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FOCUS Growing Healthy Churches to Fulfill Christ’s Mission April 2015 Kansas Baptist Convention, Inc. 5833 SW 29th St. Top5833 SW 29th St. Topeka, KS 66614 (785) 272-7622 Fax: (785) 272-5860 www.abccr.org Vol. 33 No. 4 Last spring, while my 89-year-old mother was visiting from California, we walked through the tulip gardens in Topeka. My mother nearly cried — the tulips were so beautiful. We discovered a few weeks after tulip season that the local tulip society has hundreds of volunteers who dig up the tulip beds and then sell the bulbs to the public for pennies. Certain that we could recreate those incredible tulip beds in our own front yard, Connie and I bought over 100 bulbs and I dutifully planted them at the appropriate time. I went online to get reliable “how to” coaching on planting a beautiful tulip garden. I read about how deep to plant the bulbs and how close together. We even bought a special tool to plant them just right. … And then we waited for spring and the amazing tulip bed that would grace our front yard. Dr. John Williams Executive Minister Included in this issue: * Planned Giving * Progress Report * Experiencing the Spirit And now, spring has sprung. The tulips have come up. Some have even bloomed. Individually, some are quite beautiful; but collectively, they are a disappointment. They came up a bit sparse. Some must have been too deep, for they are nowhere close to blooming, and the petals of the tulips next to them will be wilted and gone by the time they do. I should have planted more rows to give greater depth to my tulip garden. Frankly, the whole thing looks a bit scraggly! I suspect my mother would cry over my tulip bed, not because it is so beautiful but because it is so disappointing. I guess I have much to learn about growing tulips. Many of us long for a church experience that looks something like the professional tulip gardens my mother so enjoyed. Instead, we wind up with something more akin to the less than satisfactory tulip bed in my front yard. Rather than bemoan the fact that church doesn’t look like we think it should, perhaps it would be better to rejoice in the fact that every person that blooms is a thing of incredible beauty. It is God’s design that matters; not our flawed understanding of what church should look like. We must faithfully tend and water the garden, plant the “bulbs” where we can, do the work God has called us to do and watch as the Spirit of God brings the increase. We can plant more rows. We can learn to be more careful about how deep to plant. We can pay more attention to the proper feeding and watering of the “garden,” but we cannot control who blooms and when. * Prairie Adventure Camp I don’t pretend to be any kind of gardener. I like to putter around in the yard, and I love to see things grow; but my horticultural skill really is sadly lacking. So don’t * Region Camping take my advice to make your yard look better. But I have spent 25 years as a local * AB Women’s Ministries church pastor and 15 years as a Regional minister. I’ve experienced my own frustrations about making the church what I thought it should be, and I’ve heard the Summer Conference frustrations of many pastoral sisters and brothers across the Central Region. My reminder to us all is that “we” do not control who blooms. We do, however, control * Parish Paper how conscientiously and carefully we work “our gardens” and how often we plant new bulbs. * CBTS News We do have some choices in how we feed and water our “gardens.” We can shine the warm light of God’s love and grace. We can preach the good news of new life in Christ. We can make sure the water of life flows freely through our congregations, nurturing and blessing all it touches. We can watch to prevent clumsy, uncaring and predatory folks from stomping through our “gardens” and damaging those growing there. We cannot be lax in the work we are called to do; but we can be trusting of the God who has called us to do it. In my scripture reading this morning (John 20), the resurrected Jesus entered the locked room where the disciples were meeting, gripped by fear. He appeared and said “Peace be with you,” and then He showed them His hands and side. It occurred to me that Jesus’ words of peace had to be followed by the physical demonstration that God is greater than those things they fear. The disciples’ next response was one of rejoicing, and again Jesus spoke words of “peace be with you” followed by their being sent out into the world. The joy we have in Jesus must be tempered with His peace but also focused and directed beyond ourselves to those to whom we are