Now and Future Reflection: Our LeaderShift Survey

The sumac and the burning bush 

 are burning now,  

together with our lungs crisp from frost and freeze, 

and the Aurora of the midnight sky! doesn’t it also burn! 

and you - 

what part of you flares now before surrender 

to harvest and to winter and 

to hope 

poem and image copyright Allison Rennie

Dear Friends,

Along with the following invitations to join in learning, in retreat, in mutual exploration over the coming few months, LeaderShift is in a period of harvest and reflection. We are harvesting the learning, the stories, and the questions that arise now in the 20th month of pandemic shaped ministry and leadership.  

Please take some time to review the programs and conversations listed here and respond to our questionnaire. Your responses contribute to our capacity to stay aligned with emerging leadership needs, questions, gaps, and yearning. 

Thank you for presence in all the places you are called these Spirit-filled darkening days.   

Faithfully,

Allison

Director

Faith Leaders For Such a Time as This with Cheryl Bear and Kim Uyede-Kai

Beloved,

Today, we are very excited to be launching registration for LeaderShift's inhouse program "Faith Leaders for Such a Time as This". We've offered this session before - four times! - and those who have taken it have been moved by the power of community and reflection in the intentional group setting. This October and November session is facilitated by Cheryl Bear and Kim Uyede-Kai who will invite you into dedication to the essential practices of faith: to attend to the life and faith of our community, to listen for the Spirit within the challenges and opportunities of our context, and to honour the wisdom of our traditions. In everything we hear the call to right relations.   

Faithfully,
Allison

Video and Print Resources Now Added to the 'Tech Tools and Testimony' Event Page

In July and August LeaderShift hosted a number of skilled and faithful leaders from United Church of Canada communities. Their job was to offer wisdom, guidance and moral support to church leaders navigating in-person, online and hybrid worship experiences. We are extremely thankful to the workshop leaders and grateful for all you who attended being able to access these free sessions! Recordings of the workshops are being added to the Tech Tools and Testimony page on our website - check back often for updates and videos.

Faithfully,

The LeaderShift Team