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Journey Archives
Dear Friends, As you know, the purpose of Journey is to help provide loyal Leadership Network friends with a behind-the-scenes look at what's happening through our work. With a mission such as ours, which is to identify, connect and help high capacity Christian leaders to multiply their impact, we have many areas in which to keep active. I wanted to use this opportunity to fill you in on some of the latest changes and news items that we are working on to help our friends multiply their work. Most of our work can't be seen above the surface, and even to our friends can go unnoticed, but they are the sorts of things that ultimately add value to our ministry in a deep way. One change that is noticeable is our reformatted web site found at www.leadnet.org. We believe it explains our mission better to those who don't know us and are curious about our work. Compared to our "old" site, the look is different, and the navigation is simpler. Also, each of our Leadership Communities has its own section that explains the latest in their work. We still have the archives of some beloved past publications for your reference, and you can still visit our on-line store and download the latest papers. As with all good websites, ours is continually changing, adding more information that we hope benefits our clients, so I urge you to visit our site often. Another aspect of our work that has changed is the growth of our Board of Trustees. Our board has always given strong direction and support to our mission, especially since we headed in a new direction two years ago. The addition of two members in September gives new strength and vitality to that group. Each of our board members makes a substantial contribution of their time and money to help us accomplish our mission, and that in turn gets passed on to you. You can get to know our board members better by visiting our web site, where you can view their photos and bio sketches. As I write this, two more individuals are being considered for nomination to the board. I'm looking forward to seeing the new ideas and experiences being put to work this coming year to help us further meet our goals. Finally, I want to write a little about our expansion plans for next year and beyond. Long time friends know that our program has changed over the last two years to focus more on the innovations that lead to measurable results in the lives of the leaders we serve. We changed our primary venue to capture the best results to our Leadership Communities. These topical areas have multiple groups of churches and organizations that work toward similar goals. We are approaching the end of the first cycles of our first groups, and we are able to see dramatic improvements in the results from these clients. Needless to say, we are pleased with the direction these Leadership Communities have taken. These results have led us to start exploring the formation of new Leadership Communities in different topical areas. Each of these new communities will be similar to our existing ones. Clients will gather over a two-year period to challenge each other and improve their results in a given focus area of ministry. The groups will also help produce concept papers and tools (like those found on our web site now) that will help others to explore and test these new innovations for their own context. Through client feedback in the form of face to face meetings and phone conversations with innovative leaders across the country, we have six or seven potential areas we believe would be good opportunities for new Leadership Communities. As we dialogue further with more clients, we are exploring the potential of funding these new LC's through partnerships, either with individuals, foundations and other organizations. I expect to have some announcements in the coming months about a few of these that we will take from our research phase into our active phase. All of this is to say that we covet your prayers in these matters. We cannot survive without your encouragement in many ways, including your prayers. Please pray that our board and staff would be encouraged, that God would lead us to the right partners spiritually and financially for our ministry, and that our mutual work together would have great kingdom impact. Shoulder to Shoulder,
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