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Faith Sharing/Evangelism
Accepting Registration NOW for Summer 2004 and Fall 2004
Register with Fuller Seminary
Send ETREK Collaborative Learning Journeys the following information once you register with Fuller: please include your name, phone #, address, church / organization, short description of your church / organization's community and why you are interested in this program. Send to Todd@ETREK.com or call (405)392-4753 for more information.
How are you being supported, cared for, and continuing your learning? ETREK Learning Groups are peer-to-peer groups that connect 10 to 18 individuals with a natural affinity, such as lead pastors.
"ETREK is something I wish I had when I was in seminary and in my church ministry experience", says Spencer Burke, Founder of ETREK Learning Groups. "After a staff meeting is over and people move on to their work and home, no one else carries the weight of the church like a lead pastor. You will be the one always second-guessing the direction of your church, and staying awake at night holding the awesome responsibility of leading the community. As many teams as you create, and partnerships you design, no one truly understands the responsibilities and rewards of being a lead pastor apart from other lead pastors."
"Having been a bi-vocational pastor for most of my ministry I can understand how ETREK fills a learning gap for many leaders. The opportunity to have access to and interact with some of the leading thinkers and practitioners
in the field if evangelism is something I definitely would have jumped at when I was church planting. Even though some of these people have become friends I still get excited to have some focused time with them and those
of you who get on the ETREK bus to travel to new places in our evangelistic thought life"
Jim Henderson
A group of pastors, youth pastors and others interested in communicating the Gospel committed to an ETREK learning group and sharing from their own experience, will be able to create the safe, interactive and accessible community you might be looking for.
5-7 private conference calls with Facilitator and Guest Faculty. Interact with thinkers on the front lines. They will help you grapple with today's challenges facing the church and her leadership. Guest Faculty - Steve Sjogren, Doug Murren,
Brian McLaren, Len Sweet, Marti Clark, Rose Swetman, John Sanders, Mark Mittleberg and two others.
Meet face to face - during our first two-day gathering. We will meet on the Fuller Seminary Campus in Pasadena, CA. The Summer initial two-day gathering will be on or about June 21. The Fall two-day gathering will be on or about September 27. You will be notifited of the exact details once the course is filled and confirmed.
Your fellow traveler will be Jim Henderson. Jim is co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Off The Map.
The Basics of the Course
* Learning groups have 15-25 learners and a facilitator and convene for 10-12 weeks. Summer courses 5-6 weeks.
* Groups meet face-to-face twice: for the first session to meet each other and develop the topics to be explored, and for the final session to celebrate and compile learnings.
* Group members participate in facilitated group phone conferences with experts or authors in the agreed upon subjects.
* Twice a month, peer-to-peer phone conferences are used to further explore the topics being discussed.
* Once a month, one-on-one personalized learning with facilitator. Phone conversations focused on how the topic uniquely plays out in your real-life situation (three calls).
* For each subject there is a reading list developed by the group with feedback from our academic advisors.
* Learners capture and share their learnings and ideas via Etrek's online web tools.
* Optional Credit, Graduate credit may be obtained through Fuller Seminary.
* "Experts" have included; Leonard Sweet, Brian McLaren, Sally Morgenthaler, Mark Lesser, Todd Hunter, Bill Easum, Chris Seay, Jim Henderson, Fredericka Matthewes-Green and Joe Meyers (this is a sampling; your group will feature key thinkers / practitioners in the field your learning group is focused on).
Requirements
1. You are a leader of youth (12-18) for a congregation or organization
2. Your congregation / organization wants to address the needs of the emerging culture
3. You are open minded and willing to explore developing a curriculum addressing emerging culture trends and issues that affect your church / organization
Cost
In addition to Etrek Certification for your completed course you receive; (materials, travel, food and lodging not included)
10 - 2 hour conference calls with "experts"
6 - 30 minute private calls with facilitator
2 - 2 day onsite learning gatherings
1 - 6 month subscription to Etrek.com
Schedule
Summer '04 - June 21-August 27, 2004
The initial two-day gathering will be on/about June 21 and the culminating two-day gathering will be on/about August 27. The summer schedule will package the quarter into five-six weeks.
Fall '04 - Sept. 27-December 3,2004
The initial two-day gathering will be on/about September 27 and the culminating two-day gathering will be on/about December 3.
Winter '05 - Jan.4-March 11, 2005
The initial two-day gathering will be on/about January 4 and the culminating two-day gathering will be on/about March 11.
Each Initial Two-Day Gathering will include:
2 day gathering on the Fuller Seminary Campus in Pasadena, CA
1 conference call with "expert" with group and facilitator. There is always potential for a "bonus" call.
Face to face time developing relationships for the group learning journey.
The Intervening Weeks betwen the first and second two-day gathering will include:
5 conference calls with "expert" with group and facilitator. Schedule for these calls given during two-day event.
1 - 30 minute private call with facilitator each month (for Fall, Winter and Spring) or 1- 1 hour or 2-30 minutes private calls during the Summer Courses
Peer to peer calls
Each Culminating Two-Day Gathering will include:
1 conference call with "expert" with group and facilitator
Face to Face debrief time with group and facilitator to evaluate the learning journey
2 day gathering with group and facilitator
Facilitator
 Jim Henderson. Jim and his wife Barb have been involved in church planting and leadership development for the past 25 years. They have spent time in India and Hong Kong working with young leaders and new church plants. Jim formerly worked at the Vineyard Community Church in Cincinnati, Ohio as the Director of Outreach. Jim is an innovative thinker and passionately committed to normalizing evangelism for ordinary Christians. In 2000 Jim and Dave Richards founded Off the Map www.off-the-map.org to help move that idea forward. Off The Map puts on several national events each year and publishes a monthly ezine called The Idealab. Jim is currently working on a new book-The People Jesus Misses Most
WebSite Includes
Private and password protect area on ETREK.com (availible soon)
* Archive of recorded conference calls with "experts" from ETREKrning groups.
* Your group topic - Articles, Resources and Message Boards with weekly updates form facilitator.
* Group learnings posted by each participant.
* Access to all areas of ETREK; Other learning groups and ETREK archives.
Email Todd@ETREK.com for more information
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