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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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