Category: The Network
New Network Strategic Plan
Dear friends, The Network’s new 3-year strategic plan is going to strengthen our organization, deepen our ministry and broaden our reach. The Network Board of Directors recently concluded our annual fall meeting, and one of our tasks (among many) was to complete the draft of the plan. Our task between now and the Extravaganza is ...
First Visions
As I have mentioned, the Network is working on a new strategic planning process. I hope to be able to write about some of that later next week. I’m really excited about the stuff that the Board is working on! In the process of this, Larry Wagner, our board chairperson and I were talking about ...
Network Board Gathers Today
Today, members of the Network’s Board of Directors are traveling to Denver, Colorado for their annual fall meeting. The vision, direction and policies of the Network are overseen by this Board. Seven individuals are called to serve in this role, and meet for prayer, discernment, visioning and policy setting three times a year. The Network ...
New Network Partner
We are excited to welcome and introduce a new Network partner organization! MikeWardStewardship.com provides stewardship assistance to congregations and institutions through capital Campaigns, annual stewardship appeals, and strategic ministry visioning. Equipping leaders to tell stories of how God is making a difference through the ministry to inspire people to grow in giving and be more involved. Mike Ward ...
Yet Another New Marketing Ploy?
Hmmm…we’ll have to think about the possibilities here! Our congratulations to Julie Hagen and Taylor Wilson! The two of them were engaged to be married (to each other) yesterday! As if that’s not fun enough, guess where they met? Go on…guess. No, not there. Nope. Not there either. Yes! That’s it! They met at the ...
3TC Archive Moves to YouTube
Hey there! So we learned something new this week! The word “Archive” doesn’t always mean “archive.” We’ve built up a pretty cool history of 3rdTuesday Conversations in the last 2.5 years. There are great resources waiting for folks to to tap into. Our list of 3TC guests includes: Shawn Small on storytelling Janelle Miller, Tom ...
Network Board Nominations Being Taken!
Dear Network Members, The ELCA Youth Ministry Network is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on its Board of Directors. The Network board is tasked with providing vision, direction and policies for the ELCA Youth Ministry Network. It’s role is to be thinking ahead; to be wondering about the state and the future of faith ...
CYF Internships: A Snapshot
In the past 6 weeks or so, we’ve done an online survey of Network members asking about how people use interns in their children, youth and family ministry. The results of these surveys, while I wouldn’t call them ‘statistically significant,’ have been interesting and seemed worth sharing. Please note that this survey was not referring ...
Regional Facilitators – Looking for Nominations!
A Network is only as good as its communication links. We put a lot of our time and energy into our web-based stuff. So we’ve got an active web site, a very active Facebook page, an e-mail newsletter, etc…etc…etc… While these ways of linking people together are important, they can’t (and shouldn’t) replace the human ...
On Vacation…
Just a quick word: The Network “office” (such as it is) will be closed from Sunday, August 19 – Sunday, August 26. If you e-mail or call with a question, we probably won’t be able to get back to you until after the 26th. Thanks! Todd
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