Reminder-RSVP by August 5 for the August 11 Pastors’ and Leaders’ Breakfast (8:00 – 10:00 a.m. at the Mennonite Conference Center,). Sheldon C. Good (Mennonite Weekly Review and Salford Mennonite Church) and Stephen F. Kriss (Director of Communication and Leadership Cultivation, Franconia Mennonite Conference) will present “The Age Convergence: Practical Tools for Effective Inter-generational Leadership.”
Sheldon and Steve will share personal experiences and best practices of working in inter-generational groups. Though it’s not always easy, team-based leadership is one way your ministry can be intercultural and effective across generations. Franconia Conference leaders working in all forms of ministry are welcome to attend.
A panel of intergenerational leadership teams will field questions and tell stories about what makes healthy and growing leaders rooted in missional, intercultural and formational values. Email your questions for consideration to Steve Kriss–skriss@mosaicmennonites.org. The panel is set to include Marta Castillo and Ertell Whigham from Nueva Vida Norristown New Life Mennonite Church; Andrew Huth and Donna Merow from Ambler Mennonite Church; and Adrian Suryajaya and Aldo Siahaan from Philadelphia Praise Center. Come to learn, contribute, collaborate and imagine the possibilities of the present and the future together.
A $6 donation is requested to cover the cost of the breakfast. If you are unable to attend in person but would like to join by videoconference, contact Gay Brunt Miller … or watch for a link to the podcast.
Upcoming Breakfast: September 15 – Dr. Barbara Moses from Philadelphia Mennonite High School will present and lead in conversation about Conflict Resolution.
Kairos School for Spiritual Formation is offering Spiritual Guidance classes in Telford once a month, from September 2011 through May 2012. These classes are designed for clergy, pastors and congregational leaders—people who are called to guide the soul of persons and congregations whom they serve. This introduction to the art and practice of spiritual companioning (spiritual direction) provides essential understandings and skills for this ministry of guidance. Telford classes will be held on Thursdays, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and will be led by John and Sandy Drescher-Lehman.
The opinions expressed in articles posted on Mosaic’s website are those of the author and may not reflect the official policy of Mosaic Conference. Mosaic is a large conference, crossing ethnicities, geographies, generations, theologies, and politics. Each person can only speak for themselves; no one can represent “the conference.” May God give us the grace to hear what the Spirit is speaking to us through people with whom we disagree and the humility and courage to love one another even when those disagreements can’t be bridged.