John Mark Ministries

Many churches are currently rethinking their models of governance and the practices that flow from these.  I enjoy opportunities to work with local churches on principles and practices of governance and it was fun to do this today with a church in Brisbane. 

We looked at a model I call the Tear-drop and spent some time examining five developmental practices around this.  Following this we looked at how to review a senior pastor and also a congregational conflict resolution policy.

Some of these resources are available on my Katartizo weblog.  

It was somewhat wet and cold in Sydney today for our Parish Recovery Teams training session at St Andrew’s house.  We looked at several areas of small group facilitation in Recovery Consultancy work. It was good to welcome a new director of Professional Standards to our training.  This was to have been the final training day for our second team however there may be one final day in May as we prepare for joining both teams now that training is complete. 

Notes have been transferred to our dropbox account.  Please contact me if you have any access difficulties. 

I enjoyed spending the morning with the Senior Staff Team of one of our Tasmanian School networks.  We looked at Team Communication Pathways, Role Clarity and Delegation Processes. 

I have attached the Delegation Worksheets and Levels model here for participants to download and reflect on. 

Delegation Levels

Thanks to everyone who asked about my 3 months Sabbatical leave.  Merran and I had a wonderful time walking from Milan to Rome down the Via Francigena.  I have returned to John Mark Ministries refreshed and ready for this year.  

The Caim Retreat is available again as of our return and I am looking forward to catching up with regular training groups as they begin this year. 

Greetings visitors.  I have decided to post a note to remind you that I will be on Sabbatical Leave from October 1 till mid December 2011.   All the consultancy teams have internal denominational supervision arrangements in place.  My own email will be inactive while I am away.  Bookings for Caim Retreat can be sent to my mobile 0407522795.

Grace and peace.

Tim