I am in sunny, warm and humid Lake Junalaska attending a coaching training for superintendents and DCMes. It is the second training I have taken in the coaching approach to ministry. This training is where we learn the advanced coaching techniques.
What is the coach approach I can hear you asking? The coach approach assumes that God has placed in each of us the wisdom we need. The coach walks alongside a person or group who are trying to attain goals and helps to ask the right questions that will get them where they need to be. A coach is not an expert, counselor or supervisor. Coaches listen deeply and can help a person identify what is holding them back from attaining their goals. A coach helps with accountability by having the person being coached set goals and then meeting with them to check in and see how things are going.
When I took my first coaching training I realized that this is how I operate best and naturally. I am excited to learn more. There have been several pastors and churches that I have been in a coaching relationship with in the Alaska Conference. If you or your church would like to talk more about this opportunity please contact me.
I believe that God is waiting for us to be in relationship with our communities and to go where God is leading us to share the good news of Jesus Christ.
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