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District Leadership Conference
February
8, 2009 - 2:00pm – 5:30pm
Crossroad
UMC, Concord
The Salisbury District Leadership Conference will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2009
from 2-5:30 PM at Crossroads United Methodist Church in Concord. The Gathering, with check-in and refreshments, will begin
at 2 PM. Then at 2:30 PM, special guest Bishop Larry Goodpaster will speak to clergy and laity on “Vital Signs
of Dynamic Congregations”.
Following worship, everyone will move to workshops. The one-hour workshops will be offered twice,
in order that participants can take advantage of the wide range of topics. Each workshop will be offered from 3:30-4:25
PM, and then again, from 4:35-5:30 PM. This year’s workshops will be:
1. Natural
Church Development
Seminar Leader: Dr. Bob Kerr, pastor of Rehobeth UMC in the Lake Norman District and coordinator of coaching for
NCD in the WNCC
Healthy churches become growing churches! Come and learn about eight quality characteristics essential
to church growth—Empowering Leadership, Passionate Spirituality, Gift Based Ministry, Need Oriented Evangelism, Inspiring
Worship, Functional Structures, Holistic Small Groups, and Loving Relationships—and how a NCD coach can help your local
church set goals for achieving greater health in 2009.
Being and Doing Church as United Methodists
Seminar Leader: Dr.
Denny White, former Conference Secretary and retired United Methodist pastor
Discover how much you know about our United Methodist heritage and way of being and doing
church. And get answers to the questions you still have about how we live and work together.
3.
The Challenges and Opportunities of Lay Leadership
Seminar
Leader: Rev. Nathan Kirkpatrick, Managing Director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
School
This is a great time to serve as a leader in the church! Sure, the church faces a lot of challenges, but there
are many opportunities for great lay-led ministry, too. In this workshop, we will explore how lay leaders understand
their roles and their responsibilities with congregations and how we can respond together to the challenges and opportunities
of today’s church.
4. Ten
Touchpoints for Local Church Hospitality
Seminar Leader: Rev. Bev Coppley, pastor of First UMC in Landis and member of the district’s Congregational
Development Team
Come and hear about ten touchpoints
for hospitality in the local church. You will learn how to make invitations, share your faith in winsome ways, and create
an environment in which first-time visitors will want to return to your church the following week.
5.
Strengthening Your Sunday Worship
Seminar
Leader: Rev. Andy Langford, pastor of Central UMC in Concord and editor of The United Methodist
Book of Worship
How
do you plan sermons, music, and other aspects of worship to be both hospitable to guests and uplifting to members? We
will share a number of “tips” for moving beyond worship wars to weekly implementation of healing and transforming
worship.
6. No Limits to Missions?
Seminar
Leader: Rev. Judy White, pastor of Trinity UMC in Kannapolis and member of the District Leadership Team
It
does not matter what size church you attend, you can be in missions. From local
missions
to international missions, opportunities abound. From the simplest to the most
elaborate,
there are no limits to missions.
7.
Deep Youth Ministry in an Overly Busy World
Seminar Leader: Daniel Wilson, Minister with Children
and Youth at Central UMC Church in Concord
We will discuss the nuts and bolts of
youth ministry in today’s world. Whether you have
1 youth or 100, come and discuss how to engage a generation that
seems too “busy” to be
interested in church, how to involve the entire family in your youth ministry program,
and which curriculum can be used effectively in today’s youth ministry.
8.
Children’s Ministry Survival Kit
Seminar
Leader: Rev. Samantha Wesley, Director of Christian Education and Children’s and Family Ministries at First UMC
in Salisbury
No
matter if you are paid staff or a volunteer, or part of a large or a small church, the demands of children’s ministry
are many. We will network with one another and share ideas for reaching out to the children and families of our churches
and communities.
9. Web Design for the
Local Church
Seminar Leaders: Brian and Lisa Perry, owners of Perry Productions,
a graphic design and web development firm, and members of Central UMC in Concord
Come and find solutions for the development of your local church web site. We will share ideas
for making your web site—and therefore your local church--more welcoming to visitors and newcomers. Hear also
about creative ways to communicate effectively with your congregation and how to keep your web site attractive and up to date.
