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Pastors

Pastors
Continuing Education/Conferences

  • Lead(HER): Empowering Female Clergy, a Sharechurch conference, April 20-26, 2026, at Resurrection, A United Methodist Church in Leawood, KS - Save-the-Date! No link yet.

Finances

  • Emergency Grant Resources through the Board of Pensions. In most cases, these are for any church worker/ minister enrolled in the Benefits Plan. These grants are up to $5,000. Starting in 2025, the eligibility criteria will be for anyone enrolled in either Medical or Pension (or both). In the case of an officially declared natural disaster, there is an additional program that may be offered in consultation with the Board of Pensions. In these cases, when they identify at least 8-10 church employees/ministers impacted, they have Emergency Assistance for Natural Disasters. These Grants of $1,000 each are available to any W-2 church employee without regard to enrollment in any Benefits

Leadership

  • Leadership Institute 2026, Sharechurch, Sept 30-Oct 2, Leewood, KS

  • How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going: Leading in a Liminal Season, Susan Beaumont, 2019 – How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going is a practical book of hope for tired and weary leaders who risk defining this era of ministry in terms of failure or loss. It helps leaders stand firm in a disoriented state, learning from their mistakes and leading despite the confusion. Packed with rich stories and real-world examples, Beaumont guides the reader through practices that connect the soul of the leader with the soul of the institution.

Mental Health
Preaching

  • Call To Worship, a website featuring Liturgy, Music, Preaching, and the Arts from the PC(USA)

  • Working Preacher podcast, an engaging weekly conversation on the Revised Common Lectionary readings for the coming Sunday

  • Host At the Movies preaching series. Open Network has done all the creative work for you

  • Equipping Preachers, Synod of the Covenant’s monthly series, available to preachers inside and outside the boundaries of the synod

Suggested Resources

  • How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon ($13.49) by Frank A. Thomas, introduction by William J. Barber II – This book is laid out to be helpful for preachers working on sermons during difficult times. Mainly the author explores the idea of “moral imagination and diabolic imagination” and lays the groundwork for prophetic preaching. In addition, the author explores several speeches and sermons by Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Prathia L. Hall. The goal is to help a preacher or leader develop their own voice in this area.

  • Finding Words for Worship: A Guide for Leaders ($25) by Ruth C. Duck – If you are working on writing your own liturgy, this book would be very helpful. Instead of liturgy already written out, this book teaches how to find your voice in designing liturgy for worship services. Though published in 1995, the information is not outdated and can be adapted to the times we live in. The author takes a leader seeking to write their own liturgy through the process including the process itself, finding images to help, and the different forms of prayers. The final chapter focuses on “Bringing It All Together.” This work could be used by individuals seeking to write their own liturgy or read separately and then used by a worship team to craft a service together.

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