Sustaining Pastoral Excellence

CARING

The 2008-2009 Sustaining Pastoral Excellence topic for pastoral arts seminars will be caring. A test-run seminar was presented at the 2008 Covenant Midwinter Conference, and several events are in the planning stages for the fall and coming spring. Covenant World Mission and SPE will again partner to share these resources with missionaries at the the Latin America regional gathering in late July 2008. A full listing of events will be posted here, at on the main SPE web page, as soon as they are available.

TEACHING

Covenant-created “Teaching for Transformation” Seminars

• Scotts Valley, California – January 8 & 9, 2008
  Presenters: Rev. Brian Woodson, Rev. Steve Wong, and Rev. Neil Josephson
• Cameroon, Africa – Missionary Gathering, Spring 2008
• Maple Grove, Minnesota - May 6 & 7, 2008
  Presenters: Rev. Marc Putnam, Rev. Neil josephson, and Rev. Terrance Woodson

PREACHING

Preaching Events Covenant Pastors Have Attended

• Festival of Homiletics

• Dynamic Communicators Workshop

• Willow Creek

• Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary

• Calvin Theological Seminary

Spring/Summer Institutes Covenant Pastors Have Attended

• Regent College

• Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary

• Calvin Theological Seminary

Preaching Bibliography

• Buttrick, D. (1987). Homiletic, Moves and Structures. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Lischer, R. (2002). The Company of Preachers, Wisdom on Preaching Augustine to the Present.Grand Rapids, Michigan:William B. Eerdmans.

• Mathewson, S. D. (2002). The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Press.

• Robinson, H., & Larson, C. B. (2005). The Art & Craft of Biblical Preaching. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Press.

LEADERSHIP

Leadership Events Covenant Pastors Have Attended

• C.S. Lewis Institute

• Building Spiritual Formation Communities

• Lombard Mennonites Peace Center
  Mediation Skills Training
  Clergy Clinic In Family Emotional Processes
  Here I Stand

• Renewing the Historic Church (Summer Institute)

• Integrity Music Worship Leaders Seminar

• Israel with Nawas International

• Journey to Mosaic

• Stephen Ministry Leadership

• Fundamentals of Transitional Ministry

Summer Institutes

• University of St. Thomas – Leadership and Management

• Renewing the Historic Church

Leadership Bibliography

• Arbinger Institute. (2002). Leadership and Self-Deception. San Francisco, California: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

• Black, J.S., Morrison, A. J., & Gregersen, H.B. (1999). Global Explorers: The Next Generation of Leaders. New York: Routledge.

• Finzel, H. (2000). The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Cook Communications.

• Guinness, O. (2000). When No One Sees: The Importance of Character in an Age of Image. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Navpress.

• Heifetz, R. A. (2003). Leadership Without Easy Answers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.

• Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (1993). Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

• Malphurs, A. (1996). Values-Driven Leadership: Discovering and Developing Your Core Values for Ministry. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books.

• Sampley, J. (1991). Walking Between the Times: Paul’s Moral Reasoning. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press.