Introduction:
• What would you do if you could set aside all the responsibilities that come with full time ministry?
• What is the one thing you would love to explore to grow as a pastor just for the sheer joy of it?
• If you could really create some “away time” for you and your spouse, would you do it?
We, as professional clergy, work on the Sabbath, and then peck away at our days off, and still work the other six days, because we are so intent and serious about serving God. Continuing education is driven by skills you need to develop or topics that small groups want to discuss and rarely do they include the Sundays rostered leaders are given every year for study. Time is divided among visits, committees, and appointments that are carefully managed in calendars and PDAs. In the midst of it all, a personal life with family and friends is wedged in and often has to vie for its own time slot.
Given enough time, the scent of the fresh breeze of the Spirit disappears, the natural creativity that springs from Sabbath dissipates, until healthy ministry and a healthy life gives way to the routine and mundane.
The 2008 Transformational Leaders Gathering, known for its unique style of peer-to-peer learning and interaction would like to invite you to let the creative chaos of the Spirit into your life for some serious Sabbath renewal. By intentionally offering a Sunday Continuing Education event, not only do you get to use one of those two Continuing Education Sundays rostered leaders are given every year, but it means you get a real Sunday Sabbath for a change. If you are a lay leader, a weekend event means less vacation time used for a continuing education event.
For more information, check out the dedicated web pages here on Wired Jesus or at TransformingChurch.com. As always, you can also email me at tom@wiredjesus.com.