NWC Calendar
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July 22-25, 2010
ECC Women Ministries Triennial - Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.
August, 12-14 2010
M.U.U.U.C.E. - Faith Covenant Church, Burnsville, MN
October 10,
2010
NWC Celebration - Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, MN
October 15-16
THRIVE - Hope Covenant, Grand Forks, ND
October 24, 2010
NWC Celebration - Evangelical Covenant Church, Dassel, MN
November 13, 2010
CONVERGE Workshop - Location TBD
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ECC Annual Meeting in St. Paul marks important occasions for NWC new churches, ordinands
The Evangelical Covenant Church celebrated 125 years of
mission and ministry in St Paul, MN. The denomination's Annual Meeting was held
at the RiverCentre June 24-27, 2010. The Northwest Conference supported this
event by providing many volunteers to serve in a variety of ways.
Northwest Conference churches participated in various ways
throughout the weekend, from worship services, to Saturday's Family Festival
and Picnic, to staffing registration and information tables and caring for
children during the meetings.
Check out our NWC News pages to view stories from the event of interest to our churches.
Visit our NWC Photos page to see collections of photos from the opening worship service,
the business session where we welcomed eight new churches into membership,
Saturday's Family Festival on Raspberry Island, and Sunday's service of
Ordination, Commissioning and Consecration.
To see expanded coverage of the 2010 Annual Meeting,
including many more photos, news stories, downloads, and video coverage, visit http://www.covchurch.org/am.
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Leadership Reflections from John C. Maxwell
CHARTING THE COURSE WITH A NAVIGATION STRATEGY
Predetermine a Course of Action.
Lay Out Your Goals.
Adjust Your Priorities.
Notify Key Personnel.
Allow Time for Acceptance.
Head into Action.
Expect Problems.
Always Point to the Successes.
Daily Review Your Plan.
Taken
from "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" by John C. Maxwell, page 40
POSITIONAL LEADERS
- Need the influence of the real leader to get things done
- Influence only the other positional leaders
REAL LEADERS
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Need only their own influence to get things done
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Influence everyone in the room
Taken
from "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" by John C. Maxwell, page 48
THREE LEVELS OF
LEADERSHIP INTUITION
Just
about everyone is capable of developing a degree of leadership intuition,
though we don't all start off at the same place. I've found that all people fit into three major intuition
levels:
1) THOSE
WHO NATURALLY
SEE IT
Some people are born with exceptional leadership
gifts. They instinctively understand
people and know how to move them from point A to point B. Even when they're kids, they act as
leaders. Watch them on the
playground, and you can see everyone is following them. People with natural leadership
intuition can build upon it and become world-class leaders of the highest
caliber. This natural ability is
often the difference between a 9 (an excellent leader) and a 10 (a world-class
leader).
2) THOSE
WHO ARE NURTURED
TO SEE IT
Not everyone starts off with great instincts, but whatever
abilities people have can be nurtured and developed. The ability to think like a leader is informed intuition. Even someone who doesn't start off as a
natural leader can become an excellent one. People who don't develop their intuition are condemned to be
blindsided in their leadership for the rest of their lives.
3) THOSE
WHO WILL NEVER
SEE IT
I believe nearly everyone is capable of developing
leadership skills and intuition. But occasionally, I run across someone who "doesn't seem to have a
leadership bone in his/her body" and who has no interest in developing the skills necessary to
lead. Those people will never
think like anything but followers.
Taken from "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" by John C. Maxwell, page 85-86
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Communications Corner
Why blog?
Lynne M. Baab The rapid adoption of Internet-based communication and
digital technologies by some communities of faith stands in a long tradition of
enthusiastically embracing new means of communication to spread the gospel and
nurture faith communities. At the same time, the skepticism about these
technologies, and the concern about possible dangers and abuses, stands in an
equally long tradition. The invention of the telephone is a good example. At that
time, numerous voices in the press, in academic communities, and in various
faith traditions expressed concern that the telephone would damage human
communication because nonverbal cues are not accessible by telephone. There was
a danger, some people said, of losing a commitment to human community. Good
relationships might be damaged because of impersonal voices over a phone line. Anyone who has lived hundreds or thousands of miles away
from loved ones can testify to the power of telephones to nurture
relationships, not damage them. But anyone who has experienced repeated phone
calls interrupting dinner discussion can also attest to the necessity of
discussing guidelines for telephone use. The newest communication technologies
present the same kinds of opportunities for nurturing community as well as
dangers from unwise use. Blogs-originally called Web logs-created by
pastors, rabbis, and other religious leaders are becoming increasingly common.
Blogs are more like diaries than any other form of website is, and it is no
accident that the country with the most blogs, Japan, has a long history of
diary writing. A blog can be used like a diary for recording responses to
specific events or issues on particular dates, but it can also be more like a
weekly or monthly newsletter column, carefully crafted like a newsletter
article would be.
Continue reading the full article onlineAdapted from "Reaching
Out in a Networked World: Expressing Your Congregation's Heart and Soul" by
Lynne M. Baab,copyright © 2008 by the Alban
Institute. All rights reserved.
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A special invitation for women in ministry
How Personal Spiritual Formation Informs and Impacts Women's Ministry and Leadership
Northwestern College invites you to join them for an event
designed just for women leading in ministries. Enjoy a delicious lunch and
receive inspiration, resources and encouragement for your work in ministry.
Details
Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Northwestern College Nazareth Hall Blue Room
Cost: $15 Speaker
Katie Friesen Smith, D.Min, Associate Dean of Leadership
Development and Assessments at Northwestern College, will address "How Personal
Spiritual Formation Informs and Impacts Women's Ministry and Leadership"
Women ministry leaders are pastors, teachers, caregivers,
and directors of women's ministries. They serve in various capacities and are
motivated through a true sense of calling and purpose. The spiritual growth of
others may become their point of focus at the risk of their own spiritual
development of intimacy with Christ. As women who minister intentionally to
others, it is important to "abide in the Vine" in order to guide others to spiritual
growth.
Dr. Smith serves at Northwestern College as Associate Dean
of Leadership Development and Assessments, and Adjunct Professor in the
Department of Biblical and Theological Studies and Department of Christian
Ministries. Her ministry experience encompasses the venues of the local church,
Christian camping, and higher education.
Program includes opportunities for:-
Purchasing discounted tickets to the Set Apart Conference, March 4-5, 2011. Pay just $39 for one
day or $75 for two (Regularly $50/$89).
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Networking with other ministry leaders
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Connecting with services and resources offered by
Northwestern College
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Door Prizes-including tickets to the Set Apart Conference, ministry tools, music CDs and more
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Video series highlights ministry priorities of the NWC
The Northwest Conference recently released a series of video
segments designed to highlight ministry priorities of the conference,
including: "Congregational Vitality," "Church Planting" and "Children, Youth
& Family." Each video features interview segments with NWC staff, lay
leaders and pastors-intermixed with photos and video footage from the churches
highlighted-telling stories of how the conference has influenced and aided ministry
on the local level.
The videos are designed for use throughout the year in
church new member classes, services and other adult education opportunities to
help congregations better understand and engage the work of the Northwest
Conference.
Each church's delegates left the NWC 2010 Annual Meeting
with a DVD copy of the videos. Because of the range of DVD players and
technologies available in our churches, we are aware that the DVD copies may
not work perfectly in all instances.
The series is currently available on the new NWC web site's
video page.
The videos are also available in even higher definition on Vimeo (click here)
and this would be the ideal source for streaming the series in your church or
group.
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