Great Bend Leadership Training
Please join us for Western Plains District’s
Leadership Training for pastors AND lay church leaders!
October 10-12, 2013
Heartland Center for Spirituality, Dominican Convent, Great Bend, Kan.
Begins with dinner on Thursday @ 5:45 on Thursday, Oct. 10
Concludes with lunch on Saturday following worship
Download the tentative schedule
All costs, including lodging and meals, are underwritten by district funds as a part of our transformation initiative. Transportation is your only cost.These events are planned for all pastors and all congregational and district leaders to provide transformational training as well as fellowship and other spiritual growth opportunities. Please join us!
By Monday, September 30, please notify Kendra Flory at the District Office (wpdcb@sbcglobal.net or 620-241-4240) that you plan to attend. Please include the following information: 1) when you plan to arrive and depart, 2) what nights you need lodging, and 3) what meals you plan to take at the Heartland Center. This information is important for our planning and the Center’s planning.
Our Time Together
Past events have focused on various aspects of becoming a community in which Spirit of Christ can take flesh. In this event we will continue our quest for attitudes and skills which encourage congregations to demonstrate the Spirit of Christ in their life together. In particular, we want to face some of the difficulties in actually becoming the new community talked about in the New Testament. Duane Grady, now pastor at the Cedar Lake Church of the Brethren in Indiana, will lead our biblical and mutual exploration of this theme.
In addition, during our time together, we will learn about KonXion (“Connection”). This is a new design for continued transformation to be introduced to congregations in the fall. Participants at previous Pastor/Leader events have helped to fashion this new design and there will be opportunity for further input in October. Dale Minnich and the KonXion Design Team will lead the session on this new way of encouraging congregational discipleship and transformation.
Good fellowship, sharing with friends, learning new skills, searching the Scripture, eating and worshipping together are part of what has made this time such a valuable time. Local leaders and pastors share a great experience undergirding continued transformation among our congregations. Join us!