what Leadership Essentials is all about. You will not find a quick fix, but a deliberate process that can start or continue the journey of leadership development. Leadership Essentials provides the foundation of understanding and becoming an effective leader. It answers questions such as: What is Christian leadership? What makes a Christian leader? What are the Christian leader’s responsibilities? How does the Christian leader develop both skill and character? How can a Christian leader maintain effectiveness over the long haul? How can the Christian leader understand and work in the context of complex relationships? How does the Christian leader create change and effectively handle conflict? Those are just some of the questions this track will address. THE BEST WAY TO GET THE MOST OUT OF IT is to bring some of your leaders to walk through the experience together? Statistics are clear: a leader who shares training experiences with his/her leaders is more effective in building teams that learn well, work together well and discover the joy of “we did something significant together.” Regardless of whether a person has influence with a few students in a small group or is helping you lead the entire congregation, LEADERSHIP ESSENTIALS can move them farther along in leadership ability. The next session starts on March 12-13 in Jackson, Michigan. (Note the change in date so it does not conflict with the Prayer Summit in Flint). You can get more information, application and registration forms at www.iservant.org. To guarantee the spots for your team, you need to register as soon as possible. You can do so via email, snail mail or by calling 412-283-0888, ask for Wendy. Boldly,
Diverge
On Saturday, May 1, 2010, the Church of God will descend upon Bay City to serve and love in the name of Christ on behalf of the North Euclid Avenue Church of God. It’s called DIVERGE and you want to be there. So what is DIVERGE? Diverge is the result of Church Health Ministry brainstorming a new way to deliver training to our pastors and lay leaders in the state of Michigan. We wanted to continue to provide quality training for our leaders and at the same time model at the regional level the missional focus we believe our churches must adopt. DIVERGE means “to move or extend in different directions from a common point”. This captured our thoughts. We want the church to move out into its community and extend herself into different directions from the common focal point of the Great Commission. So DIVERGE will bring us together for a half day of leadership development and provide a missional project for the second half. We will learn by doing and help the North Euclid Church in Bay City as well. Jeff Perkins, Senior Pastor of the First Church of God in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, will be our facilitator. In the six years Jeff has pastored this church they have grown from 400-600, added four staff positions, completed a building renovation project, and were recently honored by the Chamber of Commerce as the Public Service Organization of the year. Before serving this congregation, Jeff planted Westside Community Church in Orlando, Florida. In the sixteen years as pastor of this congregation the church grew from 20 to 280, added three staff members, purchased property, erected a building, and was debt free when he left. Jeff earned a B.A. degree in Pastoral Ministry from Warner-Southern College in Lake Wales, Florida, and a Master’s Degree in Ministry from Moody Graduate School in Chicago, Illinois. Jeff is a S.H.A.P.E. cluster coach, and the former Vice-Chairperson of the General Assembly of the Church of God in Anderson. 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Registration Registration for this event is $10 per person. Registration deadline is April 24, 2010. You can register individually or as a church by sending a check to the Church of God in Michigan, 4212 Alpha Street, Lansing 48910 or by going to our DIVERGE page there you will find a link to PayPal. The best kind of learning is combined with doing. DIVERGE provides for both. See you in Bay City!
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