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February 2014
The mission of CA is to establish churches who follow Jesus in transforming their world.
Staff Care Update By Al Dyck
Director of Staff Care and Development (SCD)
SCD Team:
Al Dyck Elizabeth Dyck
Daphne Fisher Michael Unruh*
Ashlie Unruh* Kathy Johnson*
(* consulting roles)
I believe that the most valuable resource for the work God does through CA is the very people He has brought into the organization. Our holistic health and development are necessary to the fulfillment of our mission as an organization. Effective staff care helps individuals and teams deal with their concerns, facing together the various issues that often blur our focus on living missionally and sharing the gospel.
Here are some ways SCD is active today:
- The Adsideo Team members, who are CA staff, come alongside other CA staff to provide grassroots care through listening, praying, and encouraging. There are currently seven CA staff serving on this team!
- We are establishing partnerships with organizations and individuals to come alongside our staff. We want to link you with resources for input, renewal, and refreshment.
- Team Building intensives, overseen by Troy Cady, Barbara Macnish, and me, help CA teams learn to work well together and sharpen their interpersonal skills.
- Soul Care Retreats, overseen by Christine Osgood, provide space and tools for rejuvenation and reflection to help staff nurture their souls for endurance and thriving.
- Professional counselors will be at the Leadership Summit and at Connect to serve you.
- We help staff members shape personal growth plans and prepare for sabbaticals, including follow-up processing.
If you would like to know about or get connected to any Staff Care resources, please email me.
Who's Who in Operations?
Do you sometimes find yourself wondering about who to talk to about support plans... insurance...visas.....website profiles....or " fill in the blank" ? In the past year there have been a lot of changes to our operations and HR teams! Click here to see an updated run down of these teams including contact information for the various members. You will want to download this pdf and save it for future reference!
 "Full"y Engaged in 2014!
Thanks to hard work by Teal Rapp, and many good referrals from you, our staff - we now have a full Engage scheduled for March 28 - April 1 in Austin TX. We are currently taking registration for Engage Brussels (April) and Engage Portland (June). Check out the sidebar for more information.
Tax Time
Yes its that time of year again and no matter where you serve you will need to get your papers in order for tax returns. For American staff, W-2's were sent by email last week. If you did not receive yours please let Bob Gerken know right away.
Logos - A New Missional Initiative in Gothenburg Sweden By Douglas Molgaard
Logos is a new CA missional Initiative that we hope will become a new faith community in Gothenburg Sweden. Our focus it to reintroduce Jesus to a post-Christian, secular culture. We are using a Facebook group called Logos as our interactive forum for communication and information and conversation. We have invited the friends and relationships we have been making over the past few years into a conversation about Jesus. This includes Atheists, New Agers, burnt out Christians and anyone interested. We felt the time was right after building a trust and confidence in our friends. Most of these people are closed towards church, Christianity, or religion in general. They know we have a faith in God but are still hardened to the idea of God in their lives. A trust in a church institution that has held a grip over this nation for over 500 years is not appealing to them. They associate Jesus with this institution and so Jesus is not appealing to them. But they also are people who are broken, struggling with life issues and relationship problems. Life here and now is hell for many of them. So our mission to a Post- Christian culture is to reintroduce Jesus as the one who can save them from this hell they live in here and now.
From the Facebook group we are inviting our friends to a conversation group twice a month that meets in a pub or café. There everyone is open to ask questions, explore and discuss about the life, teachings and wisdom of Christ. Every Sunday morning on our Facebook group I post a short Sunday Meditation that each one can read on their own and can meditate on its meaning for their own life. Everyone is free to make a comment and ask questions about the meditation, and the conversation is continued at our pub gatherings.
Not everyone comes to the group so we continue to have pub nights where we strengthen our relationship, have personal conversations, build new relationships and have a lot of fun dancing. Most importantly we share our lives daily with our network of friends. Our hope is to create an authentic community that is enjoying life and being taught of the way of Jesus, making disciples that one day will join in the Missio Dei.
We are looking for creative, open minded people who would like to be a part of a team to do mission in a post-Christian, post-modern secular culture. Contact Douglas Molgaard if you have referrals.
Rest: Living Sabbath Every Day
Congratulations to Shannon Deal for the release of her book last month! Shannon serves on the leadership team of The Well in Brussels. She also leads Culture Intensives for CA's training team.
The Amazon listing states: "Rest. Everyone needs it. No one gets enough of it. We don't have time for it. It seems like a luxury in our fast-paced lives. But what if rest is not an optional extra but a Biblical necessity for the follower of Jesus? "
Please get your copy through AmazonSmile today! We are blessed to have Shannon's insights and wisdom and shepherding heart on this topic.
Summit Referral Bucks are back! By Teal Rapp
That's right, this year in Lisbon, the CA Recruiting Department will once again be bringing you Summit Referral Bucks! SRB's are a way to say Thank You for referring candidates to CA this past year! We will give a 50EUR Snack Shop credit to anyone who gave CA a referral that hit the field since last Summit. AND THESE ARE TRANSFERRABLE to Team Leaders, so make your Team Leader take you out to dinner, cuz (s)he's spending your 50EUR at Summit!
As I keep saying, you already know our best candidates. 70% of our 600+ candidates have come from you - Staff Referrals. Who else can you talk to? Who is in your current community or your financial and/or prayer support circles that may be willing to sit in on a 90 minute "Intro to CA" Webinar? Don't try to figure out who may go plant a church - THINK SMALL! Who may be willing to jump on an Intro? The bulk of people begin serving because someone else saw it in them before they saw it in themselves.
Do your friends a favor, and breathe some life into their Christ Following. Call out their God given potential by simply asking them to listen in on an Intro. Refer them to Teal and we'll take it from there. I'd love to help your friends explore what God may be saying to them through you - and I promise to treat your friends with care.
So, if you and/or your team haven't referred someone this past year, refer them now to get your Summit Referral Bucks! You truly are CA's best recruiters!
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More News & Dates
Leadership Summit 2014
13-17 February 2014
Ericeira, Portugal
Engage Austin
28 Mar - 1 April 2014
Engage Austin Invitation
Contact Teal for more info
Engage Brussels
27-30 April 2014
Engage Brussels Invitation
Contact Teal for more info
Engage Portland
18-22 June 2014
Engage Portland Invitation
Contact Teal for more info
2014 Soul Care Retreat
June 26-29, 2014
Minneapolis, MN
Invitation and information
Europe Connect 2014
31 July - 4 August
Location: TBD
Expense Report for 2014
2014 Expense Report Form
Register in The Matrix
by clicking HERE!
To learn more about this opportunity to invest in this spiritual movement, click here.
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