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Resources for March 21 training day
Resources are now available in preparation for the March 21, 2015, Leadership Inspiration and Training Day for lay and ordained, volunteer and elected leaders throughout the diocese. Register here. The format of this training event will follow the “flipped classroom” model: Read about a flipped classroom Watch a video on a flipped classroom Because a flipped classroom moves instruction and problem-solving into the workshop itself, it asks more preparation before participants show up. The documents linked below offer a selection…
REVEAL North Texas conference scheduled for October 25, 2012
Survey reveals that church activity IS NOT a blueprint for spiritual growth The leaders of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church were surprised—and disappointed—by their initial REVEAL results. After all, their 10-year old church plant in Frisco, Texas, was growing rapidly. And the church’s young, professional congregation was dynamic, highly relational, and very involved in serving both the local community and worldwide missions. Senior Pastor Clay Lein recalls the sequence of his own reactions to the January 2009 survey feedback, including a Spiritual Vitality…