2019-2020
Module Curriculum & Devotionals
(Devotions developed by Rev. Dr. Mark Mattes and Rev. Dr. Ken Jones)
Rev. Dr. Richard Lischer
August 2019
Module: Rediscovering Your Call
Resource Recommendation: Open Secrets by Richard Lischer
Dr. Lucas Casey
September 2019
Module: Knowing Your Community
Rescource Recommendation: Orton Family Foundation-Community Network Analysis Tool
Rev. Dr. Will Willimon
October 2019
Module: The Community Pastor
Resource Recommendation: Who Lynched Willie Earle by Will Willimon
Rev. Dr. Carrie L. Lewis La Plante
November 2019
Module: The Community Church
Resources Recommendation: Tune in: An Invitation to Listen by Peggy Hahn
Rev. Bob Bekkerus
December 2019
Module: The Rural Unchurched
Resource Recommendation: "4 Sundays Every Church Leader Should Work on Every Week of the Year" by Rich Birch
Kent Schornack, LISW, MA
January 2020
Module: Wellness
Resource Recommendation: Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry by Ruth Haley Barton
Rev. Dr. Russell Lackey
February 2020
Module: Virtuous Systems
Resource Recommendation: The Biggest Little Farm (film) and "Creating Virtuous Cycles"
Rev. Grant Woodley
March 2020
Module: Innovation and Change
Resource Recommendation: "Traditioned Innovation" and "Traditioned Innovation: A Biblical Way of Thinking"
Rev. Sarah Ciavarri
M.Div. PCC, CDWF-C, CDTLF
April 2020
Module: Beyond the Jordan
Resource Recommendation: Flourishing in Ministry: How to Cultivate Clergy Wellbeing by Matt Bloom