10. Nuts and Bolts of Basic Church Finance and Property
Seminar
Leader: Dr. Mark King, Associate Minister and Director of Church Administration at Centenary UMC in Winston-Salem
This seminar
will cover topics such as contributions, payroll, year-end reporting, property care and oversight, and basic responsibilities
of the finance committee. Specific questions of participants will also be addressed.
11.
Ministry Assessment and the Staff/Pastor-Parish
Relations Committee
Seminar
Leader: Rev. Sally Langford, Salisbury District Superintendent
Participants of this seminar will learn basic responsibilities
of the Staff/Pastor-Parish Relations Committee, with a specific focus on the development of effective ministry assessment.
An overview of this year’s appointment making process and time to address questions from participants will be included
as well.
Mission to Ministers
Mission
to Ministers, featuring Brian McLaren and Bishop Larry Goodpaster will be from 10:30-5:30 PM on Tuesday, February 3 at Myers
Park UMC in Charlotte. To register, contact Nancy Pryor at nancyp@mpumc.org or 704-295-4812. Please include name, church, and district in your registration information. Cost is $15, which
includes lunch and is payable upon arrival.
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District
Office Expansion
Happy 2009 to all of you in the Salisbury District! Ravonda and Sally hope that
you had a blessed Christmas, and our prayers are with you for a happy and healthy new year. Please drop by to see us
in the district office soon. After a crazy December of office construction and expansion, the office is beginning to
look presentable, even functional and inviting. Ravonda is pleased with the additional storage space, and Sally is delighted
with her open and airy office. There is still work to be done, but we think you will like the progress we have made.
Come and visit!
District Minister’s Meetings
The first ministers’ meeting of the new year will be held on Monday, January 12 at Shiloh UMC (234 S. Main Street,
Granite Quarry, NC 28072). We will gather at 9 AM over light refreshments for the business session. At 10,
Grace Hackney and Fred Bahnson from the North Carolina Conference will lead our program on church revitalization and mission
outreach through community gardening. Grace and Fred will also participate in worship, which will follow the program
at 11 AM. Lunch for everyone will be provided by Shiloh at 12 noon. Ministers’ meetings are wonderful opportunities
for district clergy to learn, worship, and fellowship with one another. If you are unable to attend the meeting on Monday,
please contact Sally at 704-723-4822 or 704-701-2788.
· Other upcoming district ministers’
meeting dates:
1. Monday, March 30 at 9 AM
at Bethel UMC in Midland
with Dr. Patty Suggs as guest speaker
2. Monday, May 18 at 9 AM at Gay’s Chapel UMC with Dr. Joe Webb on “Preaching Without Notes”
· District pastors are invited
to the first book discussion and lunch at 12 noon on Monday, February 9, 2009 at Costello’s in Concord. Reta Steck and Sally Langford will lead the group
in a discussion of The Shack. Everybody is invited.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
The WNC Conference, Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration will be held on Saturday,
January 17th from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Coburn Memorial UMC in Salisbury. Please
share the attached bulletin with your members!
District Leadership Conference
February 8, 2009 - 2:00pm – 5:30pm
Crossroad
UMC, Concord
The Salisbury District Leadership Conference will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2009
from 2-5:30 PM at Crossroads United Methodist Church in Concord. The Gathering, with check-in and refreshments, will begin
at 2 PM. Then at 2:30 PM, special guest Bishop Larry Goodpaster will speak to clergy and laity on “Vital Signs
of Dynamic Congregations”.
Following worship, everyone will move to workshops. The one-hour workshops will be offered twice,
in order that participants can take advantage of the wide range of topics. Each workshop will be offered from 3:30-4:25
PM, and then again, from 4:35-5:30 PM. This year’s workshops will be:
1. Natural
Church Development
Seminar Leader:
Dr. Bob Kerr, pastor of Rehobeth UMC in the Lake Norman District and coordinator of coaching for NCD in
the WNCC
Healthy churches become growing churches! Come and learn about eight quality characteristics essential to church
growth—Empowering Leadership, Passionate Spirituality, Gift Based Ministry, Need Oriented Evangelism, Inspiring Worship,
Functional Structures, Holistic Small Groups, and Loving Relationships—and how a NCD coach can help your local church
set goals for achieving greater health in 2009.
