March The LEAD Report Living Every Day As Disciples. Celebrating 5 years

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1 March 2018 The LEAD Report Living Every Day As Disciples Celebrating 5 years

2 THIS IS WHAT WE DO

3 LEAD is here for you. Count on us for: CONSULTING, COACHING AND RESOURCING LEADERS Leaders who are transforming their congregations can count on LEAD as a trusted partner navigating the complexity together. Hanging on to your heritage while moving into the future is easier when you are not alone. LEAD s practices of listening, centering, exploring, and connecting will help you reshape what it means to be an adaptive, indispensable church. We ve got your back! Your work just got easier. LEAD is committed to helping pastoral leaders and lay leaders thrive in a complex world. Help yourself achieve your goals, get where you hope to go, and lead others through coaching. Focus your learning, strategic thinking, and leadership as you lead others through consulting. Start with great tools curated especially for you to use as you lead others through resourcing.

4 LEAD Consulting: the art of listening Pastors + Staff + Councils + Strategic Teams The complex demands of congregational life make strategic planning and leadership formation more vital than ever. LEAD s work is set apart to help you: Simplify your work with a clear path through the whirlwind of ministry. Expand and deepen your vision to include faith practices and a neighborhood assessment. Execute your plan with project management resources. Tell your stories as part of your faithful metric dashboard. LEAD Coaching: the art of questions Support your learning. Invest in your leadership. Thrive as you lead others. Coaching one-on-one, as a staff, or with peers as you commit to excellence, leading through the challenges of life an ministry.

5 LEAD Resourcing: the art of curating You influence our resources. By listening to your needs, LEAD is able to create, customize and curate tools that make your leadership easier. We don t stop there we keep listening. As you use our resources, we want your feedback. We see you as the leader teaching us what you need. Free gifts all year long. You can expect free, quality seasonal resources, timely, reproducible news letter articles, and other surprises through out the year. Signature Resources LEAD s six books are more than a good read. They are part of a holistic process to revitalize your congregation. We are known for: Listening. Timely Seminars. Innovative Strategic Planning. Faithful Metrics. Effective Project Management. Professional and Peer Coaching. The LEAD Journey. Stop by our office at waytolead.org anytime. Open 24 hours a day.

6 With YOU Gulf Coast Synod Focused partnership with the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod A memorandum of understanding that aligns with their strategic plan to create: A leadership pipeline Learning cohorts Digital Resource Center Grant applications, Partnerships and Donor efforts on your behalf Soli Grant for a 5-tiered approach to expand generosity and stewardship Lilly Endowment for the Courageous Community Collaborative Wheat Ridge Ministries for the Courageous Community Studio Wartburg Seminary Camp Hope Sembrando Esperanza Projecto Cohort Communities: 2018 Coastal Bay Seminar Coastal Bay Cohort Crisis to Mission Cohort Faithful Metric Cohort 2019 New Geographic Cohorts Digital Resource Center: The Courageous Community The Collection Webinar library Book reviews Digital conversations The Current Support for leaders in crisis following a natural disaster Pipeline Hub: Spring 2019 Discernment Retreat College and HS Students Congregations Every congregation has the invitation to offer. Camp Hope Raise awareness of invite, extend into Latino congregations. The Collaborative Convergence Coaching Studio Campus & Outdoor Ministry Maximize invitation into leadership.