sent. Jesus then breathed on the disciples and said “Receive the Holy Spirit.” God is greater than our fears and frustrations and, indeed, has power to create new life where there was none. We can trust God to do what God desires to do. We can also partner with God to joyfully and peacefully go as we are sent, breathing in the power of the Spirit and exhaling the good news of life in Jesus wherever we go. Beloved, plant and tend your gardens, the gardens to which you have been sent. Plant as many bulbs as you can. But trust God to cause them to blossom and look like the church of God’s choosing. Blessings, John Williams Planned Giving FOCUS is a newsletter published for professional church leaders in the Central Region, and it is distributed monthly. It is also available on the Region website, www.abccr.org. The deadline for FOCUS is the first of the month of publication. A variation in content and format is required for copy to be printed in two or more successive issues. American Baptist Churches of the Central Region 5833 S.W. 29th St., Ste. A Topeka, KS 66614-5505 [email protected] 785/272-7622 www.abccr.org Annual Reports Has your church completed a 2014 Annual Report? Forms are available on the Region website, www.abccr.org. If you have questions, please call the Region office, 1-800511-3645. Puppet Ministry First Baptist Church, Olathe, has puppets available for a church interested in puppet ministry. For details, please contact Pastor Derek Varney, [email protected]. Destination Is Important, But Don’t Miss Out on the Journey! In today’s fast paced society, we always seem to be in a hurry to get to a particular destination. During spring in Kansas, we are nearly always faced with road/street construction and detours. Do we allow those detours to upset us or do we enjoy the new beauty of God’s creation that we might not have noticed before because it’s not on our routine path? Life also has detours and is not always like we planned it or wanted it to be. God might have some detours for us so that we can gain new understandings of struggles or pain. Every moment of our life is a training ground for what God has prepared for us to accomplish. Do we have our agenda all planned and our finances all arranged according to our desires, or have we consulted God about His plan for our lives and the financial blessings He has given? Everything that we have or will ever have is a blessing from God to be used for His glory. Do you have some children or youth in your church or community who might accept the Lord as their Savior if they had the opportunity to attend church camp? Is God urging you to help provide scholarships for them? Perhaps God is urging you to help financially so that there will be facilities to accommodate the camps? Or maybe God wants you to contribute extra to your local congregation so that you can expand ministry to those in your own community. Have you arranged your will/trust or designated beneficiaries so that only your families benefit? Or have you considered that God might be glorified to a greater extent by giving more to ministries that might be able to win countless more souls to the Lord? God wants us to learn to depend upon Him – not ourselves. Unfortunately, those with ample finances often find it difficult to do that as they feel self-sufficient. So are we really doing our children or grandchildren a great favor by bequeathing them a lot of money? One way to give children or grandchildren a continual reminder of how important God has been to you is to make them the beneficiary of a Charitable Gift Annuity. Every year they would receive a gift from you and be reminded of how much you loved your Lord because of how you provided it for them. I’d love to discuss various possibilities with you. There is no obligation or charge for my services, so please contact me. Rev. Wilma E. Engle, Director of Planned Giving 6745 Interurban, Wichita, KS 67204-1323 Email: [email protected] Phone: 316-838-3065 American Baptist Churches of the Central Region Mission Giving for March 2015 United Mission ABW Ministries Love Gift American Baptist Mission Support 2015 2014 $68,707.78 $4,976.57 $127,452.81 $88,341.70 $4,495.41 $145,582.75 Increase (Decrease) -$19,633.92 $481.16 -$18,129.94 % Increase (% Decrease) -22.22% 10.70% -12.45% Increase (Decrease) -$881.10 -$1,264.86 $1,949.08 $4,875.64 -$17,344.33 -$20,792.97 -$17,247.07 -$53,331.15 % Increase (% Decrease) -7.47% -27.71% 17.10% 35.12% -56.70% -78.55% -32.50% -13.13% Mission Giving March YTD ABW Ministries Love Gift One Great Hour of Sharing offering World Mission Offering Retired Ministers & Missionaries Region Offering Institutional