  Humble Inquiry-Building Positive Relationships and Better Organizations Communication is essential in a healthy organization. But all too often when we interact with people-especially those who report to us-we simply tell them what we think they need to know. This shuts them down. To generate bold new ideas, to avoid disastrous mistakes, to develop agility and flexibility, we need to practice Humble Inquiry.
 The Road To Character Responding to what he calls the culture of the Big Me, which emphasizes external success, Brooks challenges us, and himself, to rebalance the scales between our "r�sum� virtues"-achieving wealth, fame, and status-and our "eulogy virtues," those that exist at the core of our being: kindness, bravery, honesty, or faithfulness, focusing on what kind of relationships we have formed.
 Autopsy of a Deceased Church - 12 Ways to Keep Yours Alive No one wants to see a church die. And yet, far too many churches are dying. For more than twenty-five years, Dr. Thom Rainer has helped churches grow, reverse the trends of decline, and has autopsied those that have died. From this experience, he has discovered twelve consistent themes among those churches that have died.
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Tim Nichols, Vice President for Pastoral Ministries of the Florida Conference. He will share and highlight the blessings of a 12 year Lay pastor program in his conference. 
Jose Cortes, Jr. will share discoveries and give a summary of the recent and very important NAD e-huddle. 
Esther Knott will share some new responsibilities for ministerial directors relating to theInMinistry Center.
Ivan Williams will emphasize the focus and theme of the ministerial directors meeting at the Adventist Frontier Mission in Berrien Springs, MI, April 12-14.
