Renewing Leadership
Postponed due to Omicron
3 days of renewal
This three day program invites ministry personnel to connect and reconnect with their core gifts and strengths, to reflect on God’s call as they experience it now, and to align once again with the essential character that they bring to their ministry leadership.
Our communities of faith need us to be self-aware, healthy, and present as we respond to challenging realities of being faith leaders, and institutional church leaders.
What To Expect
During Renewing Leadership you will meet in large, small and one-on-one groups for learning and reflection, and you will be encouraged to complete reflective tasks. An important piece of the experience is completing a 360-assessment through which you will receive feedback from a cross section of people (family, friends, those you work with, colleagues—past and present) who you respect and trust. The assessment will provide insight into how others experience you in your leadership and help inform your own self-perception as you identify strengths, blind spots and growth areas.
Location: Loon Lake Retreat Centre
EVENT LOGISTICS
Renewing Leadership is for Ministry Personnel in the Pacific Mountain and Chinook Winds Regional Councils only.
Monday January 17 - Wednesday January 19, 2022
Space is limited to 18.
$650. Meals & Accommodation are included. Registrations are fully refundable if cancellation becomes necessary due to either COVID-19 or travel restrictions.
A Travel Pool is available to participants travelling from over 100km to Maple Ridge
Note: LeaderShift supports all Province of BC/ Centre for Disease Control COVID guidelines and protocols. We recognize the geography of COVID and communicable diseases is changing and changeable. Closer to the time of this event, we will share the COVID safety protocols and requirements for this in-person time together.
Koerner Lodge. Photo by Loon Lake Lodge.
Course Facilitators
Allison Rennie, LeaderShift Director; Regional Minister in Pacific Mountain Regional Council of The UCC
Dr. Deborah Rundlett, Leader Wise Facilitator
Dr. Okonon Udo, Leader Wise Facilitator
Music Leadership
Dawn Pemberton
Worship Leadership
Rev. Bev Brazier
Through Renewing Leadership, you will be supporting in working develop increased alignment, enhanced innovation, more effective use of time and resources, improved motivation and teamwork, and deepened trust - engaging with:
Core Who are you at your core? What is your essence? What characteristics might you reclaim to be fully alive as a person and leader?
Character Integrity is at the heart of thriving leadership. Are you ready to commit to a journey of transformation, understanding that integrity is born of wholeness rather than perfection?
Competence We all bring gifts to our work. But our functional gifts alone are not enough. In your one-on-one session with your coach, you will explore the valuable feedback from your 360.
Call You came into your work out of a sense of passion and call. Has duty displaced call for you? This is your opportunity to renew your call as you develop a plan that fits your life in this threshold time.
Community Life was never intended to be a solo journey. Who provides support in your life? What breaks open your heart? In what context and with whom is God calling you to live out your call in this season?
Dr. Deborah Rundlett
Deborah has served in business, as part of the advertising launch team for the IBM-PC; the academy, teaching a doctoral track in leadership; and the church, serving congregations in Connecticut, New York and San Diego. For twelve years, she served as a judicatory leader for the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Ohio and Chicago. Currently, she coaches and facilitates for LeaderWise, a Minneapolis-based consultancy. She is the Founder of Poets & Prophets, a global Learning Community for prosocial leaders committed to the flourishing of community; their home base is The Meetinghouse in Ridgefield, CT. A graduate of Yale Divinity School and the Weatherhead School of Management, she is passionate about equipping leaders to serve as agents of change for the flourishing of their communities. A gifted coach, facilitator and trainer, Debbie has worked with groups ranging in size from eight to several hundred. She is married to Dick Greenwood; they have one daughter.
Dr. Okokon Udo
Okokon is committed to creating the right conditions for leaders to discover or rediscover their true selves and bring that to bear in their work; delivering value for themselves and their organizations. He is an international change management, leadership and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion consultant. He has served on the faculty of Northwestern Health Sciences University, St Mary’s University, University of St. Thomas and the Co-Active Training Institute - delivering their ten-month transformational leadership program in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Dr. Udo is the founder of Soul Engineering LLC, is an adjunct faculty member at Fielding Graduate University and coaches and facilitates part-time for LeaderWise, a Minneapolis-based consultancy. Dr. Udo is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) by the Co-Active Training Institute, a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by the International Coach Federation (ICF), a trained Reflective Supervisor and a Spiritual Director. Okokon holds a PhD in Pastoral Care and Counseling from Luther Seminary, MA in Process Oriented Psychology (focused on conflict facilitation and organizational change) from the Process Work Institute and a BD (Bachelor of Divinity) from the Theological College of Northern Nigeria.
Allision Rennie (BA, MFA)
Allison is a gifted educator, animateur, and team mate, deeply passionate about nurturing leadership and spirituality of people all ages. Allison has been engaged in raising and shaping leaders, including their own leadership capacity, for over 30 years. With experience at all levels of the United Church, Allison is currently Director of LeaderShift and a Regional Minister for the Thompson Okanagan area, both of the Pacific Mountain Regional Council. Allison is a trained Spiritual Director, retreat leader, and skilled group facilitator. Allison loves a good mystery, a great movie, a fresh loaf of bread, a moment of learning, a good question, big work, and a deep conversation - in any order!. Allison lives in Naramata, BC.
Dawn Pemberton
Vibrant, genuine and soulful, Dawn has deep musical roots that take her powerful voice from gospel and soul to jazz, funk and world music. She has become a staple of the Vancouver music scene and can often be found tearin’ it up as a vocalist, pianist, teacher, adjudicator, choir director and “go to girl” for live performances and studio sessions. She currently spends her time touring with her own original music project as well as with Canadian blues juggernaut,The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer. Dawn has toured extensively throughout Canada and Europe and has performed with musical greats such as Betty Levette, John Boutte, Kenny Werner, Kurt Elling, Nick Jonas, Toni Braxton, Robert Randolph &The Family Band, Randy Bachman and has opened for musical heavyweights Maceo Parker and St. Paul & The Broken Bones. Dawn is the founder and Artistic Director of Roots ‘N’ Wings Women’s Choir and teaches masterclasses and workshops all over North America. Her debut solo album, Say Somethin’, released on DoRight! Music won Best Urban Recording at the 2015 Western Canadian Music Awards and has received praise from around the globe forecasting her as “…the new queen of Canadian soul.” A passionate educator and performer, Dawn approaches music with a sense of adventure, quirkiness, and serious groove and shapes it into her own unique and dynamic package. Tight, expressive and bold, Dawn will hit you where it counts, funk you up and make you say “Go ‘head!”. DawnPemberton.ca
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