Support Process Specifics American Baptist Mission Support 2015 2014 $10,905.57 $3,299.20 $13,345.42 $18,757.88 $13,243.30 $5,677.54 $35,812.62 $352,610.00 $11,786.67 $4,564.06 $11,396.34 $13,882.24 $30,587.63 $26,470.51 $53,059.69 $405,941.15 Our Church's Giving for March United Mission One Great Hour of Sharing offering American Baptist Mission Support $__________________ $__________________ $__________________ Cross Wind Conference Center 8036 N. Hoover Road Hesston, KS 67062 Ph: 620-327-2700 Email: [email protected] Complete and return with fee to: Amount enclosed: ___________ Registration Deadline: Monday, May 4, 2015 (inc 5 meals & 2 nights lodging) Cost: $ 75 (All rooms Single) Please complete a separate form for each person registering and enclose registration fee (copy as needed). E-mail: _____________________ Phone #: ____________________ Church: _____________________ City/St/Zip: _________________ Address: ____________________ Name: ______________________ Registration Today’s world presents a wide variety of ways to practice spirituality, even within established Christian traditions. Experiencing the Spirit is purposefully designed with a format to encourage peer interaction. The interactive opening discussion allows each participant to bring their own understanding and practice of connecting with God to the general discussion, even as we explore practices from several Christian traditions. The majority of time will focus on participation in a variety of personal and corporate spiritual practices. These structured explorations will be augmented by personal reflection on the practice and how/if the practice might be incorporated into the life of the local congregation. Experiencing the Spirit Sponsored in partnership with the American Baptist Churches of the Central Region and the Central Region Minister’s Council. May 11-13, 2015 The Spirit Experiencing Schedule Tuesday, May 12, 2015 7:00 am Corporate Experience: Bible Study 8:00 am Breakfast 8:45 am Corporate Experience: Service 11:15 am Free Time 12:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm Corporate Experience: Labor 4:00 pm Personal Experience: Meditation (Walk/Labyrinth/Scripture) 6:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm Corporate Experience: Experiential Worship 8:00 pm Free Time Wednesday, May 13, 2015 7:00 am Corporate Experience: Bible Study 8:00 am Breakfast 8:45 am Personal Experience: Meditation (Walk/Labyrinth/Scripture) 9:30 am Reflection: Spirituality for the 21st Century 10:30 am Corporate Experience: Directed Prayer 11:00 am Closing Monday, May 11, 2015 1:30 pm Opening Experience 2:00 pm Overview – Spirituality 3:00 pm Overview – Spiritual Experience 4:00 pm Personal Experience: Solitude 6:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm Corporate Experience: Taize Worship 8:00 pm Free Time David Schirer Opening & Closing Worship Spiritually Old & New, Donald G. Bloesch (InterVarsity Press Academic: Downers Grove IL, 2007) Four Views on Christian Spiritually, Bradley Nassif, Scott Hahn, Joseph D. Driskill, and Evan Howard (Zondervon: Grand Rapids MI, 2012) Suggested Resources: Personal time with God Early Morning Bible Study Facilitator Reflection Activities Taize Worship Service Labor Experiential Worship Directed Prayer Corporate – Solitude Prayer Labyrinth Meditation Walk Personal – Forms of Experience Prairie Adventure Camp May 26 – 30, 2015 Dates: Tuesday, May 26 (1:30 PM) – Gather at Hesston AmericInn (east of I-135 on Hoover Road) & backpack into Cross Wind Ends Saturday, May 30 as parents join campers for a Closing Campfire (10:45 am) Cost per Camper: $130.00 Ages: 13 – 16 (Grades 8-9-10) Meals: Served Chuck Wagon style (cooked by campers around outdoor fire) Activities: Plant Identification, Map Reading, Knot Tying, Lashing, Roping, Archery, Geocaching. Nightly Camp Fire: Singing, Storytelling & Fun What to Bring: (suggested) Backpack (to carry all personal items into camp) Clothes: 1 pair pants; 1 pair shorts; 2 pair socks, 2 pair sock liners; 2 T-shirts; swimming suit; underwear; sturdy hiking boots/shoes; Optional: light jacket; rain gear; comfortable camp shoes Personal toilet items (tooth brush, tooth paste, comb, washcloth, towel, soap, etc.) Sleeping Bag and ground pad Water Bottle Small Flash Light/Head Lamp and Batteries What NOT to Bring: cell phone, electronic devices, knives, fireworks Tents will be provided Prairie Adventure Camp May 26-30, 2015 (One form per Camper) Last Name: __________________________________________________________________________ First Name: MI: Parent/Guardian Name: Home address: City: ______ State: ___ Zip: _______ Phone: Parent Email: Date of