Leadership Equipping Session

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Fall 2013

Leader Orientation


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Feedback from Penders ministry andcommittee leaders

I dont know who to report to

I dont know what is expected of me

I dont know what I am authorized to do

I dont know how we make decisions at Pender

I dont know where to get help!

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Why are we here?

Jesus equipped His disciplesWe need to equip our leaders!


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AgendaWelcome & Prayer

Vision, Mission, and Core Spiritual Objectives

Church Structure & Roles of Council, Cluster, & Ministry

Decision Model & the role of prayer in Pender leadership

Planning Model

Budget Planning and Execution

Dos and Donts of Communications

Next Steps

Closing Prayer

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Whats the plan for today?


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Vision, Mission, and CoreSpiritual Objectives

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Pender United MethodistChurch will be a tree of lifein the community rooted inGods living Word withbranches growing andmoving by the Spirit andspreading the love of Jesusfor all.


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Make disciples for Jesus Christ


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Know God Foster understanding of GOD as Lord &Savior and support personal intimate relationshipswith HIM

Love God and others Love the Lord Your God withall your heart, your mind, your soul, and spirit.Love others as yourself

Grow in God Assist all people in experiencing GODand expanding their personal relationships with

Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit.

Serve God Serve GOD through worship, prayers,presence, gifts, and service to ourselves and others. Share God Proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ

to others through our actions and words.


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Church Structure

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The UMC provides services to local churches Local churches are governed by The Book of

Discipline of the United Methodist Church

Local churches support the UMC organization

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What does it mean to be a UMC?The United Methodist Church (UMC) is aconnectional church


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Prayer The Holy Spirit

The Bible

The Book of Discipline

Penders Strategy


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Executive body of the localchurch

Connecting link betweenPender and the Virginia

Conference Has general oversight of the

Church Council

Meets annually (or more oftenif needed)

Elects the officers of thechurch

Governing body of the localchurch.

Sets policy for Pender

Has oversight of all standingcommittees and ministry areas

Charged with the administrationof the church's organizationaland temporal life

Charge Conference Church Council


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How is Pender organized ?


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A cluster is a group of ministries that

Share common goals and objectives

Are managed by a leader and assistant leader tofacilitate coordination, communication, andresource provisioning


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Cluster Purpose Objective Life TaskShare God Outreach

Communicating Gods wordthrough mission and ministry

Our witness

Serve God Service

Demonstrating Gods love through

service Our work

Know God WorshipCelebrating Gods presence

through worshipOur worship

Grow in GodDiscipleship

Educating Gods people throughdiscipleship

Our walk

Love God FellowshipCaring for Gods family through

prayer and fellowship.Our relationships


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Achieving the overarching responsibilities and mission of therespective committee or cluster

Forging and implementing a strategy to achieve the mission

Facilitating communication

Within the committee or cluster and with other committees or clusters

Between Pender UMC members and the committee or cluster

Between Church Council and the committee or cluster members

Ensuring the committee or cluster is resourced withappropriately skilled volunteers

Overseeing the preparation of budget submissions and theexecution of expenditures per the approved budget


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Decision Making

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Prayer and consensus model

All decisions are preceded by a short time of prayer

Approval requires either unanimity or unity

Unanimity: Unanimous belief that an affirmative decision is Gods will

Unity: The person or persons dissenting is/are comfortable with thediscernment of the group

When unanimity or unity is not achieved, the decision isdelayed for prayer

It is strongly recommended that ALL clusters and

committees adopt the prayer and consensus model!


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Any number of members present and

voting at any duly announced meetingconstitutes a quorum for the vote

Per the Book of Discipline


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Compensation of the Pastor and any other staffappointed by the UMC Conference Bishop

Election of the following leadership positions

Chairperson of church council

Committee on Lay Leadership

SPRC members and chairperson

Finance committee members and chairperson

Lay member of the annual conference Lay leader(s)

Church conference recording secretary


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Church Council must approve

Any changes to the church wide budget

Any policy changes

Decisions that impact other clusters or committees

Clusters and committees should bring ANY

ideas/decisions that may benefit from input from

other areas to Church Council!


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Any decisions that are in keeping with their

purpose and are within their allocatedresources


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Planning Model

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Continual prayer asking for guidancefrom the Holy Spirit is the single most

important partof determining bothwhich ministries Pender should executeand how Pender should execute those

ministries


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Emphasis on

Love God and Love Neighbor

Outreach and In-reach

Cross Ministry collaboration


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Write the objective of the ministry activity in a so that

statement

Use a simple statement: We will do ___ so that ___ will happen.

So thatchanges everything. It helps establish thereason/purpose of why we do anything

Ask the questions whetherand howthe so thatcontributes to our ultimate objective To make disciplesof Jesus Christ

Determine how we will know if the ministry has

succeeded in its objectives

John 3:16 God so loved the world that He gave His only Son so that

everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life.


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Six months ahead Identify cross ministryparticipation needed

Three months ahead Have a defined plan One month ahead Begin executing and handling

any unanticipated issues

Whats Next? Include follow up activities to helpbuild longer term relationships

As good stewards of Gods riches,

we must make the most efficient use of our resources


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Encourages general participation and volunteer participationin ministry activities

Is needed before, during, and after an event

Telling the story

Venues

This Week at Pender

Pender website

Pender Facebook site, twitter feed, and blogs

Sunday morning announcements


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Budget Planning Execution

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Execute the planning process

Prayer and guidance from the Holy Spirit

So That

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Estimate the costs associated with the plan


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Mid August: Budget worksheets are provided electronically tocommittee chairs and cluster leads.

August Church Council meeting: Budget process and guidelines areexplained

Early September: Budget worksheets are due to the Finance chairperson

September Finance Committee meeting: Budget is reviewed inpreparation for the September Council meeting

September Council meeting: Budget recommendations are presented.Budget may be approved if there are no issues. Issues will result inactions assigned for completion prior to the October Finance meeting

October Finance meeting: Final budget submissions are reviewed.

Recommended budget is compiled October Council meeting: Final budget is approved for distribution and

communication to the church at the Church Conference.

January 1: Execution against the budget begins


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Cluster Lead/Committee Chair role

Finding a copy of your budget

Tracking expenditures vs. budget

Artifacts required for expenditures


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Dos and Donts ofCommunications

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The Bible

The UMC Book of Discipline

Lay Leaders and Church Council Chair

Administrative Assistant in the Church office

The Pastors

The Pastors are our Spiritual Leaders.

HOWEVER,

there are many other avenues to find the

answers to your questions


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Face to Face

Telephone

E-mail

DO NOT send e-mails for very

emotional or inflammatory issues!


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Next Steps

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The Pender Mentoring Program existsto develop, encourage, enhance,

empower and support ministry leadersof Pender as part of the Body of Christ


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Each cluster will be assigned a Lay Leader toserve as a mentor

Mentors will

Help leaders navigate Penders governancestructure

Provide leadership expertise and guidance

Feedback will be gathered to improve thementoring program as it progresses


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Pender Leadership Orientation Package http://www.penderumc.org/training

Pender Leadership Orientation Guide

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