Lay Pastors Leadership Requirements-Aug. 8, 2011

New Hope Lay Pastoral Leadership program

Welcome our Immersive “Lay Pastors Leadership” Training Program. We are all leaders and my desire is for all of us to grow as Shepherd Leaders.

Start Date: Wednesday, August 10th.

Requirements:

● Commitment to learn, grow, being teachable, submitted to Jesus, leadership and each other in training.

● Spirit of Jesus and New Hope.

● Faithful to Jesus, leadership, co-laborers, Midweek ministry, Training program.

Commitment:

● 459PM-930PM – every Wednesday, Midweek Service: 5-6PM Training, 630-9 Ministry, 9-915 Pastors Prayer

● Mid August – end of November 2011

● Assignments

● Mentor emerging leader/intern

● Weekend service leadership (minimum-1 service per weekend)

● Blog, Devotions, Leadership Resources

● To the leadership, volunteers, people at Midweek. This IS YOUR/OUR flock.

Overseer: Rod

Leadership Mentor: Joe

1. Jason Kaneshiro

2. Cody Smith

3. Momi Breault

4. Sam Asuncion

5. Bob Drummond

6. Paul Nakumura

7. Frieda Takaki

8. Melinda Halverson

9. Keola Richards

10. Shon Kihewa

Interns:

1. Paul Brown

2. Cameron Cortez

3. Chase Smith

4. Quinn Drummond

Each week we will meet 5 pm - 6 pm.

Pastor Rod’s office for a training and discussion topic, before heading down to midweek service to practice what we are learning.

Heart and Art of Pastoral Leadership.

Christ-likeness: Biblical Discipleship.

● Character (Heart first)

○ Topic 1 - Character - Christ likeness

○ Topic 2 - Identity: Who God is in you, who we are in Jesus

○ Topic 3 - Attitude and Motivation

● Chemistry/Culture

○ Topic 1 - Understanding New Hope's totems/core values

○ Topic 2 - Understanding New Hope’s Core value’s

○ Topic 3 - The heart and art of "real" ministry - New Hope’s culture

● Competency

○ Topic 1 - Hermeneutics, Character of God, Spiritual Warfare

○ Topic 2 - Counseling

○ Topic 3 - Conflict Resolution - Communication - conversation, listening

○ Topic 4 - Leading volunteer teams

● Calling (Communication?)

○ Topic 1 - Servant Leadership

○ Topic 2 - The heart and art of shepherd leadership

○ Topic 3 - Biblical vision and mission development

○ Topic 4 - The art of communicating to teams and congregations

Please bookmark and check in on our webblog

http://lay-pastors.blogspot.com/

Required Reading

2 page book report (summary on each chapter) and Life Action Steps

1. Doing Church as a Team

2. Attitudes that Attract Success

3. Divine Mentor

4. Leading on Empty

5. The Irresistible Church

Resources:

Systematic Theologuy, Wayne Grudem

In His Image: Reflecting Christ in Everyday Life, Micahel J. Wilkins

Competent to Counsel, Jay Adams

Love always wins

1Corinthians 13:1 I may speak in the languages of humans and of angels. But if I don’t have love, I am a loud gong or a clashing cymbal. 2 I may have the gift to speak what God has revealed, and I may understand all mysteries and have all knowledge. I may even have enough faith to move mountains. But if I don’t have love, I am nothing. 3 I may even give away all that I have and give up my body to be burned.a But if I don’t have love, none of these things will help me.

4 Love is patient. Love is kind. Love isn’t jealous. It doesn’t sing its own praises. It isn’t arrogant. 5 It isn’t rude. It doesn’t think about itself. It isn’t irritable. It doesn’t keep track of wrongs. 6 It isn’t happy when injustice is done, but it is happy with the truth. 7 Love never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up.

8 Love never comes to an end. There is the gift of speaking what God has revealed, but it will no longer be used. There is the gift of speaking in other languages, but it will stop by itself. There is the gift of knowledge, but it will no longer be used. 9 Our knowledge is incomplete and our ability to speak what God has revealed is incomplete. 10 But when what is complete comes, then what is incomplete will no longer be used. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I no longer used childish ways. 12 Now we see a blurred image in a mirror. Then we will see very clearly. Now my knowledge is incomplete. Then I will have complete knowledge as God has complete knowledge of me.

13 So these three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the best one of these is love.

Holy Spirit... lead us!

We have to, need to... trust the Holy Spirit to guide, shape, teach, transform our hearts and lives. My prayer is also that we would each come to the table of leadership, empty of our own initiatives, ideas, ways, methods, nuances - and come ready to serve people.

Yes, we each come with experiences and a certain depth and maturity in Jesus. But let's bring all of Jesus, as much as we know how to - and less of us. May our professions, backgrounds and experiences be used for His glory as we come to the classroom of training.

I pray we come with brokenness, weakness, humility and dependency on Jesus!

God will use us, all of us. Past hurts, experiences, victories, successes in His hands, will live through each of us. May we be gracious, loving, caring, patient with each other. May we grow to love and appreciate each other for who God made us to be and become... and not for our talents, gifts, training, experiences.

love each of you...more for who you are, not for your gifts, talents and treasures.

Rod