Birth: Gender: Male ____ Female ____ Grade: ______ Church: ________________________________ Pastor: _____________________________________ Please list any special needs, health problems or dietary restrictions: _____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cost: $130.00 PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGNATURE (REQUIRED): x x I give permission to CRCCC to use photographs of campers for promotion I give permission for my child to participate in the challenge course and Climbing tower while at camp. I release the Cross Wind Camp & Conference Corporation, the camp, and all employees, staff and volunteers of the camp, and any affiliates from liability and risks associated with participation in these elements. CRCCC Office Use Only: Date Recv’d: ___________ Check #: ___________ Amount: ___________ Parent/Guardian Signature: All correspondence and questions, including registration, refunds, cancellations, e t c . , should be directed to the Cross Wind Office at 620-327-2700. Date: Camp Name: Director: Early Bird Discount: Cost: Day Camps: June 1-4...……..Cross Wind Day Camp…………………...Joel Grizzle…..……….... $70………..... $85 June 18-19…….Camp Christy Day Camp………………... Linda Artz………………..…30………...…. 45 Primary Camp June 15-17 ….. Camp Christy Primary…………………….Nancy Sprock…………......75…………. 100 July 17-19…… Cross Wind Primary……………………... Rita Adams………..……...120…………. 145 July 31-Aug 2. Westminster Woods Children’s**……... Marvin George…………...120…………. 145 Junior Camps: June 8-12…... Camp Christy Junior Camp……………... Jim Autrey………………...100………….. 125 June 15-19…... Cross Wind I Junior Camp……………… Steve Neal …………….....195…………. 225 July 13-17……. Cross Wind II Junior Camp……………... Kathy Carlson………….…195…………. 225 Middle School Camps: June 1-5……….Camp Christy Middle School……………. Jared Young……………...100…………. 125 June 22-26…… Cross Wind I Middle School……………...Matt Lee……………….....195………….. 225 July 6-10……... Cross Wind II Middle School……………. Jason Porter…………......195………….. 225 Senior High Camps: June 21-25...….Camp Christy Senior High………………. Rob Fabin………………...100………..…. 125 July 20-24…….. Cross Wind Senior High Camp………... David Glavin………….…..195…………...225 Specialty Camps: June 8-12……...Cross Wind Praise and Worship*………. Mary Fabin…………….....195…………. 225 July 27-Aug 1….Ozark Canoe Camp*…………………….. Andrew Taylor………..…..275…………. 295 Early Bird — May 1 for camps in June. June 1 for camps in July and August. *Age Limit for these camps is grades 7-12. **Age Limit for this camp is grades 2-6. Age Groupings Day Camp — K-2 Primary Camp — 2-4 Junior Camp — 4-6 Middle School — 6-8 High School — 9-12 Canoe Camp — 7-12 All grades are the grade the camper will attend in the fall. 2015 Camp Registration Form Mail to: 5833 SW 29th St., Suite A, Topeka, KS 66614-5505 Only one camper per form. Please complete all information. Do not leave any spaces blank. Incomplete forms will be returned. Camps are designed for the grade the camper is entering in the fall. Transitional grades of Junior and Middle School camps may opt for either one. For insurance reasons there can be no exceptions. Camp Name: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Camp Location: Camp Christy Cross Wind Westminster Woods Other Camp Dates: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Last Name: ______________________________________________________________________ First Name: ______________________________________________________ MI: ___________ Parent/Guardian Name: ____________________________________________________________ Home address: __________________________________________________________________ City: ___________________________________ Phone: ________________________ Date of Birth: ________________ State: _________ Zip: ___________________ Parent Email: ___________________________________ Gender: Male Female Grade in Fall:___________ Church:_______________________________ Pastor:____________________________________ Prayer Partner from Church: _________________________________________________________ Has the camper previously attended an ABCCR camp? T-Shirt Size (Shirts are part of registration) YM YL Yes YXL No AS AM AL AXL AXXL Please list any special needs, health problems, diet restrictions, etc.: ________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ (Each camper must bring a completed health form to camp. Forms are available at https://abccr-camping.squarespace.com/) Total Amount Paid: ...........................................................................................$___________ Anticipated Scholarship/Church Financial Aid: .......................................................