Being and Doing Church as United Methodists
Seminar Leader: Dr. Denny White, former Conference Secretary and retired
United Methodist pastor
Discover how much you know about our United Methodist heritage and way of being and doing
church. And get answers to the questions you still have about how we live and work together.
3.
The
Challenges and Opportunities of Lay Leadership
Seminar Leader: Rev. Nathan Kirkpatrick, Managing Director, Leadership
Education at Duke Divinity School
This is a great time to serve as a leader in the church! Sure, the church faces a lot of challenges,
but there are many opportunities for great lay-led ministry, too. In this workshop, we will explore how lay leaders
understand their roles and their responsibilities with congregations and how we can respond together to the challenges and
opportunities of today’s church.
4.
Ten
Touchpoints for Local Church Hospitality
Seminar
Leader: Rev. Bev Coppley, pastor of First UMC in Landis and member of the district’s Congregational
Development Team
Come and hear about ten touchpoints
for hospitality in the local church. You will learn how to make invitations, share your faith in winsome ways, and create
an environment in which first-time visitors will want to return to your church the following week.
5.
Strengthening
Your Sunday Worship
Seminar
Leader: Rev. Andy Langford, pastor of Central UMC in Concord and editor of The United Methodist Book of Worship
How do
you plan sermons, music, and other aspects of worship to be both hospitable to guests and uplifting to members? We will
share a number of “tips” for moving beyond worship wars to weekly implementation of healing and transforming worship.
6. No Limits to Missions?
Seminar
Leader: Rev. Judy White, pastor of Trinity UMC in Kannapolis and member of the District Leadership Team
It
does not matter what size church you attend, you can be in missions. From local
missions to international missions, opportunities
abound. From the simplest to the most
elaborate, there are no limits to missions.
7.
Deep
Youth Ministry in an Overly Busy World
Seminar Leader: Daniel Wilson, Minister with Children
and Youth at Central UMC Church in Concord
We will discuss the nuts and bolts of youth ministry in today’s
world. Whether you have
1 youth or 100, come and discuss how to engage a generation that seems
too “busy” to be
interested in church, how to involve the entire family in your youth ministry
program, and which curriculum can be used effectively in today’s youth ministry.
8.
Children’s
Ministry Survival Kit
Seminar
Leader: Rev. Samantha Wesley, Director of Christian Education and Children’s and Family Ministries at First UMC
in Salisbury
No
matter if you are paid staff or a volunteer, or part of a large or a small church, the demands of children’s ministry
are many. We will network with one another and share ideas for reaching out to the children and families of our churches
and communities.
9. Web Design for the
Local Church
Seminar
Leaders: Brian and Lisa Perry, owners of Perry Productions, a graphic design and web development firm, and members of
Central UMC in Concord
Come and find solutions for
the development of your local church web site. We will share ideas for making your web site—and therefore your
local church--more welcoming to visitors and newcomers. Hear also about creative ways to communicate effectively with
your congregation and how to keep your web site attractive and up to date.
10. Nuts and Bolts of Basic Church Finance and Property
Seminar
Leader: Dr. Mark King, Associate Minister and Director of Church Administration at Centenary UMC in Winston-Salem
This seminar
will cover topics such as contributions, payroll, year-end reporting, property care and oversight, and basic responsibilities
of the finance committee. Specific questions of participants will also be addressed.
11.
Ministry
Assessment and the Staff/Pastor-Parish Relations Committee
Seminar Leader: Rev. Sally Langford,
Salisbury District Superintendent
Participants of this seminar will learn basic responsibilities of the Staff/Pastor-Parish
Relations Committee, with a specific focus on the development of effective ministry assessment. An overview of this
year’s appointment making process and time to address questions from participants will be included as well.
Mission to Ministers
Mission to Ministers, featuring Brian McLaren and Bishop Larry Goodpaster
will be from 10:30-5:30 PM on Tuesday, February 3 at Myers Park UMC in Charlotte. To register, contact Nancy Pryor at
nancyp@mpumc.org or 704-295-4812. Please include name, church, and district in your registration information. Cost is $15, which
includes lunch and is payable upon arrival.
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