Gratitude

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Fleecy Clouds: One Woman’s Story of Surviving and Thriving after Childhood Abuse
ByJerrie Barber July 26, 2022July 27, 2022

by Gail Champion Barber and Alice Sullivan Gail’s book is making progress! Thank you to everyone who continues to read and encourage. We’ve now completed Revision 8.5. Alice Sullivan, Gail’s ghostwriter, has integrated the revisions and sent them to Joey Sparks. Joey worked with me in publishing my book, Between Preachers. He is now typesetting…

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Gratitude | Leadership

The Lord’s Supper: Count to Seven — Twice
ByJerrie Barber December 6, 2021January 31, 2023

Last month, I shared observations about the Lord’s Supper during COVID. The Lord’s Supper: Save it from COVID-19 In some congregations, short times after offering thanks for the bread and fruit of the vine disrupted my meditation pattern. When someone gives thanks for the bread, in a few seconds gives thanks for the fruit of…

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Giving | Gratitude | Leadership | Tools and Skills

The Lord’s Supper: Save it from COVID-19
ByJerrie Barber November 1, 2021November 1, 2021

One of the most disruptive things to me about COVID-19 has been the Lord’s Supper. For more than forty years, I’ve had a structured meditation for the Lord’s Supper. There are reflections while I’m eating the bread and another series of thoughts for the fruit of the vine. In most congregations, there’s been adequate time…

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Goals | Gratitude | Growth | Individual Responsibility | Influence

Before Setting Goals, Managing Time: Reflect on Unifying Principles
ByJerrie Barber August 2, 2021August 17, 2021

In January 1985, I listened to lectures on tape of The Insight System for Planning Your Time and Your Life, by Charles R. Hobbs. He had many good principles of time management. I listened to the lectures and did the homework. This has influenced my way of managing time. He said a person should manage their…

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Communication | Elder-Preacher Relationships | Goals | Gratitude | Individual Responsibility | Leadership

My After-running Attitude Adjustment Talk
ByJerrie Barber July 5, 2021February 28, 2022

Fifty years ago, I started repeating favorite verses and sayings after my run: Physical exercise has some value (1 Timothy 4:8, GNB). As time progressed, I added more content that was meaningful. When I finish a run, I walk about a quarter of a mile to cool down. During this time I repeat this. What follows…

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Anger | Communication | Conflict | Deacons | Delegation | Elder-Preacher Relationships | Giving | Goals | Gossip | Gratitude | Grief | Growth | Individual Responsibility | Influence | Leadership | Leadership Selection | Listening | Overseeing | Sheep | Shepherd-Shepherd Relationships | Shepherding

New Shepherds Orientation Workshop #20 — Decatur, Alabama
ByJerrie Barber February 1, 2021February 1, 2021

Front Row, Left to Right: Marilyn Whitson, Melissa Cooper, Ginger Spurlin, Jerrie Barber, Jeanne Simpson, Linda Hammond, Elizabeth Guinn, Elizabeth Michael, Rachel Harrub, Becky EllisBack Row, Left to Right: John Cooper, Jere Spurlin, Gail Barber, Alan Watkins, Tim Simpson, Keith Hammond, Robert Guinn, Cody Michael, Will Harrub, Jeff Ellis The New Shepherds Orientation Workshop was…

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Communication | Elder-Preacher Relationships | Gratitude | Leadership

What Is Adequate Payment for a Visiting Preacher?
ByJerrie Barber November 30, 2020February 17, 2026

Elders often ask about compensation for events: gospel meetings, workshops, and special Sunday services: Homecoming, Friends and Family Day, or lessons on a specified topic. I’ve been reluctant to discuss this. I’ve been blessed financially and in many other ways in my preaching and teaching. I was afraid to discuss money in my early years:…

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Communication | Conflict | Deacons | Delegation | Elder-Preacher Relationships | Goals | Gossip | Grace | Gratitude | Leadership

Central, McMinnville, Tennessee — New Shepherds Orientation Workshop # 19
ByJerrie Barber November 2, 2020November 2, 2020

Left to right in the above picture: Doug and Becky Bost, Gail and Jerrie Barber, Toni and Dennis Ruch New Shepherds Orientation Workshop #19 was a job and a joy. It was a WORKshop. We met for twelve hours Friday and Saturday, October 16, 17.Since both our elders are retired, we met 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m….

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Communication | Elder-Preacher Relationships | Grace | Gratitude | Leadership

Shillington, Pennsylvania: New Shepherds Orientation Workshop # 18: generous and loving relationship in the leadership team
ByJerrie Barber November 4, 2019November 5, 2019

The good brethren in Shillington, Pennsylvania, invited me to lead my first New Shepherds Orientation Workshop in the northeast. Shillington is a town about seventy miles northwest of Philadelphia. To learn more about the brethren in Shillington: https://www.shillingtonchurch.org/index.php Their preacher, Rick Janelle’s blog: https://www.rickjanelle.com The brethren and their wives were well-prepared and participated in the…

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Delegation | Gratitude | Leadership

Book of the Quarter: Love Works
ByJerrie Barber July 29, 2019July 30, 2019

Love Works: seven timeless principles for effective leaders, by Joel Manby, Copyright © 2012 by Joel K. Manby Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 EPub Edition © MARCH 2012 ISBN:978-0-310-33569-6 “Mustard Seeds” I highlighted from Love Works: When the host asked me what was behind our caring culture displayed on the program, I said, “Well, we…

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