WELCOME

…to thryve’s one-and-a-half-day event will introduce you to the thryve Leaders program, a holistic approach to empowering ministry leaders through cohort-based training, coaching, and community.

SCHEDULE

Day 1: Vision and Foundations

8:30 AM - Registration and Welcome

9:00 AM - Opening Session
Jim McGuire

9:45 AM - Keynote: Thriving in Life and Relationships
Dr. Ryan Rush

11:00 AM – Break (with refreshments)

11:30 AM - Session: The thryve Leaders Vision
Rick Linamen

12:30 PM - Lunch and Networking

1:30 PM – Welcome Back - Ed Lutz

1:30 PM - Keynote: Thriving in Ministry
Leadership Development and Execution
Brad Flurry.

2:45 PM – Break (with refreshments)

3:00 PM – Q&A with Ryan and Brad
Diana Mescher

3:30 PM - Workshop: Personal Reflections on What Makes a Thriving Leader
Diana Mescher 

4:00 PM – Group Readouts 
Diana Mescher

4:45 PM - Final Words of Wisdom and Call to Action-Dr. Ryan Rush and Brad Flurry

5:00 PM – Overnight Assignment and Adjournment

Day 2: Engagement and Feedback

8:30 AM - Morning Refreshments and Fellowship

9:00 AM - Welcome Back
Ed Lutz 

9:30 AM - Group Breakout Exercise
Bob Wade

10:30 AM - Break 

11:00 AM – Taking the Hill Together
John Trent

11:30 AM – Feedback & Final Call to Action
Bob Wade

12:00 PM - Closing Prayer, Blessing, Dismissal
Jim McGuire

AN OVERVIEW OF THRYVE LEADERS SEGMENT CONTENT

6 COMPETENCIES FOUND IN LEADERS WHO THRIVE IN LIFE AND MINISTRY

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  • Knowing God produces an abundant life. (Jn 10:10) Knowing God creates “rivers of living water flowing from within you”. (Jn 7:38)

    Leaders cannot lead others to where they have not been themselves. This segment helps the leader build towards a lifetime of depth and joy with God. We look at God’s relationships with:

    • Abraham and Sarah, the first ministry couple

    • Paul, the first cross-cultural missionary

  • When a leader understands their life calling it creates holy ambition within them.  A leader’s life calling becomes both their focus and their fuel.  God’s promise to the leader is to guide and empower them to the completion of their life calling. 

    This segment will help the leader know their life calling and be aligned to live it out. The leader will:

    • Clarify and understand their life calling

    • Gain the perspective of a lifetime of stewardship with their calling

    • Integrate their current ministry role with their life calling

  • The leader’s ability to build authentic relationships is a key factor in determining the impact, scope, joy, and longevity of their ministry.

    • This segment will help the leader gain perspective and skills to create and maintain strong relationships at home, in their ministry community, and in life

  • The leader’s effectiveness in leading others is anchored in their ability to lead themself.  

    In this segment the leader will learn skills in:

    • Displaying control over their emotions, words, and actions

    • Managing their time and finances 

    • Demonstrating emotional intelligence

    • Practicing the spiritual discipline of putting others first

  • Developing key group and organizational leadership skills will multiply the impact and longevity of a leader. 

    In this segment the leader will engage the principles and skills for: 

    • Creating and communicating vision

    • Building a ministry model

    • Recruiting, leading and mobilizing teams, volunteers, and boards.

    • Building organizational leadership with a shepherd’s heart

    • Understanding operational leadership: Finances, facilities, human resources.

    • Building and mobilizing a paid staff team

  • The level to which a leader effectively creates and executes plans will determine the level of impact their leadership creates.

    In this segment, the leader will learn to create and implement strategic ministry plans. This process involves:

    • Recognizing the right opportunities

    • Coalescing opportunities into a strategic plan. (priorities, objectives, goals, tactics, team and budget)

    • Mobilizing people and resources to implement the plan in a timely manner.

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