Tag: Coaching
Basic Coach Training: Start Coaching Tomorrow
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Asking the right questions is an essential part of being a coach. Basic coaching skills can dramatically improve your effectiveness, increase a leader’s impact in the faith community and the… Continue Reading Basic Coach Training: Start Coaching Tomorrow
Get to the place you want to be
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Beginning this month, MIconnect will publish a bimonthly blog on the many benefits of coaching made available to all church leaders in the Michigan Conference.
Basic Coach Training: Start Coaching Tomorrow
A coaching primer formerly known as Basic Coach Training. Asking the right questions is an essential part of being a coach. Basic coaching skills can dramatically improve your effectiveness,… Continue Reading Basic Coach Training: Start Coaching Tomorrow
Quit reporting and start visioning
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Rev. Gary Step shows how churches can simplify their administrative structure, freeing ministry leaders to dream and act boldly.
Ministry transitions call for coaching
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Naomi García outlines the coaching and conflict resolution resources available to those in ministry transition in the Michigan Conference.
Conference celebrates coaching goal met
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The Michigan Conference recently met its goal to provide coaches to any leader in ministry transition who wanted one. Anyone who has been involved in coaching or who is interested… Continue Reading Conference celebrates coaching goal met
Coaching Celebration
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Explore Coaching – What is it and how you can be involved. Come and celebrate with us to learn more! This event is free to all attendees. Join us virtually… Continue Reading Coaching Celebration
A coach offers words of encouragement
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Three phrases from a high school track coach have stuck with Paul Perez over the years. Here’s how they apply to the Michigan Annual Conference.
Ministry Incubation is not ‘fairy dust’
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In 2020, ten young adults of The Michigan Conference made up a new pilot group of Ministry Incubators. Ministry Incubation now moves on to a second phase involving local churches.
Alice Townley joins conference staff
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On June 1, 2021, the Rev. Alice Townley began a short-term appointment on the staff of The Michigan Conference. We welcome her as a builder of the Beloved Community.