Recruitment &amp; Training for LEADERSHIP Leadership from the Heart is a 10-week study resource for small groups, designed to recruit active volunteers to step up and become lay leaders by promoting the concept of “Servant Leadership”. Instead of the secular concept of leadership, which appeals to ego and ambition for power, Leadership from the Heart calls Christians to leadership by appealing to their desire to help others. Participants are trained to – <ul>
<li>Develop their own spiritual practices</li> <li>Care for those they lead</li> <li>Renew the church from within</li> <li>Grow to spiritual maturity</li> </ul>
Each class session is built around - Head, Heart, and Hands. Class content includes background material, group sharing, and action steps. The issues covered throughout the series include servant leadership, spiritual disciplines, maturity, spiritual gifts, calling, God's purpose for your life, transformation of individuals and community, team building, and team leading. Includes a Leaders Guide, with plans for all 10 sessions plus the student book content, and a DVD with promotional material and ten 10-minute video segments to open each class session. (You will need the latest version of Windows Media Player to view this video.)

Leadership from the Heart - DVD with Leader Guide: Learning to Lead with Love and Skill

Religion & Spirituality

Cartmill, Carol

Gentile, Yvonne

Christian Books & Bibles

ABINGDON PRESS *

Each session on the DVD will feature a two-part video segment that guides the flow of the session. Explore the writings of the New Testament using the story of Jesus as the starting point. This survey of the testament looks at how the early church took ownership of and was shaped by the story of Jesus and how the church learned how to develop as disciples and create communities of faith. Participants find a deeper conversation with the writers of the New Testament and a renewal of our commitment to be shaped — personally and communally — by the story of Jesus. The study is accessible for adults with little prior Bible experience. In the weekly video segments, listen as scholars fascinate you with facts and information that opens new understanding and enlightenment for your group. In the second video, sit in on a table conversation between guest scholars and debate key issues in the text. Participants gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the New Testament as an integral part of the Christian Bible and a renewed discovery of our identity in God and God's vision for all things. This eight-week study includes a participant book outlining daily reading assignments for group preparations, a leader guide suggesting discussion activities for use in the 60–90-minute weekly meeting, and a video component providing interpretation and context for the biblical texts. Sessions: <ol>
<li>Jesus Calls Us Into God's Redemption Story</li> <li>Jesus Calls Us to a Transformed Life</li> <li>Jesus Calls Us to Minister to a Hostile World</li> <li>Jesus Calls Us to Complex Communities of Faith</li> <li>Jesus Calls Us to Serve One Another</li> <li>Jesus Calls Us to a New Relationship With Tradition</li> <li>Jesus Calls Us to Live in Light of His Coming Again</li> <li>Jesus Calls Us to Experience the Gifts of His Dying and Rising</li> </ol>

Invitation to the New Testament: DVD: A Short-Term DISCIPLE Bible Study

Recruitment & TrainingforSERVICE  Serving from the Heart is an 8-week study resource for small groups, designed to –   Inspire a desire among laity to volunteer for active service Help members uncover their talents, interests, and personality traits appropriate for a ministry Connect Christians to the fulfilling ministries they are best suited for  This 4 to 8 week study leads adults through assessing their spiritual gifts, talents and abilities, resources, individual style, dreams and experiences…all adding up to an enhanced capacity to serve God and neighbor.   Serving from the HeartLeader's Kit  The leader kit includes a book with easy to follow lesson plans for eight 45-minute sessions or four 2-hour sessions.   In addition, the included CD-ROM makes your leadership role convenient and creative with overhead slides, posters, music, and session leader training video, produced by the ministry staff at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. To view a sample clip from this study click here.(You will need the latest version of Windows Media Player to view this video.)

Serving from the Heart - Leader Kit: Finding Your Gifts and Talents for Service

Recruitment & TrainingforSERVICE  Serving from the Heart is an 8-week study resource for small groups, designed to –   Inspire a desire among laity to volunteer for active service Help members uncover their talents, interests, and personality traits appropriate for a ministry Connect Christians to the fulfilling ministries they are best suited for  This 4 to 8 week study can be segmented into eight 45-minute sessions or four 2-hour sessions. It is designed to lead adults through assessing their spiritual gifts, talents and abilities, resources, individual style, dreams and experiences…all adding up to an enhanced capacity to serve God and neighbor.    To view a sample clip from this study click here.(You will need the latest version of Windows Media Player to view this video.)

Serving from the Heart - Participant Workbook: Finding Your Gifts and Talents for Service

Religious Studies

Where will you find your next team of capable, committed leaders for your congregation? Churches across the country search for committed people with a heart for ministry, people who are ready to use their gifts in the ministries of the church. Your best potential leaders may already be in your congregation. This resource, used as a study tool or a desk reference, will help men and women in the church find the tools, direction and inspiration they need to become the best leaders they can be. Leadership Essentials offers practical skills, worksheets, and practice exercises in areas including: What Kind of Leader Will You Be? Making Disciples Building and Sustaining Teams Meetings that Work Developing Vision, Mission, and Values Statements Strategic Planning Effective Communication Managing Conflict Leading Change and Encouraging Innovation Developing the Next Generation of Leaders Keeping It All in Perspective Leadership Essentials offers direction distilled from years of experience in church known for its vibrant lay leadership. With tested and real-life techniques from COR's leadership development team, Carol Cartmill and Yvonne Gentile, this book can be used by individuals as a continual study or by topic or by groups who are working together to build their leadership skills. Carol Cartmill and Yvonne Gentile have created a series of valuable resources that you can use to implement more effective recruitment, training, inspiration and mentoring of lay leadership in your congregation. Their first resource, Serving from the Heart: Finding Your Gifts and Talents for Service, guides participants to find their spiritual gifts as well as their passion and talent for ministry. In the second resource, Leadership from the Heart: Learning to Lead with Love and Skill, lay leaders continue their learning experience in ten areas of servant leadership. Carol Cartmill is the Director of Leadership Development for The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. She and her team launched the spiritual gifts ministry in 1998. Carol has led workshops relating to equipping ministries on both the local and national level. She resides in Overland Park, Kansas with her husband Jim and their two teenage daughters. Yvonne Gentile is Divisional Vice President of Merchandising for Helzberg Diamonds, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company. Since joining the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in 1996, she has used her passion for equipping and developing emerging leaders by serving on the Spiritual Gifts team, the Committee on Lay Leadership, and the Strategy Team for Leadership Development. Yvonne and her husband Frank live in Overland Park, KS. What people are saying about Serving from the Heart? Discovering one’s spiritual gifts is a liberating experience. Serving from the Heart is an instrument of liberation. The creative, gifted folks at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection developed a very useable resource for congregations who want to release the God-given human resource for creativeministry.” Herb Mather, Center for Christian Stewardship

Leadership Essentials: Practical Tools for Leading in the Church

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Serving From the Heart for Youth is adapted from Church of the Resurrection's Serving From the Heart spiritual gifts program for adults. The adult program has helped over 40,000 people find their gifts, purpose, and passion to serve God through the church. When believers find their gifts and God-given passion and give them to the service of the church, ministries thrive. Young people who go through this study will learn about spiritual gifts and what they mean for the church, discover their gifts, and find ways to offer their gifts to further God's work through the church. What's Inside: * 6 engaging sessions * A spiritual gifts inventory and assessment * An optional retreat module

Serving from the Heart for Youth: Finding Your Gifts and Talents for Service, Participant Workbook

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