This is the work site for the Sustaining MInistry Excellence book project

Finding Resilience, Joy, and Our Identity in Jesus Christ (2025-26 PW Horizons Study)

In this Bible study, we will explore resilience, which is modeled for us by several biblical characters. We will examine joy, which is different from happiness, since for Christians, it can occur while we are in the midst of difficult circumstances. We will also seek to rediscover our core identity, which is found in Jesus Christ.

 The study follows Mary the Tower (Mary Magdalene), Mary “of a certain village,” the woman who was poor, the prodigal child, the woman who was bent over, the travelers on the road to Emmaus, Jesus the Christ, and other witnesses living in joy, resiliency and claiming their identity in the Sovereign One.

 

Beyond Counting Attendance: Effective Program Planning and Evaluation 2025

“Well, we started out with eleven people coming, but then it dwindled down to two.  I don’t know why.  Maybe we should try doing it on a weekday evening instead.”  Have you ever heard--or had--this conversation about some church program?  One that was begun with good intentions, didn’t last, no one knows exactly why, but neither is anyone willing to give up on?  When church programs are evaluated by attendance numbers alone, they aren’t really evaluated, and were likely not well planned.  Sometimes good programs die while bad programs live on.  Let’s correct this irony together.  This course is divided into four weeks, each with an exercise for you to complete.

Sustaining Ministry Education Book Project

This is the work site for contributors to the book Sustaining Ministry Education: Cultivating the Ecotone of Lifelong Learning.  

Sustaining Ministry Excellence

Work site for Sustaining Ministry Education book project

The Process of Aging and Implications for Ministry 2025 (OAM Certificate Course)

Contemplative Living I: Contemplative Practices in Daily Life 2025

Introduction to Contemplative Spirituality 2025