Webinars
Resourcing the Local Church
HOST: Jeff Lockyer
GUEST: Tom Loewen & Drew Unruh
For most local church leaders these days, Sundays keep coming really fast (every seven days, in fact!). As well, church work seems to be requiring an increasing amount of technical support and expertise, both on Sundays and throughout the week (with web, media, etc.).
How can local churches at smaller scales function more like well-resourced larger churches? And how can local church leaders move their weekend service planning beyond songs and set lists, to offer a greater degree of creativity and media if they currently lack those skill sets?
Join the founders of Ecclevox, a ministry designed to provide “big-church resources for small-church budgets,” and hear from their founders, Drew Unruh and Tom Loewen, about how they’re resourcing the local church in vital ways. Most importantly, discover how your ministry or local church can benefit from the resources they’re creating in order to serve your growing media and technical needs.
Coming Next Month...
Feed our Fall Webinars!
COMING September 2022
As we take a break from producing monthly webinar resources this summer, we’re reloading for another year. And, in preparation, we’d love to hear from you! What kind(s) of conversations would be helpful to you? What “lunch & learn”-style webinar resources would serve the leaders at your church or ministry? Click “Join In” or e-mail us at info@leadersvillage.ca to provide input on the kinds of webinar resources that would be most helpful to support you in the real-time practical ministry challenges you’re facing. We’d really appreciate your input!
Podcasts
Finding our Way PodcastNew Episode Weekly
Welcome to the Finding Our Way Podcast! Join us each week as we discuss how to pursue Jesus’ Way in community, and how as local churches we can better foster Jesus’ Way among us, so the world will see more of Jesus through His Church.
Articles
Featured ArticleFOUR DIFFERENT WAYS TO MEASURE SUCCESS: METRICS FOR A NEW ERA OF CHURCH
The fall is always significant for leaders in local churches because it represents the launch season of your annual rhythm. This year, as you inch our way out of the pandemic, the fall kick-off season has ministry leaders excited, anxious, and bit puzzled as churches seek to rebuild momentum in their communities.
Featured Article4 Ways to Strengthen Your Leadership Structure
In a world of increasing polarization, scandals and abuses, people are hungry for a better brand of leadership. Lately, there seems to be growing conversation around the structure of leadership required to achieve that, suggesting “flat organizational charts” or “leaderless institutions” are becoming a growing trend.
Featured ArticleThe Length of Your Race Determines Your Pace
How hard should a leader push if they want to give their very best? This can be a tricky question to answer. What makes this question so tricky is that its answer is relative. It depends. Specifically, it depends on how long you want to effectively lead. It depends on the span of leadership for which you’re defining “best”.
Books
A fresh approach to ministryFinding Our Way
What if the way the Church is “doing church” is the very reason the world is seeing less of Jesus in it every day?
Beginning with the biblical basics, Jeff Lockyer walks readers through the underlying theology and practical application of how Southridge Community Church has approached ministry for nearly a quarter century. While providing a fresh approach to ministry, the book stimulates how to think-not what to think. It’s written by a local church practitioner for local church practitioners.
By providing clarity to the confused, it helps church leaders find their way. By providing practical examples delivered uniquely in multiple church contexts, it supports leaders in finding their own way. And, most of all, by re-framing the operation of the church around fostering full devotion instead of facilitating consumerism, it enables leaders of local churches to reclaim the lifestyle of Jesus among its people. It supports churches and leaders to find their Way-the Way of Jesus.
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