Training and Leadership
Leadership
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Inspiring Leadership, a 11/2023 article from the outlook
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Small Steps You Can Take to Build a Healthy Volunteer Culture, a Church Juice webinar on October 20 at 1:00pm CT
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7 Ways To Build Teams of Great Leaders(when you feel like your team is lacking), 6/2021 (Carey Nieuwhof article)
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Leadership articles from The Lewis Center for Church Leadership
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Leadership best practices from The Lewis Center for Church Leadership
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The Reclaimed Leader podcast with Jason Tucker & Jesse Skiffington
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The Colossian Forum: Lead Through Conflict, free and $
Training
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School for Lay Ministry from Faith + Lead
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Opening Doors To Discipleship: A Training Website for Faith Formation Leaders in the Reformed Tradition
Quicksheet with information on how it can be used
Elder and Deacon Training
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Elder Boundaries Training Videos with questions from PRC, Practical Resources for Churches. These videos will fulfill the requirement for Session boundaries training every three years required by the Book of Order.
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Discovering Leadership: Called to Serve, a 90 minute, pre-recorded webinar from the Leader Formation initiative that seeks to faithfully understand what it means to be called to serve as ruling elders and deacons in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
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Ruling Elders webpage on the PC(USA) Office of the General Assembly
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Coming Alive in Christ: Training for PC(USA) Ruling Elders and Deacons based on the Constitutional Questions
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Elder and Deacon Training (Theocademy, 13-week series)
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Sacred Calls, PC(USA) Elder Training
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Year of Leader Formation discusses deacon ministries, 9/2021 recorded webinar
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Leadership Formation webinar: care ministry, 4/2023, a recorded 90-minute conversation about ways ruling elders and deacons — in addition to other church members — can provide care ministry in its many forms
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Selecting and Preparing Ruling Elders and Deacons, a downloadable study from the PC(USA) Store
New Member Classes
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Being Presbyterian: Foundations of Presbyterian Discipleship – New member study (Theocademy, 5-part series)
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Sacred Calls, New Member Class
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“Why Presbyterians are Like That”, a 10-session Bible study for congregations. A downloadable PDF Bible Study based on one Presbyterian chaplain’s suggestion of 10 reasons Presbyterians are the way we are.
Opportunities
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The Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program, a ministry of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is an ecumenical, one-year service opportunity for young adults ages 19 to 30. Learn more about this transformative year by click here