7 The Courageous Community Current Supporting leaders who are navigating the currents of recovery from a natural disaster. In partnership with the Texas- Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod and Lutheran Disaster Response, LEAD has supported leaders following hurricane Harvey: 2017 Leadership Grants A Deeper Dive on the Digital Resource Center $33, Coaching $1, Respite Retreat $5,000 (approx.) The Collaborative Convergence A four-week digital intensive leadership community for first call pastors and pastors in transition. Coaching Peer group coaching for on-going support following the Convergence. Studio A innovative lab for problem solving and creative thinking about the church, leadership and God s mission. ELCA Youth Gathering Other things to note: Beth is the Team Leader for the Interaction Center Darcy is in leadership on the Gathering Volunteer Core Peggy is in leadership for the Blast off for Book Project Camp Hope has space at the Interaction Center Sabbatical in 2019 for Peggy (timing to be determined)

8 The LEAD Journey: strategic steps for transformation We believe that your leadership, your congregational team, and your ministry s future include your neighborhood. The Journey is a path of transformation that leads from where you are right now to a new place as an indispensable Christian community, through an intentional process of listening and collaborating. LEAD is known across the country for excellence in accompanying leaders and congregations as they do the hard work of revitalizing their congregation over time. We know that this is at least a three-year journey. TO THERE 3. The church rethinks the way it operates in order to welcome new people with new imagination through the Dig Down Process. 4. The church deepens its relationship with the neighbors as it understands that it is the neighborhood, through the Work Out Process. 2. The neighbor-view inspires new values and purpose through the Wake Up Process. FROM HERE 1. The church meets and loves its neighbors through the Tune In Process.

9 ELCA Synod Partnerships in the LEAD Journey Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod Cohort 1, finishing in April Coached Synod Strategic Plan, being implemented Crisis to Mission Cohort, launching in April Coastal Bay Cohort, launching in Fall 2018 Southwestern Texas Synod Completed Cohorts 1 and 2 Piloting Certified Trainers Consulted on Synod Strategic Plan, being implemented Piloted Congregations Collaborating for Mission Experimenting with Cohorts 3 and 4 2 Learning Cohorts with Conversational Intelligence Delaware-Maryland Synod Peer Coaching Model Cohort 1, 18 months Cohort 2, 6 months Cohort 3, launched in February Cohort 4, launching in August Southeastern Minnesota Synod Completed Cohort 1 Cohort 2, finishing in May Cohort 3, launching in May Synod Peer Group Coaching Cohort Southeast Michigan Synod Peer Coaching Model Cohort 1, launching in April Cohort 2, launching in October Self Guided Cohort Southeastern Iowa Synod Cohort 1, completed in February

10 NEW Invitation We are launching the Courageous Community WATCH FOR IT: thecourageouscommunity.org. A new website filled with digital resources. Not just a pile of webinars. This is a strategic community. You asked for it. We are delivering in the Fall of 2018 An all-new subscription-based resource center that invites you into a community of wise, curious leaders like yourself. The Back Story: This grew out of the work LEAD did with leaders recovering from Hurricane Harvey. God is with us in hard times, often revealing new gifts and places we are sent to serve. Building on our strength Camp Hope Day Camp Ministries This proven model for adult-mentored, student-led ministry brings the relationships that happen at camp into your own congregation. Children become missionaries to their own homes as they learn to share stories of faith and life. After almost thirty years, Camp Hope is still: The best strategy for growing student leaders Unprecedented in expanding Biblical literacy Focused on serving the neighborhood We care about today and tomorrow. Growing student leaders is crucial to our church. We are ready to expand to serve a wider ethnic community. Partner with us to make this happen!

