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NT-NL Table Talk: Congregational Leadership in Changing Times for Changing Churches
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Mission Center at Briarwood,
680 Copper Canyon Rd.
Argyle, TX 76226 United States + Google Map
Argyle, TX 76226 United States + Google Map
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Here are the recordings from this event:
Congregational Leadership in Changing Times for Changing Churches, Part 1
Congregational Leadership in Changing Times for Changing Churches, Part 2
To download the PowerPoint slides, as presented:
https://www.ntnl.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/NT-NL-Table-Talk-October-2016-As-Presented.pptx
A suggested donation of $5 or more would be appreciated to help us cover costs. You can donate directly to Briarwood.
The speaker is Nathan Kirkpatrick, managing director of the Alban Institute at Duke Divinity School in Durham, NC. Nathan designs educational programs and facilitates leadership development opportunities for clergy. He has degrees from Wake Forest University and Duke University Divinity School and is a doctoral candidate at the University of Durham in Durham, UK. Nathan is a priest in the Episcopal church.
The topic / theme has been expanded. Here’s the tentative schedule:
Morning session: Three trends that are shaping congregational life today
– Changing shape of congregations
– Changing shape of leadership
– Changing trust in clergy and organized religion
– Table talk on named trends (and others) and how they are shaping congregational life and leadership
Afternoon session: Recovering the heart of our vocation: How these trends are shaping ministry
– Cultivating the capacity for friendships with God, with others, with self
– Equipping the saints for ministry (today)
– Table talk on blessings and bedevilments in our vocation
From Nathan Kirkpatrick: “My intent is that this will not be – by any stretch of the imagination – a lecture-based event. There will be presentations to give us a shared vocabulary to talk about what we are experiencing and then table talks to talk about what that looks like in our settings. My desire is a truly interactive day.”
$12 in advance / $15 at the door
(includes continental breakfast and hot lunch)