Special Series and Workshops

 

I Beg Your Pardon, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
(Communication is hard, but essential for growth)
2 Timothy 2

• I Beg Your Pardon, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. 2 Timothy 2:1-6
• What Can I Learn by Listening to Myself? 2 Timothy 2:7
• Who Will Show Me How To Communicate? 2 Timothy 2:8-13
• How Many Times Do I Have To Say the Same Thing? 2 Timothy 2:14-23
• How Can I Be Honest Without Getting into a Fuss? 2 Timothy 2:23-25

 

 

How to Survive a Storm and Enjoy the Sunshine
(How to learn from and grow through problems in the family and in the church)
Acts 6:1-7

• Why Do We Have So Many Problems and How Long Will They Exist?
• What are Some Situations that Contribute to Greater Problems?
• How Can Good Communication Help Solve Problems?
• Why Am I Often Disappointed in Leaders?
• How Many People Should Be Involved in Solving Problems?
• How Can Trust Grow Between Leaders and Followers?

 

You Have the Power to Live Through Dying
(How is the cross a model for living as well as dying?)
Luke 9:23

• What Choices Do I Have When I Face Difficult Decisions?
• Why Can’t I Have Everything?  What Do I Have to Give Up?
• Will I Always Have Pain in My Life?
• What Do I Do When I Am Embarrassed to Do Right?
• How Can I Make Difficult Decisions?
• How Do I Keep Going When I Want to Give Up?
• Why Would I Make a Decision to Suffer?  What Will I Gain?

 

Do You Have Time for the Lord to Bless You?
(How can I manage my time and my life better?)

• What Time Is It?  Whose Time Is It?
• Will I Let God Help Me With my Planning or Will I Use Shortcuts?
• Why Is It Hard to Set my Clock with God’s Clock?
• How Are Time and Tongue Related?
• How Do I Deal with Requests, Resistance, and Interruptions?
• What Do I Do When God Is Late?

 

Special Workshops

     I lead individualized workshops on leadership and communication.  Often, a leadership team will want to work on a particular aspect of their work.  Usually the elders and preachers are invited.  At other times, the deacons are included.

     Some of the areas of improvement that I have been asked to facilitate:

         •   Delegation
         •   Communication
         •   Shepherds Shepherding Shepherds
         •   Integrating New Members of a Leadership Team (How will new elders
              and old elders work well together?  How can the elders and new
              preacher get  off to a good start?)

     In these workshops, we set structure for good communication and work on the specific areas that need addressing.  Since I am an outside party and have more than four decades experience, I don’t mind asking the questions that others are afraid or haven’t thought of asking.

     I bring my waste basket-recycling bin to each workshop.  If it isn’t worth taking home, you can throw it away.  I encourage each participant to find one “mustard seed” that will make a difference in one’s relationship with God and with others.