However!
I have been wanting to set up leadership training for one of my societies all year and have been struggling with the format. Knowing that it was an assignment question, I held my guns and today I have it. I'm not sure how generally useful it would be, but for my people here in Mitchells Plain, this is what I need. So, my seminar will be:
Passion for Christ and
ministry. This is the foundation for
Christian leadership. This theme would include Christian disciplines and the
development of Christian character and integrity.
Working with a vision.
This is an important part of team ministry. This theme includes understanding
the vision of the church (MCSA and society), fitting the particular ministry
into the scope of the vision, making a plan to achieve the vision.
Building a team of
volunteers. One is only a leader if one has followers. This theme includes
recruiting volunteers, providing for training, organising volunteers and
motivating them.
Communication Skills.
No one exists as an island. This theme includes communicating with the leader
above, with peers, with the ministry team and with the broader community.
Admin and organising
skills. The key word here is responsibility. The theme includes keeping an
appointment book and timekeeping, attending meetings or apologising, keeping
records, good financial governance, rosters and delegation.
(with thanks to Rev Ian France who put these as requirements in an advert for a children's pastor and where they suggested themselves to me as topic headings!)
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