The Renewable Organization - November 2009 Newsletter

Thank You For A Great Year! 

It has been a pleasure to work with, learn from, and serve beside you this year! We talk a lot about The Great Surprise you experience when you live and work according the principles of emergence, instead of trying to plan and control everything. But this year we really experienced it! 

When we started out the year, we had no idea that our team--together with help and encouragement from so many friends and partners--would start a new publishing house, produce our first six books, and go on a tour with stops in nine North American cities. We had no idea how many new people we'd meet, ideas we'd wrestle with, projects we'd tackle, or places we'd go. These things emerged where the gifts, passions, and needs of our friends and partners converged with our own. We can't wait to see what the new year brings! 

This month's newsletter includes just a few of the things we're looking forward to! 

Happy Holidays to you and those you love.

 

Plan Now to Start The New Year Right

You (and your team) are invited to join us for a six-session online class beginning January 16th. Learn how to help your congregation or faith-based organization shake off The Great Excuse of "if-only" thinking so that you can more joyfully and more consistently do what matters. 

The class includes webinar lectures, live chats, and online discussion & collaboration. A copy of ARE's new book, Seeing With New Eyes: The PAWN Process for Faith-Based Groups, is included in your registration fee. All classes meet Tuesday & Thursday mornings Jan.16 through Feb. 2. 

Click here for a copy of the syllabus and registration

"Treasure in Clay Jar" Tour Extended!

The ARE team will be hitting the road again with stops in at least 4 cities in the US heartland in early 2010: Cleveland, OH (Feb. 4), Janesville, WI (Feb. 11), St. Louis, MO (March 4), Minneapolis, MN (March 9). 

At each stop we'll be sharing a post-missional, post-modern approach to life and work that will help you rethink and renew your ministry today...for the sake of God's emerging future. You'll go home with stuff to think about and things you can actually do to help you make the shift from the consumable ministry practices of this modern era to a renewable, life-giving way of being church together. 

If you register before the end of the year, you can get the 2009 early-bird rate of $59.00. Registration opens TODAY! 

Click here for 2009 EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION RATES and for more information 

 

There's Still Time To Attend A TCJ Workshop This year!

Early-bird registration is still available for 2009 "Treasure in Clay Jar" workshops in the following cities:

Charlotte, NC (Dec. 1) 

Orlando, FL (Dec. 1) 

Philadelphia (Dec. 10) 

Click here to register today! 

Congregational and denominational leaders who have attended this workshop in cities across North America have left saying: 

"My brain is full!" 

"Thanks for inviting us to play with you." 

"...I am tired of having the life sucked out of me--thanks for showing me another way."

 

Are You On Facebook?

We are, too! And we hang out there pretty often, posting links to interesting and helpful resources, asking purposeful questions, and thinking out loud. Click here to hang out with us!

 

Happy Holiday Everyone!