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Kicking off the 2023 LEAD Conference in Asheville at beautiful Central UMC with some bluegrass worship with Darren Nicholson! @darrennicholsonmusic instagram.com/p/Cnwpnk_uZF6/…
Please join us in welcoming Rev. Courtney McHill as the new Executive Director of 1703: A Faith Collaborative and UMC LEAD!
umclead.net/rev-courtney-mch…
Our final group of speakers for #umclead2022 gathers for the Q&A as the community thinks, dreams, and wonders together. Tonight we'll head to the San Diego Zoo for our closing dinner, but the conversations will continue :) Learn more at umclead.net
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“The best people to transform an organization are those who experience it the most.” - @MichaelMcCord2 #umclead2022
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“Critique has a very close cousin - curiosity.” - @MichaelMcCord2 #umclead2022
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“We are incredibly gifted at being critical.”
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“In the gray, there is always grace.” - @chelseapedd #umclead2022
Michael McCord is our final speaker at #umclead2022 as he shares about "critique by creation," which is a way of choosing to build what you want to see in the world. Curiosity can help us begin to make reality the "what ifs" that can transform us and our communities.
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“Right now many of the loudest voices in the Church are the ones who only see the sacred and the profane, the us vs them.” - @chelseapedd #umclead2022
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“Never forget the people you are striving to help.” @sweeneysoncreek #umclead2022
Chelsea Peddecord is talking about the false dichotomy between Sacred and Profane, and how speaking into the gray areas (the grace areas) in all areas of life is something Methodists can do to connect with and empower Gen Z as leaders in the church. #umclead2022
Cathy Sweeney is sharing her story of leaning into her strengths and also paying attention to her growing edges to serve the homeless of Plano WITH her community through their Overnight Shelter. #enneagram8 #umclead2022
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“You should always call external help first. When you don’t, that’s how things get swept under the rug.” - @GOsome1actually #clergyabuse #umclead2022
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“Sometimes in our efforts to have balance or leave room for both sides, we can do great damage.” - Nichole Myles #umclead2022
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“Safe sanctuaries applies to every single person in a congregation because we are all vulnerable at some point in time.” - @GOsome1actually #umclead2022
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“You deserve so much more than survivorship, you deserve THRIVErship.” - Nichole Myles #posttraumaticgrowth #umclead2022
Our second session speakers gathered for more discussion of post-traumatic growth with our community at #umclead2022
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“If what was has shifted, you are not at the end. You are at the beginning.” - Nichole Myles #umclead2022
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We can’t fix and solve problems that we aren’t talking about. - @GOsome1actually #clergyabuse #umclead2022