11 Denominations with LEAD Partners CURRENT PARTNERS: As of today, we have 1,111 partners from: 49 states Australia Canada Finland Great Britain Iceland CLOSE UP: The weekly newsletter (launched Feb. 2013) goes out to 4,000+ people (open rate 25-31%). WaytoLEAD.org, since September 2014: 81,218 new users 143,108 sessions 382,047 pageviews India Ireland New Zealand Peru Philippines Puerto Rico South Africa Venezuela Our top 15 pages by # of views (excluding homepage): 1. Congregational Assessment 2. Advent Resources Minute Toolbox main page 4. Lenten Resources Resources Overview page 6. Advent Resources Advent Resources Academia 9. Spiritual Practices main page 10. Coloring as a Spiritual Practice 11. Lenten Resources Lutheran Prayer Beads 13. Annual Roadmap 14. LEAD Team 15. About Us AFLC American Baptist Anglican Baptist Brethren in Christ Catholic/Roman Catholic CBF Christian Reformed Church of England Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Disciples of Christ ELCA ELCIC EPC Episcopal Evangelical Covenant Evangelical Friends Church Iglesia Luterana LCMC LCMS Lutheran Mennonite Mennonite Canada Methodist Methodist Church in Ireland Methodist Church in Southern Africa Missionary Alliance of Canada Moravian Nazarene Non-denominational PCUSA Presbyterian Presbyterian Church in Canada Protestant Reformed Church in America Salvation Army Salvationist SBC Southern Baptist UCC UMC Unitarian Universalist United Church of Canada United Church of Canada United Reformed Church UK Uniting Church in Australia Wesleyan Methodist

12 2018 Goals Let LEAD's results speak by telling our clients stories of transformation Action Research Quotes and Stories Videos Create new markets through research, networks, and partners First call pastors New synods and judicatories Outdoor ministries Strategic planning Maximize LEAD content by repackaging our current IP to make services more accessible Digital resources Seasonal resources Website review Marketing efforts Increase excellence in client support Anticipate their needs Strengthen connectivity Provide quality administration Become a stand-alone 501 C3 organization Organizational growth Board development Nonprofit status Scale thoughtfully LEAD is giving us a new way of thinking about church leadership. Rather than the business model we have used from the workplace, we are introduced to a collaborative, relational way of leading together. This really changes things for everyone. The Pastor is not the only spiritual leader anymore. Pastor Pat Payne, Delaware-Maryland Synod I am surprised by the deep theological questions and conversations coming from my leaders as we have deeper conversations about scripture than ever before. Pastor Drew Yackel, Southeastern Minnesota Synod We have a lot more confidence in ourselves as leaders. We have learned a lot about ourselves and a about our community through the LEAD Journey. We really needed the coaching to get where we are today. Pastor Scott Cigich, Texas-Louisiana Synod We wanted to ignore our resale shop before the LEAD Journey. Now we realize this is our gateway into the very community God has called us into partnership with. We are rethinking everything. Pastor Sara Yotter, Delaware-Maryland Synod

13 LEAD Staff: *Executive Director Peggy Vision, Strategy, Sales, Innovation, Speaker, Consultant, Board Bookkeeper Loa In-kind from TLGCS Assistant Director Chris Website, Signature Resources, Strategic Partnerships Operations Darcy Digital tools, Calendar, ED Support, Travel, Donor Development *Client Services Beth Finances, Budget, Journey, Client Support Consultant Marketing Rozella Branding, Displays, Consultant Communications David New Resources, Social Media, Consultant Coaching Jane, Jim, Alix Client Coaching, Seminar Leadership Camp Hope Day Camp Ministries Michelle Seasonal Resources Lynn, Vonda Advent, Lent, Spiritual Writing Admin Cindi Database, Product Research, Newsletter LEAD staff is currently a tapestry with two fulltime people*, one part-time person, and a team of contract staff. This has been an effective way to maximize gifts and manage expenses. Future growth will require additional full-time staff as well as the possibility of new contract staff. This Leap of Faith staffing model is contingent on grants and donors filling the gap until we can expand our client base. The page to the right is one vision for expanding staff.

14 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT LEAD is largely Revenue Streams funded by our 2015 clients. We User fees 50% Donors 22% think this TLGCS 28% affirms that Overall budget $284,944 what we are 2016 User fees 70% doing matters Donors 16% 14% to the people TLGCS Overall budget $432,770 we serve User fees 69% Donors 16% TLGCS 15% Overall budget $403,544 The Future of LEAD s Funding This funding model makes access difficult for younger leaders, leaders serving communities in poverty and leaders revitalizing congregations. The next three years of our work will include expanding donor relationships and writing grants. Please help us find new partners.

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