Champions Fax Archive

What's Ahead for Church Champions Network in 1999 - Part 2
From Dave Travis, Director of Church Champions Network
Volume 4, Number 2, January 25, 1999

Our last fax explained some of the changes in the Church Champions Information resources coming for 1999. One of the new items was the weekly email update, Church Champions Update. As of today, over 125 Church Champions have subscribed by sending an email to championsupdate@leadnet.org with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message. This fax will explain some of the changes in the events for 1999.

Workshops – We are offering three workshops in the coming year targeted for Church Champions' skill training. The first workshop is the Lay Mobilization Consulting workshop. This is for Church Champions who help coach congregations in developing lay ministry systems. This was a hot topic at the recent Gathering of Church Champions. Lyle Schaller said that the day of churches taking lay mobilization seriously has arrived. This workshop will help Church Champions understand the concepts, components and tools needed to assist churches in this area. The workshop begins March 21 and ends March 25 in Arlington, Texas.

The second workshop is The Diffusion of Innovations with Dr. Everett Rogers on May 17-18. This workshop is based on Dr. Rogers long research in how innovative ideas and practices are diffused through a system. It is for those Church Champions desiring to be change agents within their systems. The event is held in Colorado Springs.

The third workshop is the Leadership Network Forum Process Training event held July 26-28 in San Bernadino, California. This workshop trains Church Champions in the key understandings, components and tools to implement a forum process from training advanced leaders. Leadership Network has used this process for many years and finds it to be a primary tool to form peer learning networks to accelerate learning.

All of these workshops are open for all Church Champions and their teams. You may get more information by calling Leadership Network's Customer Service at 800.765.5323.

In addition to the workshops, we are hosting the following peer forums in 1999 for Church Champions. Peer forums are structured discussions with peers who share common roles and affinities.

Church Planting Supervisors, Coaches and Funders – May 5-7 in Colorado Springs
General Consultants Forum for Denominational and Independent Consultants – August 23-25 in Atlanta
Executive Leaders Forum for chief visionary or operating officers of denominations or parachurch organizations – September 17-18.
Conflict/Change Management Forum – October 18-20 in Atlanta
Women's Ministry Coaches and Consultants – October 18-20 in Atlanta
Family Ministry Coaches and Consultants – November 8-10 in Colorado Springs

All of the forums are by application and invitation. To receive an application you may call Leadership Network's Customer Service at 800.765.5323.

Look for a complete brochure about all our Church Champions:Serving Consultants/Catalysts for Congregations in your mail soon.

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