Developing, Nurturing
& Supporting Leaders
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Mark Your Calendar!
Covenant Gathering 2008
Creation...ReCreation
June 29-July 4
Michindoh, Hillsdale, Mich.
2008 PC(USA) Intergenerational Peacemaking Conference
Sowing Mustard Seeds
July 15-19
Orange, Cal.
Synod Meeting
July 18-19
Urbana, Ill.
Synod meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend
Global Village Interfaith Youth Camp
A New Generation of Peacemakers
July 31-August 3, 2008
Stony Point, N.Y.
Lombard Center, Here I Stand: Leading Change Through Self-Differentiation
August 19-21, 2008
Wheaton, Ill.
Presbyterian Communicators Network Regional Conference
August 25-27
Stronghold Conference Center
Association of Trained Intentional Interim Ministers Meeting
October 1-2
Starved Rock Lodge
Utica, Ill.
Synod Meeting
October 17
Urbana, Ill.
Synod meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend
Commissioned Lay Pastors Conference
October 22-24
Montreat, N.C.
Apply for a SOLT scholarship
MALT Interim Executive Training
October 31 - Nov. 3
St. Louis
Check our website or contact the synod office for details!
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National Denomination Meets This Week;
Elects San Francisco NCD Pastor as Moderator
The 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been meeting this week in San Juan, Cal.
Last Saturday, commissioners elected the Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, 38, pastor of San Francisco's Mission Bay Community Church and a leader in the "emergent church" movement as moderator. Today, commissioners will elect a new stated clerk.
Read the latest headlines from GA by going to the synod's special 218th General Assembly web page, or catch up on developments at the PC(USA) GA news page.
You can watch the assembly's general business meetings live by connecting to PC(USA)'s live streaming video page. Look for the  button in the upper right corner of the page.
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Peacemaking Grant
Applications Due July 9
The synod's Standing Committee on Leadership Development has created a one-year program to award grants up to $3000 to peacemaking ministries. Click here for more information and a grant application.
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A Word from the Leadership Forum
We: in recognizing the need for healthy leadership in the church in changing times are committed to networking with clergy and lay leaders as together we gain new understandings of leadership and promote healthy styles of personal leadership within vital congregations. This is a lifelong process.
by Bill Lawser, Leadership Forum Team Leader
In the spring of '07 and again this spring, the Leadership Forum has sponsored 24-hour leadership events for clergy and commissioned lay pastors in active service.
These events, focusing in '07 on The Energized Exhausted Leader and in '08 on The Authentic Transparent Leader, have been but one way to provide opportunities to promote healthy styles of personal leadership within the congregations of the Synod of Lincoln Trails.
The Leadership Forum is but one partner in the synod's mission to support leaders in partnership with the presbyteries and congregations, helping to connect leaders to one another to create fertile ground (something we in Illinois and Indiana know about) for each of us to be accountable and responsible for our own ongoing growth as leaders.
Those who attended the events have commented about how great the short time frame was, focused time away, Bible study with peers, presented topics as jump starters for further study, and the four identical events provided locations closer to places of service.
The Leadership Forum organizing team wants to be in touch with learning groups you are forming so that we can help you connect with one another as this lifelong process of being healthy leaders in vital congregations continues. You can contact the team by emailing the synod office. Please put Leadership Forum in the subject line.
The current organizing team is John Koppitch, Indianapolis, Ind.; Laura Shepherd, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Janice West, Carbondale, Ill.; David Smazik, Rockford, Ill.; Bill Lawser, Savoy, Ill., Team Leader.
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Scholarship Assistance for CLP Conference
If you are interested in networking and learning with other commissioned lay pastors, then the Montreat CLP Conference is for you. The synod's Standing Committee on Leadership Development is offering scholarships for this October 22-24, 2008, conference. In order to receive a $30 discount offered by Montreat Conference Center, please apply by August 27, 2008.
Download a scholarship application
Learn more about the conference
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 Interim Executive Training
Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, St. Louis
The Synod of Lincoln Trails and the Synod of Mid-America will offer interim executive training again this fall. Training sessions will include 20 hours of instruction.
Enrollment is strictly limited to 12 persons who have completed at
least 30 hours of basic interim training prior to the beginning of
interim executive training and who have registered to complete the
entire 60 hours of basic interim training.
Visit the synod's Interim Executive Training web page for more information.
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What's Up With Your Ministry?We'd love to share the news! Contact Marta at the synod with updates from your presbytery, congregation, camp, or other organization.
We'll spread the word!
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