Persistent Light - this Ash Wednesday

Beloved,

I pray that the season and all that it offers is a time for a deep and new connection with the Source of Hope in our practice of faith. Reconnecting with the power of sacred story told from heart. Reconnecting with faithful companions across time and space, called to lead when they didn't know where they were going. Discovering a language and a lens for the lived experience of the divine within our congregations.

I pray that this Lenten season finds you connecting anew with the practices of faith which sustain us when all the other busy and important things we do have been stripped back, or set aside.

Blessings all,

Allison

 

Ping! Friday afternoon delights. The Latest news, from Allison Rennie

Hello all –  

This Friday afternoon note is a simple invitation to check out the upcoming suite of LeaderShift opportunities for learning, re-tooling, deepening, connecting.  

Last week we highlighted two events that are upcoming in April – they are live for registration now:  

And we have added an additional workshop topic to the Tech, Tools, and Testimony series coming later in February: 

There is still space in following events this month and next, some close to maximum numbers, so register soon if you've been thinking on one: 

Please go ahead and copy the images from LeaderShift's event listings for your use in emails, to congregation members, or in your visual slides for announcements when you gather online for worship.    

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Watch for information in the next weeks about the launch of The Theological Banquet video materials! LeaderShift has worked with Janet Gear to create high quality video and print materials so that your community of faith can engage with this excellent framework for understanding the faith lenses and languages within our denomination.   


Blessings in all, 

Allison 

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In the container of beloved community, Spring offerings from LeaderShift

January 29, 2021 

Friends,

Our puppy, McKenzie, lives entirely in the present. I told her yesterday that she could have a play ‘later’. Have you done that before? This idea is a meaningless to her. Completely meaningless.

There is something remarkable about a full and hearty connection to the present, and only what is in this present moment. Not the quip ‘one-day-at-a-time', rather –   

     ‘Here I am Alive in this moment’  

     ‘Here We are Alive in this moment’  

     ‘Here is the Holy, alive in the sorrow, the yearning, the calm, the breath, the body, the surprise’. 

I have a colleague who, many years ago, told me he was giving up being stressed for Lent, and then forever. I suspect he cultivated the practice of being fully, whole-soul present to the present.  

In the end, as in the Beginning, the place that the Holy mystery meets us is in the present moment. This one right here.  

And the moment makes sense because we live in the middle of a story, and because we are ever discerning God’s nudges and urges, and because at best, we do it all in the container of beloved community.  

Please check out these Save the Date notes for two wonderful program offerings coming in the post-Easter season. 


Faithfully,
Allison Rennie
Director

Renewing Leadership
This multi-week program invites you to connect and reconnect with your core gifts and strengths, to reflect on God’s call as you experience it now and align once again with the essential character you bring to your ministry leadership. Over the 6-week course you will meet online in large and small groups, complete a 360 assessment (purposefully receiving feedback from a cross section of people who you respect and trust) culminating in a one-on-one coaching session. Upon finishing the Renewing Leadership process, you will have a personal plan for moving forward with what has emerged in the course. This course is facilitated by Allison Rennie, LeaderShift Director, and LeaderWise.org colleagues Deborah Rundlett and Okokon Udo. Renewing Leadership is for Ministry Personnel in the Pacific Mountain and Chinook Winds Regional Councils only. Space is limited to 18. The $1100 actual cost per person is subsidized by LeaderShift to make this opportunity available at $550 per participant. Registration will open February 7, 2021.

This Changes Everything: The Peacebuilding Power of Scripture Telling
Join Dr Tom Boomershine, acclaimed speaker, author and founder of the Biblical Storytelling Movement, and other workshop leaders from across Canada for theme presentations, worship & praise, workshops for newcomers, workshops for experienced tellers, and the Epic Telling of Mark (this is sooooooooo cool). LeaderShift is thrilled to be sponsoring this ecumenical event with The Network of Biblical Storytellers Canada.The cost is $50 per person (or $30 if you register before March 15). A group rate of $25/ person when coming with 5 or more is available across the registration window (no date restrictions). Registration for this joy-filled event opens February 7.