By Anne Tambling Churches are destined to change if they are going to survive. This can be a really uncomfortable truth, even though we all recognize the benefit of refining fire or pruning the branches; especially when they show up in our sermons. We just don’t face...
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Innovative Incubator
We are excited to explore the unique possibilities that come with integrating technology in your ministry when we gather on May 17. We will focus on how to communicate with your congregation about the possibilities of integrating technology. We hope by crowd sourcing...
Anatomy of Conflict
We are excited to announce our next webinar in our conflict series. Anatomy of a Conflict, Part 2: Addressing Needs, Without Demanding Agreement. "This time conflict gets personal, actually interpersonal. In this webinar you will learn skills to help address conflict...
Lent and Liminality for Churches in Transition
At the time of this writing, we are nearing the end of the season of Lent. It strikes me how similar the work of Intentional Interim Ministry coincides with our call to the wilderness during Lent. For churches in transition, this time can be daunting as they deal with...
Innovation Incubator, March 15, 3 – 4:30 PM ET
Summit Coach Training Receives ICF Accreditation
Summit Coach Training from Pinnacle Leadership Associates has achieved a new status. SCT has been approved as an ACSTH (Accredited Coach Specific Training Hours) provider by the International Coaching Federation, a global organization dedicated to professionalism in...
Coaching Sounded Nice, But I Didn’t Have a Clue
by Marci Wilson-Boggs (Marci is an Associate with Pinnacle Leadership Associates and a participant in Summit Coach Training.) These days we hear a lot of memes about so-called Life Coaching, and they seem to range from the utterly serious to the absolutely absurd....
What Are You Trying To Do To People?
Last week I returned home in the cold and the rain and took my dog out to the backyard like we do every time I come home. The backyard was covered in a blanket of wet leaves as it has been for the last week but I noticed lots of white dots covering the leaves. I...
What You Cannot Not Do
Years ago, a colleague quoted from a little book that came to change my life, Let Your Life Speak. If you’ve spent any time around me you’ve heard me quote it, preach from it, coach from it and I may have even given you a copy of it. Let Your Life Speak is authored by...
How is COVID impacting your congregation?
We know that the pandemic’s impact has been felt far and wide and we want to understand more about its impact on your congregation now, and in the future post-pandemic era. We need your wisdom, experience and insight in order to determine how best to meet the needs of...