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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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Conflict | Individual Responsibility | Influence | Leadership | Listening | Tools and Skills

Book of the Quarter: Deep Change, by Robert E. Quinn
ByJerrie Barber October 28, 2019October 26, 2019

Deep Change: discovering the leader within, by Robert E. Quinn, Copyright © 1996 by John Wiley & sons, Inc., New York, ISBN 0-7879-0244-6 Some links are affiliate links. We may get paid if you buy something or take action after clicking one of these. You can buy this book form Amazon: Deep Change, by Robert…

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Growth | Individual Responsibility | Leadership | Shepherd-Shepherd Relationships | Tools and Skills

Elders’ Education Fund — what are your plans to grow as shepherds and teachers?
ByJerrie Barber October 15, 2019October 16, 2019

Listen to leaders as they talk about their work: elders, deacons, preachers. Some are upbeat, excited, interested, asking questions, sharing new information. Some are discouraged, flat, defeated, and confused. What’s the difference? One of the differences I’ve noticed is one group is learning, reading, discussing, and participating in opportunities for growth and development. The other…

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Communication | Conflict | Delegation | Elder-Preacher Relationships | Gossip | Individual Responsibility | Leadership | Leadership Selection | Listening | Overseeing | Sheep | Shepherd-Shepherd Relationships

Two New Elders, Another Workshop 18 Months Later: NSO Workshop # 17
ByJerrie Barber September 16, 2019September 17, 2019

The first New Shepherds Orientation Workshop, November 1, 2, 2013 was initiated when Henry Wilhoit, an elder from Fairlane Church of Christ, Shelbyville, Tennessee called me with a request. “Jerrie, we’ve appointed five elders. Four of them have never served before. Do you think you could prepare something to help us understand the work of…

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Elder-Preacher Relationships | Leadership | Leadership Selection | Shepherd-Shepherd Relationships | Shepherding

Can a Preacher Be an Elder?
ByJerrie Barber September 2, 2019September 2, 2019

Yes How do I know? The Bible tells me so. Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine. For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer is worthy of his wages”…

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Communication | Elder-Preacher Relationships | Individual Responsibility | Leadership

Culleoka, Tennessee: New Shepherds Orientation Workshop # 16
ByJerrie Barber August 19, 2019August 17, 2019

…April 9-11, 2019, mutual admiration Identification of people in the above photo: from left to right: Jerrie Barber, Gail Barber, Russell Smith, Pam Foster, David Foster, Paul Blocker, Michele Blocker, Steve Burgett, Pam Burgett, Jimmy Thompson, Rebecca Thompson April 9-11 were the dates of the 16th New Shepherds Orientation Workshop. We used great accommodations at…

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Conflict | Individual Responsibility | Leadership | Shepherd-Shepherd Relationships

Would You Die Before You’d Ask for Help?
ByJerrie Barber August 5, 2019August 5, 2019

Why would a dying person not call for a doctor? I felt helpless. A man I’d never seen before came to talk with me one Monday afternoon. He asked if I’d help him with his marriage. I inquired about the problem. He said his wife had sued him for divorce. I asked when the divorce…

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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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Communication | Growth | Individual Responsibility | Leadership

Coach, How Do You Plan to Win More…even if team members don’t show up for practice and miss many games?
ByJerrie Barber July 15, 2019July 16, 2019

A preacher had done well. The church was growing. He was happy. He received communication from a men’s meeting asking him to prepare a plan for the church to grow and present it to them. This was the first information he received this was being considered. He hadn’t been invited to the men’s meeting. They…

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

My First Raise and Why I Turned it Down…how wise and kind shepherds helped a scared young preacher
ByJerrie Barber July 1, 2019October 10, 2024

I’d been at this church about a year. It was my second full-time work. I was twenty-four years old. The elders told me I’d been doing a good job as their preacher and they were going to give me a raise. The only raise I’d received was when I was twelve years old. I was…

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