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So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6-7 (NIV)
"All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NRSVUE)
Rooted and Ready: Church Council Leadership Training
Are you a current or prospective church council member eager to deepen your leadership skills and faith foundation? Join us for Rooted and Ready, a comprehensive training designed to equip you with the tools, knowledge, and spiritual grounding necessary to lead effectively.
Event Highlights:
· Engaging workshops tailored for church council roles
· Practical resources for church governance and leadership
· Opportunities to connect and collaborate with other leaders
· Faith-filled reflections to root your work in Christ
Details:
Saturday, Feb. 15 from 9 AM-12 PM @ Abiding Presence, San Antonio
Sunday, Feb. 16 from 1 PM-4 PM @ Galilean, Corpus Christi
Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 6:30 PM-8:30 PM via Zoom
Whether you're stepping into council leadership for the first time or seeking to enrich your ongoing service, this training is for you. Together, we’ll explore what it means to serve faithfully and lead boldly in our congregations.
We look forward to seeing you there as we grow together in faith and leadership!
Update your Council Officer Roster HERE
February 1, 2025
8:30am-3:30pm
Registration after Jan. 29th is online only
Mailed in Registration to
1090 Oestreich Dr. Seguin, TX 78155
Equipping the Saints: Flipping the Script
Our living Triune God keeps pulling God’s people towards God’s preferred and promised future through many challenges and into the opportunities of our time. This year’s Equipping the Saints event will have two keynote speakers, Rev. Dr. Craig Nessen from Wartburg Seminary and Pastor Jon Anderson from Luther Seminary, who will engage the way we are being invited, encouraged, and sometimes driven by God’s Spirit to shift our ways of doing Church towards a more lay-led and clergy supported approach to mission and ministry in the coming years. This shift will take reimagining, patient listening, many experiments, and open sharing about what we learn to serve better our communities of faith and the communities where God has placed us. The Rev. Dr. Nessen will speak about the surprising ecclesiology that grows from our Lutheran movement and guides us toward a fresh orientation to our ministry and mission. God calls and sends the whole body of Christ to live out our many callings to serve God’s world. We gather and are nourished to be sent into our swiftly changing context to plant the Good News of Jesus. Pastor Anderson will explore four key pivots that Faith+Lead believes God is calling us to focus on as we seek to serve our communities and God’s world, He will focus on planting seeds around the fourth pivot for God’s Church in small town and rural settings, the “Pivot in Leadership: From Clergy-Led/Lay-Supported to Lay-Led/Clergy-Supported Ministry” In his more extensive presentation he will invite and challenge us to imagine and engage in Faithful Innovation in Rural and Small Town Settings: Three Key Moves.
From Vision to Action
At our Synod Assembly this year, it was clear that we are still a divided synod in terms of what we are seeking in leadership and direction. We made the decision to do some listening into the synod to uncover the hopes and challenges, as well as how we should align the work of our synod for the next season of our life together
Dare to Question:
Leadership Convo
Southwestern Texas Synod &
Texas Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod
