Bishop's Column: Shepherding on the edge
Shepherding is really about leading; leading by example, listening, caring, risking in the midst of the precarious places we find ourselves, and reaching out from whatever place we find…
The Annual Conference Shepherding Team (ACST) is an adaptive learning team with a primary purpose to coordinate and communicate the ministry of the NIC in order to make disciples of Jesus Christ.
The ACST’s priorities focus on ministries and connections in four areas: Congregational Life, Clergy Life, Missional Life and Connectional Resources. Each of the six districts has a locally focused shepherding team (DST).
The primary purpose of each DST is to coordinate the equipping of local churches so that they might be faithful, Christ-centered communities of worship, prayer, witness and change, and to enhance the connection between local churches, the districts, and the NIC.
Contacts:
Co-Chairs:
Liz Gracie and Rev. Myron McCoy
shepherding@umcnic.org
Team Members:
|
Danita Anderson |
Mark Manzi |
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Karen Bonnell |
Myron McCoy - Co-Chair |
|
Arlene Christopherson** |
Harry Nicol |
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Kathy Dickerson |
Dennis Oglesby |
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Sally Dyck** |
Noah Panlilio |
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Jacqueline Ford |
Meg Park |
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Anne Marie Gerhardt** |
Nancy Pendergrass |
|
Liz Gracie -Co-Chair |
Mary Rawlinson |
|
Rob Hamilton |
Luis Reyes |
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Alka Lyall |
Donna Sagami |
|
Laura Underwood |
*El Concilio representative TBS
**Ex-Officio
