Golden Ambassadors Retreat–Camp Clayton

I enjoyed 5 sessions of Bible Teaching at Camp Clayton this week with the Golden Ambassadors group.  We explored the theme of Word to Worship.  The four main sessions each took a Hebrew theme and looked at its beginnings in the Pentateuch, its expression in the Psalms and fulfillment in the New Testament.   The presentations and notes follow in this post.

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Three Marks of Healthy Congregations

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http://www.congregationalconsulting.org/three-marks-of-healthy-congregations/

by David Brubaker

Last fall, I wrote about three consistent traits of effective congregational and organizational leaders—whether lay or ordained. I’ve also noticed that healthy congregations share three characteristics that over time produce effective internal community and external ministry. The marks of healthy congregations (of all sizes) that I’ve observed are as follows:

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