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Mission Statement
The Shepherding Ministry Team serves the Presbytery of Lake Michigan by
facilitating opportunities for groups to develop and experience spiritual
growth and support.
Members
Pam Anderson - akanderson@charter.net
Steven Chase - schase@westernsem.edu
Mike Fonfara - mikefonfara@sbcglobal.net
Karin Fowler - karinfowler@yahoo.com
Ardath McCall - jwmccall@sbcglobal.net
Paul Tomlinson, Convener - presbypastor55@sbcglobal.net
Andrea Trautman - buboswa@aol.com
Leadership Team Liaisons
Chris Prokos - christine.prokos@sbcglobal.net
Anne Weirich - annew@westminstergr.com
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If you have an idea for a support or small group, email
Paul Tomlinson,
presbypastor55@sbcglobal.net so we can help! Here are some resources:
Scholarship
application (Word)
Scholarship application (pdf)
The following small group resources can be ordered from
www.pcusa.org/marketplace
- Building an Inclusive, Caring Community through
Dialogue, $3.50, Item # PWR03121
- Connectional Church Development, FREE,
Item # 7232505001
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Ministry Areas
- The Encouragement Project
The Encouragement Project of the Shepherding Ministry Team has received
a one year grant from the Synod of the Covenant. Seven retired pastors
and their spouses have been selected to serve as encouragers to pastors
and their spouses who have relatively new calls in the presbytery.
Encouragers will serve as trusted colleagues, sharing joys and concerns
in a confidential relationship over meals and other means of contact.
Unrelated to Committee on Ministry or other official presbytery
relations, this project is based on doing random acts of kindness,
inspired by the words of Paul in I Thess. 2:12b: "...encouraging,
comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God who calls you
into his kingdom and glory." Contact Kurt Freund,
kurt@mergingfaithandfinance.com, 616-940-0818
- Older Adult Ministries For two years the Shepherding Ministry Team
has sponsored persons to attend the Presbyterian Older Adult Ministry Network
(and Health Ministries) Conference. Older adults make up a good percentage of
our church membership, and the team is looking for ways to assist
congregations in ministry to this part of our population. Books on parish
nursing and older adult ministry have been purchased for the Presbytery
Resource Center. We will be providing leadership training on “compassionate
listening”. As our work progresses, we hope to make concrete suggestions to
congregations on ways to support older adults and their special needs and ways
for older adults to use their gifts in ministry to all generations. Contact
Mike Fonfara
mikefonfara@sbcglobal.net 269-692-3176
- Presbyterian Women - Contact Mary
Bennett, 269.673.2854.
- Presbyterian Pilgrimage -
a
spiritual experience in
Christian sharing and living. Contact George
Davidson, 616-656-2782
Support Groups-Shepherding is the location for the
development of support groups for persons with similar interests in the
presbytery. Ongoing groups in existence at this time are:
- Spousters - This is a word coined to give a name to spouses
of pastors – both male and female --who often get together at Saturday
presbytery meetings. They also plan retreats for pastors’ families.
Contact: Donna Garrison 269-948-8027
- Educator Fellowship. This group meets four times a year and offers
support and sharing of resources to professional and volunteer educators in
congregations. Contact: Karen Nottelmann,
knottelmann@aol.com 616-455-4675
- PALMS. The Presbyterian Association of Lake Michigan Secretaries
(PALMS) gathers to provide support through prayer, education and resources as
we develop and use our gifts to the glory of God in ministry to the church,
congregations, and communities within the Presbytery of Lake Michigan.
Contact: Karen Grant, kgrant@lakemichiganpresbytery.org
Future Ministry Areas - if you are interested in any of
these areas, contact us so we can work together to make this ministry happen
in our presbytery!
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Intentional
Mission
