Tag: Board
Leadership Shifts in the Network
The Network continues to grow and evolve. Blessed by the Holy Spirit, our community has been gifted with some amazing leaders. And every year at about this time, we do some shifting around, as the needs of the Network change and as new gifts emerge. With Pastor Regina Goodrich and Becky Cole finishing up their terms on the Board, ...
Nominations Being Taken for Network Board of Directors
This winter, two new people will take on important roles on the Board of Directors of the ELCA Youth Ministry Network. Sue Megrund and Tom Schwolert will each be completing their second term at Extravaganza 2020 in Anaheim. Board members may serve a maximum of two terms. The Board is responsible for tending to the ...
Network Board Meeting Update Day 2
Your Network Board of Directors is hard at work today, meeting at the Lutheran Center in Chicago. We actually began meeting last night, just spending time together and doing “check-ins” on each others lives. Today we buckled down for some hard work. Highlights included: Opening devotions Approving minutes and other “housekeeping” items Rachel Alley, Program ...
Leadership: Seeking Nominations for the Network Board
(Please click here to get more detailed information on the nomination process and/or to make a nomination) The longer that I work in congregational ministry, the more I believe that leadership is one of our critical issues. Identifying, raising up and supporting leaders in our congregations is essential to developing healthy cultures and growing congregations. ...
Leadership Competencies: A New Take
A few years ago, the Network introduced our first set of “Standards and Guidelines” for professionals who work in children, youth and family ministry. The idea was that there should be some kind of standards for how we grow and develop in our ministry, and for how we practice our ministry on a day-to-day ...
New Network Board Members Selected
The ELCA Youth Ministry Network’s Board of Directors affirmed the slate of board candidates presented by the Nominating Committee at its fall meeting in Houston, September 28-30. The recommendation of the Nominating Committee was to renew the terms of two of its current board members, Becky Cole and Rev. Regina Goodrich. The NominatingCommittee also recommended ...
Seeking Network Board Members
Dear friends, The ELCA Youth Ministry Network is seeking nominations of people who are qualified and willing to serve on the Network’s Board of Directors. The Network’s Board is responsible for the setting the vision and goals for the Network, and works with the Executive Director to live in to that vision. The Board meets ...
The Loss of a Friend
It is with a great deal of sadness that we heard late last night about the death of longtime Network member and a former member of our Board of Directors, Rev. Beverly Conway. Pastor Beverly served at Redeemer Lutheran Church in South Holland, Illinois. She graduated from Loyola University, and then from the Lutheran School ...
Introducing New Leadership!
The Network is excited to introduce new members of our leadership! There are two new people who will be joining the Network’s Board of Directors. Rev. Regina Goodrich is the pastor at Mediator Lutheran Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, and Waynoe State University, she has been involved in ...
Nominations for Network Board of Directors Open
The Network is governed by a seven member Board of Directors. (plus two non-voting members.) The Board is responsible for setting the direction and vision of the Network, which is then carried out by a small, part-time staff and a huge, dedicated and dynamic group of almost 150 volunteer leaders. The mission of the Network? ...
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