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Transforming Leaders Initiative-Annual Conference

The Transforming Leaders Initiative will begin its first class entering a three-year learning journey from April 14-19, 2009 at Sheridan Lutheran in Lincoln, Nebraska. Registration for the event will not be limited to those starting the three year journey. Larry Arganbright's Beyond Survival conference will happen at the same time, and we will share speakers and have multiple tracks open for those who come.

See details of the Transforming Leaders Initiative here.

Transforming Leaders Initiative hosts Webinar on Jan. 21

And meetings in Minneapolis Jan. 21-22

Dave Daubert will host a TLi information webinar at 10 AM Central on January 21. See details at our TLi website where you can register. Also hear the latest on the TLi.

We have also scheduled two luncheons to meet with interested pastors and lay people on January 21st and 22nd. Peter Geisendorfer-Lindgren will host us at Lord of Life in Maple Grove on the 21st from noon to 1:30PM. Randy Romsdahl will host us at St. Johns in Shakopee on the 22nd. If you would like to attend one of these luncheons, please contact Gregg Burch (greggburch@gmail.com or 678.595.2253). Come join us as we explore if we have sufficient interest to launch a class in Minnesota (primarily for those within 250 miles of Minneapolis) in the fall of 2009. We are accepting applications to be participants in our three-year learning journey on our TLi website now.

Transforming Leaders Initiative hosts Webinar on Jan. 21

and meetings in Minneapolis Jan. 21-22

Dave Daubert will host a TLi information webinar at 10 AM Central on January 21. See details at our webiste, and register here. We have also scheduled two luncheons to meet with interested pastors and lay people on January 21st and 22nd. Peter Geisendorfer-Lindgren will host us at Lord of Life in Maple Grove on the 21st from noon to 1:30PM. Randy Romsdahl will host us at St. Johns in Shakopee on the 22nd. If you would like to attend one of these luncheons, please contact Gregg Burch (greggburch@gmail.com or 678.595.2253). Come join us as we explore if we have sufficient interest to launch a class in Minnesota (primarily for those within 250 miles of Minneapolis) in the fall of 2009. We are accepting applications to be participants in our three-year learning journey over our TLi website now.

Transforming Leaders Initiative hosts Webinar on Jan. 21, and meetings in Minneapolis Jan. 21-22

Beyond Survival

Sheridan Lutheran, Lincoln, NE will host their annual Beyond Survival workshop November 6-8, 2008. Larry Arganbright will host Mike Slaughter, Reggie McNeal, Adam Hamilton and Ross Parsley at this year's event.

Testing the Entires

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Exponential: 2009 National New Church Conference

(The DNA of Reproducing Churches again and again)

The 2009 conference is at First Baptist Church (FBC) Orlando located at 3000 S. John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL 32805. The FBC campus is ideally suited for the conference. From their 6500 seat auditorium to their on-site food services, FBC is the perfect host...and their staff are as excited as anyone about the conference. Their passion for serving the Body of Christ and supporting church planting will be evident to everyone who attends the conference. The campus is conveniently located about 12 miles from the Orlando International Airport, 12 miles from Disney, and just a few miles from a large selection of hotels and restaurants.

Super Super Early Bird for 2009 - $99
Preconference intensives run from noon on Monday April 20th, 2009 through 11am on Tuesday April 21st, 2009. Main conference runs from 1pm Tuesday April 21st, 2009 through 1pm Thursday April 23rd, 2009.

Registration fees include lunch on Wednesday, snacks, and drinks. If you prefer a vegetarian lunch, you can select this option during online registration.

A discount for the main conference is available to groups of 10 or more attendees. You do not need to know the names of all the people in your group to register. You can change names later. If you have a group of 10 or more and would like information regarding this discount, please contact Peggy Liddell at pliddell@potterswillconsulting.com; or (770) 631-8620.

You will be asked to select one of seven main tracks for each person being registered. You can also change this selection later as space permits.

Registration fees are refundable (less a $50 per person administrative fee) through March 1, 2009 and are non-refundable after March 1, 2009.

