Aurora District Leadership Training

We are looking forward to welcoming our new Bishop, Sally Dyck, and leaders from the Northern Illinois Conference for the Aurora District Leadership Training Day, to be held at our church on Saturday, February 16, from 9:30am to 1:00pm. All members of churches within the Aurora District are welcome to attend; please register using the form below.

Program

8:45am Registration and light refreshments
9:30am Gathering
Music, announcements, Harvest 2020 update, and a message from Bishop Sally Dyck. An offering will be taken which will be shared between Imagine No Malaria and Harvest 2020.
10:30am Workshops
Staff Parish Relations 
Rev. Diana Facemyer and Rev. Arlene Christopherson.
A review of dicsiplinary expectations of the committee. A review of the annual agenda for the committee. How to handle conflicts that arise and arrange for annual pastoral evaluations. Pastors, lay leaders and lay members of the Staff Parish Committee are encouraged to attend.
Board of Trustees
Led by a member of the conference Board of Trustees
Learn about best practices and the most current resources for helping trustees take care of the 2 major assets of any congregation: the church and the parsonage. Churches will learn about conference insurance benefits and how to access help from the conference with large mortgages. All members of the trustees and lay members of Annual Conference are encouraged to attend.
Communications
Michael Vollmer
 Learn about Church communications and the building and maintaining of an effective and simple web site. Web sites are the number one way that people look for churches today. The Yellow Pages are "Old School". How does your web site look? Is it up to date? Tips for using social media will also be offered. Bring your laptop.
Revitalization
How can you make our witness stronger and our discipleship deeper? What conference resources are available to help congregations measure vitality and strategize for change? Administrative Board personnel, pastors, lay leaders and vision team members are invited to share what they have learned and their best practices.
12:45pm Dismissal from the workshops

There is further information on the Northern Illinois Conference website.

Date: 
Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 8:45am to Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 12:59pm

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