Please watch this important video from our District Superintendent:
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Wednesday, June 3 - 10am(PDT), 11am(MDT)
Courageous Leadership in a Broken and Unjust World
Zoom Workshop - Register
HERE
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EFCA West Children's Ministry Collaborative:
An Hour of Encouragement
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Zoom Workshop
Thursday, June 11 - 2pm(PDT), 3pm(MDT)
Focusing on sharing with one another a moment of ministry encouragement whether from these recent months of gathering restrictions or before and any issue you’d like to talk about or strategies you’d like to share for the group’s collaboration or edification.
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EFCA West
District Conference
The EFCA West district conference has been rescheduled to
January 21 and 22
, 2021, at North Coast Church in Vista, California. We are hopeful that this will be an exciting time for leaders and members of EFCA West churches to gather together again to celebrate, collaborate, learn and look to the future together.
Please mark these dates on your calendar and let other leaders in your congregation know as well. Details will be available in the coming months.
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EFCA Ordination
In our April Zipline we celebrated Howard Grobstein obtaining his EFCA Certificate of Ordination. Howard brings the good news of Jesus to the deaf of Mexico. We'd like to share his EFCA Ordination Prayer "COVID-19 Style" with you. Please follow the
link
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EFCA Vocational Ministry License
Kevin Mason is from Tucson, AZ. He's been a Youth Pastor a
t
Hope Community Church
for the last 3 years. His wife, Michelle, is a nurse and they have three beautiful girls, Madelyn (11), Emersyn (3), and Ella (1). They are excited to celebrate their 5th anniversary this summer!
"Being in ministry is so great! What a blessing to be a part of expanding and encouraging God’s Kingdom. I wanted to encourage everyone to pursue credentialing. My journey to get licensed has sharpened me and encouraged me to be more like Jesus in my ministry. It is my prayer that all EFCA church leaders experience that same encouragement. Keep pursuing in the Lord in all that you!" -Pastor Kevin
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SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT
Blind Spots
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Unknown unknowns are blind spots, and blind spots can get us. Leaders cannot address issues they cannot or do not see and, if we are not careful, we can hurt those who are following us as well as the mission we are pursuing when we don’t account for our blind spots. For church leaders, minimizing our blind spots, looking for and uncovering our unknown unknowns, is
something to talk about
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Bob Osborne
Director of Church Health
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In February 2020, EFCA pastors and church leaders gathered at
Trinity International University
in Deerfield, Illinois, for the annual Theology Conference. The focus was on the theme “Contending for the Faith – 7 Critical Contemporary Doctrinal Challenges: A Biblical, Theological and Pastoral Response.”
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President Kompelien and members of the EFCA Board of Directors invite us to an online prayer gathering on
June 10 (5pm PDT, 6pm MDT)
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Trauma Care Training
Trauma Care training helps individuals understand the basics of trauma. This training helps people to understand the potential impacts of Covid-19 and other crisis events. It equips individuals, churches and christian ministries to come alongside hurting people by applying Biblical principles and sharing the hope of Christ.
If you are interested in scheduling a training session, or if you have questions or if you would like to discuss the training program in more detail, email
steve.smeltzer@efca.org
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Thank you so much for your faithful giving during this pandemic.
To give online: Visit our website at
EFCA West
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To give by check: Please make the check payable to
EFCA West
, 901 E. 78th St. Minneapolis, MN 55420
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Xochitl
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