Through ministry briefings from experienced leaders, open discussion among the participants and input from our special guest, Dr. Meri MacLeod, you will find encouragement, and equipping as a leader at the NPWL Leadership Forums. You will share ideas and be challenged by women involved in the same types of ministry as yourself. You will take away new tools, resources, and relationships with a network of women to call on for support.
Schedule of a Typical Leadership Forum….
WEDNESDAY: 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Continental Breakfast & Lunch provided
Dinner on your own or with new ministry friends at local restaurants
Morning & afternoon sessions will include:
Sharing stories & learning to listen for God
Understanding outdated assumptions, avoiding potholes, and the final burial of the old paradigm of leadership
Case studies
Time to process & apply content
THURSDAY: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Continental Breakfast & Lunch provided
Morning & afternoon sessions will include:
Appreciative Inquiry: a new way to success
Case studies
Sharing Resources & ideas
Time for reflection, processing, & planning
Prayer gathering – not to be missed
Registration Fees
$120 per person
$110 per person for groups of 2 or more from the same church
Women’s Ministry Leaders and their Teams, Women pastors, Seminarians, Church Officers, Church Staff, Volunteer Leaders
Meet Dr. Meri MacLeod
“The church finds itself situated within a time of great cultural transition.... My passion is to engage congregational leaders in learning new ways of being the church and creating adaptive cultures that are both theologically rooted and culturally responsive.”
Dr. Meri MacLeod has served on the staff of three congregations, led university campus ministries, pioneered collaborative partnerships between congregations and parachurch organizations, and consulted in leadership development. She has published an interactive Bible Study series and co-authored a discipleship handbook. A frequent speaker and recent board member of Presbyterians for Renewal, Meri has been an Assistant Professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, and Dean of an adult education program. Currently, she is Director of Distance Learning, and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, teaching in the area of congregational change and postmodern culture at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan.
“The church finds itself situated within a time of great cultural transition.... My passion is to engage congregational leaders in learning new ways of being the church and creating adaptive cultures that are both theologically rooted and culturally responsive.”