$___________ (A ALL FEES MUST BE PAID IN FULL BY THE CAMP START DATE. Campers applying for scholarships should consult Scholarship Guidelines and fill out the 2015 Scholarship Application, which are available by calling the Camping Registrar at 785.272.7622 or at https:// abccr-camping.squarespace.com/. A $30 fee will be assessed for all returned checks.) PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGNATURE (REQUIRED): ABCCR Office Use Only: x I give permission to ABCCR to use photographs of campers for promotion. Date Recv’d:_________ x I give permission for my child to participate in the challenge course and climbing Indiv. Chk #: ________ tower while at camp. I release the Central Region Camping Program, the camp, and Amount: $ __________ all employees, staff and volunteers of the camp, and any affiliates from liability and Ch. Ck#: ___________ risks associated with participation in the low-elements challenge course at Cross Amount: $ __________ Wind and the climbing tower and zip-line at Camp Christy. Canc. Date: _________ Parent/Guardian Signature: __________________________________ All correspondence and questions, including registration, refunds, cancellations, etc., should be directed to the Camping Registrar at 785.272.7622. Amt. Ref: ___________ Camper ID#: ________ THE PA R I S H PA P E R IDEAS AND INSIGHTS FOR ACTIVE CONGREGATIONS Editor: Cynthia Woolever - www.TheParishPaper.com April 2015 - Volume 23, Number 4 Copyright © 2015 by Marcia Clark Myers Finding God’s New Call in the Same Place Bill is fifty-five and has been at Fairdale Church for fifteen years. Ministry there has lost its shine. He resists routine pastoral visits and even preaching has become a chore. However, in the current job market, finding a new call that can provide the salary he needs to support kids in college is tough. He has been looking for a while without success, so feels stuck. Church participation is down and the board is worried. Ann has been at Oakdale for four years now and is happy in ministry with the congregation. She is feeling comfortable in the role of pastor and has some successes to celebrate. Ann's husband has a job that he enjoys and their children are thriving in school. However, her seminary friends ask “What next?” She is ready for new challenges, but wonders what is best for the family and congregation. First Presbyterian Church in Crossroads has experienced a revolving door of leadership for the past two decades. Pastors right out of seminary developed their ministry skills for a few years before moving on. Membership declined and lay leaders are discouraged. Why Do We Feel Stuck? Both pastors and congregations get stuck. Pastors who are burned out, geographically bound, or financially squeezed get stuck, as do congregations who are waiting for stable leadership or a pastor to leave. Pastors usually discern God's call to a new ministry without involving the congregation until the decision is made and a new call has been finalized. However, those decisions change the course of ministry for all involved. Research shows that clergy mobility affects congregational vitality.1 When congregations focus on getting a pastor, developing a relationship with a pastor, or the loss of a pastor, less congregational energy is available for externally focused action such as evangelism and mission. Congregations without pastors, exhibiting “holding pattern” behavior, generally are less attractive to newcomers. In the past, it was more common for a pastor to come to a community from seminary and remain for an entire ministry. Pastorates for twenty years or more were positively regarded. Now, pastors confide that they feel pressure to move on in order to be successful in their ministerial career. Accepted patterns of clergy mobility have established expectations of short first calls. In fact, the most effective years of a pastor's ministry come after five years in a congregation when relationships have been built and tested and a true shared ministry has been established.2 The Feeling Stuck Fallout Both congregations and pastors often feel that the best solution to conflict is to part company. When that happens, neither learn from the relationship and do not develop skills to deal with differences without breaking relationship. Opportunities are missing for living forgiveness, reconciliation, resilience, and developing skills as Christian leaders. Rather than seizing opportunities for new ministries in response to God's call, congregations resist change, hoping that the pastor and his or her unsettling ideas will soon move on. Such congregations become self-focused and stagnant while the pastor begins to feel the stress of