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HS Ministries 

 

9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Monday - Thursday

4240 Blue Ridge Blvd,

Suite 700

 Kansas City, MO  64133

   Phone:  816-743-9098

   Fax:      816-743-0782

 

 

District Staff

District Superintendent

Rev. Dr. Cody Collier

 

Administrative Secretary

Barbara Webb

 

Bookkeeper

Coni Walters

 

Who do I contact about Heartland South District Ministries?

 

Youth                          

Rev. Bill Kenagy 

 660-464-0251

 

Lay Speaking     

Lucinda Kenagy  

660-464-0254

 

Mission                  

(VIM) Rev. Bill Kenagy

660-464-0251

 Nancy Mountain           

660-647-2354

 

Scouting

Cliff McBride       

660-826-1910

Dalene Rosine    

816-322-7650

 

Disaster Relief Coordination

Rev. James Stanfield-Myers

660-679-4384

 

 

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DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT COLLIER'S OCCASIONAL THOUGHTS

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Occasional Thoughts for the week of October 27, 2008

 

Clergy Day Apart:  Sedalia Oct. 21, Celebration Center First Sedalia UMC

 

Local Pastor's Day Apart:  Lee's Summit Oct. 25 Grace UMC

Click on pictures to see larger image

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

I have been reflecting upon Paul Borden’s timely book, Direct Hit – Aiming Real Leaders at the Mission Field. The author discusses three vital teams needed today in order to move dysfunctional churches to healthy, and declining to growing churches.

  • Team one is the prayer team who will commit themselves to praying regularly for changes that lead to health, growth and what Borden calls reproduction.

  • Team two is the vision team or dream team. These are the idea people who help with sharing the urgency and create vision in order to address the urgency.

  • And then there are team three leaders whom the pastor recruits and trains to help implement change. The pastor teaches the team that leaders are passionate, courageous, flexible, missional, wise, and positive people who take responsibility for leading.

 

I would also contend that the pastor should model these vital characteristics.

 

In addition, one of the most important statements Paul Borden makes, which I believe is critical for the success of ministry today, is the following, “Leading change is a difficult and risky task. The more one is alone in attempting the task, the greater challenge.”

 

We have had a number of outstanding opportunities recently for gathering together for learning in our district and conference: the Pastors’ Day Apart in Sedalia and the Local Pastors’ Day Apart in Lee’s Summit (pictures above of some of the participants at the events), the recent Church on the Move Conference, Boundaries Training, the Pastor’s Leadership Development group meeting monthly at Woods Chapel, the Mid-Size and Large-Size Church gathering, the Pettis County 2020 team, the Clinton cooperative ministries and shared youth groups meeting throughout the district. These all reflect opportunities for us to connect and remember our need to pray for one another, share creative ideas of what we do well, and develop skills for preparing leaders for change as we work as change agents.

 

It is exciting and heart warming for me to see the many ways we are a part of the renewal of the church and that we as leaders are choosing to work together for transformational change in our local church. A few sit alone in dying, dysfunctional churches across our denomination, overwhelmed, depressed, complaining about too many meetings, often cynical, and feeling unappreciated, waiting for the right appointment. They miss the power of community and the powerful witness of what God is doing within our covenant community.

 

Although we may not meet very much or be able to attend all of the learning events of our district and conference, I am thankful that I see many of you reaching out to identify the spiritual leaders that cause your soul to sing, write, teach, preach, witness to the hope of Christ. For me the best part of ministry is the fun, fellowship and faith of colleagues in risk-taking mission and service to the world.

 

May we never lose the value of constantly having a deep and abiding walk with God and our sisters and brothers on the journey!

 

Blessings,

 

Cody

 

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District Superintendent Collier on Leadership

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1.  The leader’s task is to create an environment that is conducive to self motivation. 

        If people are coming excited, if they are making mistakes freely and fearlessly,

            if they are having fun,

                 if they are concentrating on doing things rather than preparing reports and going to meetings,

then somewhere you have a leader. 

 

2.  To a leader the important thing is not what happens when your there, but what happens when you are not there. 

 

3.  To be a leader means willingness to risk and a willingness to love.  

           Has the leader given you something from the heart? 

 

4.  Perhaps more than anything else leadership is about creation of a new way of life. 

The world of the 90s and beyond will not belong to managers or those who make the numbers dance or those who are conversant with all that business jargon, that stuff we use to sound so smart. 

5.  The world will belong to the passionate driven leaders, people who have not only an enormous amount of energy, but who can energize those they lead.

 

 

Heartland Districts' Office     4240 Blue Ridge Blvd, Suite 700    Kansas City, MO  64133     Phone 816-743-9098    Fax-816-743-0782

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