Shared Leadership
Module 7
Shared Leadership
Loving Section
Holy Imagination
Mark 2:1-12
Read 3 Times
Identify
Biblical Characters
Let’s Talk
Insights
De-role
Dismiss for Group Check In
Shared Leadership
Learning Section
“A church that does not use teams
will suffer. Specifically, its leaders
will be burned out, the church’s
capacity to minister effectively
will be limited, its pastor will
become either a cult hero or
blockage to the ministry process,
and the ministry will become less
participative.”
The Power of Team Leadership
George Barna
Water Brook Press, 2001, p. 28
Video
Opening Ourselves to Grace
Part 4
Video
Opening Ourselves to Grace
Part 4 -- Discussion
Shared Leadership
Partnership with God and one
another:
• Purposeful
• Meaningful
• Visionary
• Practical
More Than Style
• Character
• Competence
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
More Than Style, cont.
• Contribution
Developing Leadership
• Model
• Mentor
• Partner
• Coach
• Cheerleader
Nudge Your Neighbor
1. Which of these roles do you use
most often for developing
leadership in your
congregation?
2. Who else in the congregation
serves in one or more of these
roles?
3. How can you be more
intentional in developing
leaders in your congregation?
Shared Leadership
Leading Section
Two Categories of Leaders
Traditional
Entrepreneurial
Resources for Traditional Leaders
The Guidelines, set of 26 booklets with CD. (2013-2016 set to be
released fall of 2012.)
District Training Events
UMCOM online courses www.training.umcom.org (some free, some for fee)
GBOD Workshops for Leaders www.gbod.org/workshopsforleaders
GBOD Local Church Officer Job Descriptions www.gbod.org/localchurchjobdescriptions
GBOD webinars www.gbod.org/webinararchives
GBOD
Webinars
Show webinar clip
Support Entrepreneurial
Leadership
Where Do You Begin?
What is Your Dream?
What is Your Passion?
Life Transitions
Listen
New Member Orientation
“I Wish” Cards
Sermons
Web site
Ministry Coach
With a Little Help
From my Friends
Widen the Circle
Resource for Entrepreneurial Leaders
Helps laity translate
their passion into
ministry.
Heartbeatministries.net
Has family of
supporting resources:
•Guidebook
•Video
•Brochures
•Free Downloads
“So That”
Ministry Discernment Process
Ministry
Ministry
Ministry
Area
Area
Area
Write Your
Ministry Area
Mission
Statement
Write Your
Ministry Area
Mission
Statement
Write Your
Ministry Area
Mission
Statement
So That...
So That...
So That...
Now, Let’s Practice!
Team Name: ____________________________________________________________
Team Mission: __________________________________________________________
Gift/Skill Needed:
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Possible Team Members:
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Gift/Skill Needed:
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Possible Team Members:
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Gift/Skill Needed:
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Possible Team Members:
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Gift/Skill Needed:
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Possible Team Members:
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HOMEWORK
SO THAT MISSION DISCERNMENT
PROCESS
Closing Worship
Fruitful Leadership
Read John 15:1-11
Litany “Fruitful Leadership”
(Read Responsively)
Leader: God says, “Come labor in my
vineyard.”
Left side: But we’ve never farmed.
Right side: Our fields are concrete and
asphalt.
All: Blessed are those who trust in the
Lord. They shall be like a tree planted
by water…in the year of drought it is
not anxious, and it does not cease to
bear fruit. (Jeremiah 17:7-8)
Left side: But everyone’s busy.
Right side: Few come out on Sunday. Fewer
still come during the week.
All: The surviving remnant of the house of
Judah shall again take root downward,
and bear fruit upward. (Isaiah 37:31)
Left side: But we’ve never tried this before.
Right side: The way is unclear. We need a
sign.
All: A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor
can a bad tree bear good fruit. (Matthew
7:18)
Left side: We’re overwhelmed!
Right side: We’re afraid to fail.
Leader: God says, “Abide in me as I abide in
you.”
All: We will.
Leader: Just as the branch cannot bear
fruit by itself unless it abides in the
vine, neither can you unless you abide
in God.
All: We must.
Leader: God is the vine, you are the
branches. Those who abide in God and
God in them bear much fruit, because
apart from God you can do nothing.
All: We will abide. We will trust. We will
bear the fruit you desire. You ARE the vine
and we ARE your branches. Lead and we
will follow.
Leader: Amen.
All: Amen.
Closing Hymn: “The Summons”
#2130, The Faith We Sing