Community Church of Joy Visitors Week Coming in February

Over the last three years Community Church of Joy has been on a fascinating journey, accepting God's challenge to move beyond the attractional model, seeking to put discipleship and community at the heart of the church's spiritual life. As others seek to learn from both our successes and failures we are again inviting leaders to bring their teams and spend the week with us. We look forward to sharing all that God has been doing and welcoming you to beautiful Arizona!
Blessings,
Walt Kallestad & Mike Breen

February 18-21, 2008 at Community Church of Joy, Glendale, Arizona.

Community Church of Joy is located in Glendale, Arizona (Northwest Phoenix), which is the fastest-growing city in the nation. Our vision is Becoming God's Family to Bless the World. For more info go to www.joyonline.org.

The week will consist of daily teaching from Mike Breen on the subject of Kingdom and Covenant. Delegates will also be able to choose one of the Immersion Streams or a combination of daily options on the Taster Stream. Group Discount

Groups of 5 or more attending from the same church will receive a 20% discount. Register via the 3dm website; a check refund will be sent out for the 20% discount.

Immersion Streams:
Cost $375 per person (including food, refreshments and all materials). Delegates choosing an Immersion Stream will stay with that group and leader throughout the week. "Clusters, Huddles and Missional Communities" led by Anders Michael Hansen (senior 3DM Consultant and Director of the European Church Planting Network) "Going Deeper with Life Shapes" led by Eric Pfeiffer (senior staff at Community Church of Joy)

Taster Streams:
Cost $225 per person (including food, refreshments and all materials). Delegates choosing the Taster Stream will be able to select three of the options outlined below, one per day. "Attractional to Missional: the Story so Far" led by Walt Kallestad and Paul Sorensen (Senior and Lead Pastors at Community Church of Joy) "Worship and Spiritual Formation" led by Gareth Robinson (Worship Pastor at Community Church of Joy) "An Introduction to Life Shapes" led by John LaMunyon (Senior Pastor at 3DM Hub Church in Seattle) "Mentoring and Discipling Female Leaders" led by Joannah Saxton (Senior 3DM Consultant) "Introducing Huddles: Keeping Your Leaders Accountable and Encouraged" led by Alex Absalom (Lead Pastor at 3DM Hub Church in Oklahoma) "Using Myers Briggs to Develop Teams and Spiritual Leadership" led by Steve Cockram (Senior 3DM Consultant and Director of the Joy Leadership Center)

Accommodation
For info and discounts on airfare, hotel and car rental, please contact Luanne at 1-800-432-ELAN or visit expedia.com. Hotels should be booked in Peoria, Arizona as they are the closest to Joy. Click here for a map and directions to Joy.

Registration is going on now! For more information or to register, click here. For questions or additional information, Jo Rapps can be reached at jor@joyonline.org or 623-561-0500 x202.

Leonard Sweet will be Keynote Speaker at Catch the Spirit in Atlanta Feb. 8-9

What is Catch the Spirit?
An annual gathering of leaders in the ELCA who want to learn and grow. It is a two day retreat experience with an inspiring speaker, workshops and worship focused on Evangelism and Leadership. The goal is to empower leaders by connecting them with other leaders who have a common passion for growth and transformation in the church.

Leonard Sweet, one of the church's most important and provocative thinkers, joins us as Keynote speaker and Workshop presenter. This year, take the time to reequip yourself for leadership in your church home. Join us at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Atlanta. Mike Foss, Gary Christensen and Gregg Burch will also present Workshops during the event.

Details and Registration, go to www.CatchtheSpiritLutheran.org

2008 Transformational Leaders Gathering

Creative Chaos – Soul Sabbath
2008 Transformational Leaders Gathering
Holiday Inn International Drive, Orlando
January 19-22, 2008

What would you do if you could set aside all the responsibilities that come with full time ministry?
What is the one thing you would love to explore to grow as a pastor just for the sheer joy of it?
If you could really create some "away time" for you and your spouse, would you do it?