being stuck. A stressed pastor decides that the best solution is to seek a new call and move on. That brings added pressure to pastor and family with the activities of the search, decisions, and physical move. Furthermore, our culture teaches us to measure our value by salary and the size of the church we lead. This goal is likely unobtainable considering the current membership patterns of churches. In fact, researcher Patricia Chang found that a seminarian preparing for ministry today has a 1 percent chance of ever serving as Head-of-Staff of a large congregation.3 The long-established pattern of pastoral steeplechase is dead. Internalized measures of success and worrying about a new call contribute to heightened stress, low self-esteem, and depression. Pastors feel stuck and do not do their best work—congregations and ministry languish. Often they look for the solution for “stuckness” in the mechanics of ministry—a new program, new leadership, or a new strategy. Yet the root issue is the loss of a sense of God's call: the energy, passion, and focus that they experienced sometime in the past. Finding a New Call The Apostle Paul wrote to young Timothy, “Rekindle the gift of God that is within you” (2 Timothy 1:6). This is the secret to keeping vitality in ministry. Frederick Buechner tells us that to discover our call, we must look for the place “where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.”4 Experienced pastors who have stayed with the same congregation for fifteen or more years are often able to describe a series of distinct calls in the same long-term ministry. Tom settled into the challenges of congregational life with worship leadership, pastoral visits, and church programming. Five years into ministry, he recognized that he got many requests from the community for pastoral counseling, which he enjoyed and was gifted at. The church board encouraged him to expand this outreach and supported him in continuing education to enhance his skills. Some years later, divisive social issues in his community drew Tom into a new leadership role. He understood this work as a new call in his longterm ministry. Rather than becoming stale, both he and the congregation gained new energy by discovering a series of new calls as he led them for thirty years before retiring. As small congregations face dwindling resources, it is becoming common that they cannot continue to fully support their pastor. Recognizing that her congregation was nearing this situation, Mary used her continuing education and some time with a spiritual director to discern a new call. She agonized over the fact that she loves her congregation and her community and did not want to uproot her family. The suggestion that she was gifted in spiritual direction surprised her. Excited by the idea of a retreat ministry, Mary developed a business plan and talked with her church board. The board embraced the possibility of transitioning from full-time church employment to a bivocational ministry that would allow her to continue in the pastoral role and develop her blossoming new ministry. By considering the activities that bring us joy and meet the needs of the world God loves, and building a ministry at that intersection, it is possible to discover a new call in the same place. Pastors and congregations are healthier when they are able to move from stuck to being re-called by rediscovering passion for ministry. By reshaping ministry in partnership with their congregation, it is possible for pastors to find the “sweet spot” of vital ministry and care for family. Consider these questions whenever you begin to get that stuck feeling in your current call. Think about times in your ministry work that bring you “deep gladness.” What were you doing and what gifts were you using? x What deep needs of the world have come to your attention? x How might you reshape your ministry to find deep gladness as you meet the needs of the world God loves? x About the Writer: The Rev. Dr. Marcia Clark Myers formerly directed the PC(USA)’s Office of Vocation and currently serves as a faculty member in the CREDO program, which focuses on pastoral renewal. ______________ 1. Cynthia Woolever, “When Less Is More; The Consequences of Clergy Turnover,” The Parish Paper, March 2014. 2. Roy M. Oswald, “The Pastor as Newcomer,” Alban Institute, 1998. 3. Patricia M. Y. Chang, Factors Shaping Clergy Careers: A Wakeup Call for Protestant Denominations and Pastors, Pulpit and Pew Research on Pastoral Leadership, 19. 4. Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking; A Theological ABC (New York: HarperOne, 1993). 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