Leadership

Introducing the new FAQ for Clergy and Vestries Session 1

The Vestry Handbook is in a fresh revision, and ready for use. We'll walk though it and discuss parish life, administration, relationships with vestry and clergy and diocese.
The Rev. Canon Richard Callaway, Canon to the Ordinary and The Rev. Canon Alicia Schuster Weltner, Canon for Congregational Development

Leading the Congregation: Weighing the Risks vs. Rewards Session 3

The purpose of this workshop is to help practitioners strengthen their ability to lead in complex settings, and to use their power and authority wisely and effectively. It will address the work of leading a group -- congregation, vestry, or committee -- the challenges and dangers of leading a congregation through change, as well as the danger of keeping the status quo. Participants will learn about the existence and function of power and authority, as these relate to and influence the role, tasks, and relationships of those exerting leadership and those who are being led, and will include the concepts of:
•      Purpose – why lead?
•      Process – how do we work together in order to lead?
•      Outcomes – what is our preferred future?
•      Resistance – why we can’t go there, or leave here?
Dr. Hugh O’Doherty, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and The Rev. Dr. Paul A. Elliott, ThD, Rector, St. Michael and All Angels, Stone Mountain

Leading Through Transitional Growth: Build your church ASA from under 150 to over 225 Session 1

Many congregations are on a plateau or in decline and getting older demographically. One of the major challenges facing clergy and lay leaders today is how to help their congregations grow numerically, This workshop is designed to help church leaders successfully face this challenge. We will look at congregational culture and three types of congregations -- pastoral size, program size and congregations in transition – and discuss what’s involved in the transformational leadership of a church and the issues that encourage or resist growth.
The Rev. Frank Baltz, ACTS 29 Ministries, Teaching Associate

Servant Leadership: Leading with Skill & Spirit Session 2

This workshop will provide a basic introduction to servant-leadership and offer time to practice skill development—in personal awareness or group dynamics. We will vary our presentation from the previous years’ so that returning participants will learn something new.
Katie Elberfeld, President and Founder of The Gabriel Center for Servant-Leadership and Mark Elberfeld, Communications Coordinator for the Center

Understanding Your Church as an Emotional System Session 2

The purpose of this workshop is to help practitioners strengthen their ability to lead in complex settings, and use their power and authority wisely and effectively. Drawing on biology, political science and social psychology, we present a framework for diagnosing and intervening in an emotional system to generate adaptive work. Participants will be introduced to theories of the church as an emotional system that influences how a person acts and relates to others in that system, at the conscious and unconscious level. It will introduce and explain the existence and effects of:
•      Anxiety – 4 types
•      Emotional proximity: separateness and closeness
•      Triangles – who is in and who is out
•      Resistance
•      Holding environment
•      Abandonment fear
Dr. Hugh O’Doherty, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and The Rev. Dr. Paul A. Elliott, ThD, Rector, St. Michael and All Angels, Stone Mountain

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