We, as professional clergy, work on the Sabbath, and then peck away at our days off, and still work the other six days, because we are so intent and serious about serving God. Continuing education is driven by skills you need to develop or topics that small groups want to discuss. Time is divided among visits, committees, and appointments that are carefully managed in calendars and PDAs. In the midst of it all, a personal life with family and friends is wedged in and often vies for its own time slot.

Given enough time, the scent of the fresh breeze of the Spirit disappears, the natural creativity that springs from Sabbath dissipates, until healthy ministry and family life gives way to the routine and mundane.

The 2008 Transformational Leaders Gathering, known for its unique style of peer to peer learning and interaction would like to invite you to let the creative chaos of the Spirit into your life for some serious Sabbath renewal. Opportunities are created this year for you to have chance for some Sabbath time away with spouse or family in Orlando, the world's vacation capital. In some limited interactive time with others, you will be able just get away for some personal renewal time that is so vital to your wellness as a leader. In the second track of the event, we would like to open the door to creative in some new and less restricted ways. If you are an early bird registrant, share your one idea, topic, area, you have always wanted to explore as a pastor. Once we have your topic, we will tap our network of pastoral leaders and participants and find a person who has a background, skills, or just a plain passion to walk with you on that journey. Scattered throughout the event, we will have these moments of creative chaos for you to explore, connect, and renew in a unique Sabbath setting.

Watch our web sites – www.transformingchurch.com/tlg and www.wiredjesus.com for more details and the opening of registration in late September. Step out of the routine and take a Sabbath rest in creative chaos, the 2008 Transformational Leaders Gathering.

RE-FORMATION 2008 at Abiding Hope

Abiding Hope Academy for Adaptive Leadership
and Spiritual Formation

RE-FORMATION 2008
Leadership Week
Jan. 14-17
For the Sake of the World!
Forging Missionary Leaders for a Missionary Church

Gain authentic ways of being church and tools to inspire and transform your congregation for mission
in the 21st Century world.

Speakers
Rick Barger
Brad Binau
Beth Lewis
Reggie McNeal
Barbara Rossing

To register and for the schedule of events go to:
www.abidinghopelutheran.org
or call:
303-972-1283

Doug Hill
Pastor for Outreach
Abiding Hope Lutheran Church
Littleton, Colorado
303-972-1283

Leading Change in the Congregation

March 5-7, 2007, Simpsonwood Conference Center, Norcross, GA, led by Gilbert R. Rendle

Change is an inevitable issue for congregations that are living in today’s constantly changing environment. In the midst of great change, many congregations fruitlessly look for answers that come from an earlier time in their history in an effort to deal with their discomfort. They often actively resist present changes that may carry rich potential for ministry and mission. Leading change in such an environment requires leaders to let go of searches for “answers” and risk new learnings that will engage the congregation at its spiritual core.

For additional information, look here.

Creative Ministry Gathering: No Longer Aliens

Have you ever had the feeling that you were different? That you saw things differently than those around you? That your language and culture was somehow different, even at odds with the mainstream culture around you. That is a common experience of immigrants to the United States but it is also a common experience of many creative pastors and congregational leaders. The sense of the mission of the church, the perspectives on worship and creativity, the connections made between faith and the world seem alien to many of your colleagues to the point where you feel "alien" within the Church.

The Creative Ministry Gathering is an opportunity for "alien" leaders to come together to discover companions steeped in the same culture of creativity, who walk the same spiritual journey of mission and disicpleship Bringing together several networks of some of the most creative pastors in the ELCA - the College of Developers, the Transformational Leaders Gathering, students from Luther Seminary and others - you will have the chance experience that you are not alone, that here you will find you are no longer alien.

What To Expect:
The Creative Leaders Gathering is unlike any "conference" you have attended before. We don't contract with experts or do long presentations. We have fine tuned this year's gathering to have large group "potstirring" presentation limited to 20 minutes which then shift into small group activities. All breakouts and small group sessions will be limited to 10 people per group to maximize your opportunity to interact with other leaders who are actually engaging in their topic area in a local congregation. Worship, reflection, and interactive elements will leave you energized to use the creative gifts for ministry that God has placed within you and a network of mentors to walk with you into the alien world of the 21st Century Church. We will gather in Orlando January 22-24. See details here.