Member Mission Training

Member Mission Leadership Institute
October 11-16, 2009

Pastors and lay leaders . . . empower the laity, God's primary agents
for mission in today's world

From this 4-plus day event, starting with dinner on October 11 and ending with breakfast on October 16, you will leave with a wholly new way for your congregation and all of its members to understand mission and what it means to be "on mission."

And you will leave better equipped to lead your congregation and its members to embrace more fully what it really means to live as a Christian every day. La Casa de Maria Retreat and Conference Center, Santa Barbara, CA

We assume that the primary agents of God's mission in today's world are the laity in their daily places – their homes, their work, their local community, the wider world, their leisure, their spiritual health, and their church's life and its outreach. We provide tested resources to help members to discern their missions in each of those places; and to help the clergy and lay leaders of their church to make supporting the members in their daily living as Christians its primary purpose – or, at least, one of its primary purposes.

For: the ordained leaders of congregations and one co-leader (where possible); ecumenical with Methodists and Baptists already using the resources. Purpose: participants will leave with the skills to begin to implement member mission in
their congregations. The institute offers:

• practice in following the basic steps to implement member mission for individuals, pairs, or small groups; and into the life of the congregation as a whole
• practice in the basic interpersonal, group process, system, and feedback skills needed to implement member mission
  
• ongoing consultation for three years

Participants commit themselves to (see Registration form):

• advance reading of the basic text and workbook for member mission and written preparation – bring all with you to the Institute (all to be sent to you after 8/17/09)
• implement three activities in your congregation each year for three years
• participate in coaching during this three year period

More about the Institute:

• space is limited – apply by 9/15/09
• most of the learning will occur in small groups
• lodging in single rooms
• arrive in time for dinner at 6:00 PM on 10/11/09 and leave after breakfast on 10/16/09

Cost: $350 ($600 for pastor and one lay leader; $900 for pastor and two lay leaders) plus half your travel costs (based on economy/coach class air fare available through www.priceline.com plus parking, meals, and transport to the Center); the other half of travel costs and the balance of lodging and meals are provided by Member Mission Network, Inc. Scholarships are available. Click here to download registration packet.

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