Progressive Church Leadership: teaching and consultation

Providing training, encouragement, and coaching for the local church

Publications Gracious Imperatives: Discipleship Toward the 21st Century, Abingdon Press, January 1992 Of Gardens and Grandchildren: Reflections on Life and Love, Dimensions for Living, April 1993 Right on the Money: Messages for Spiritual Growth Through Giving, Discipleship Resources, 1994   Body Building: Creating a Ministry Team through Spiritual Gifts,  Abingdon’s "Leadership Insights" series, 1996 On a Wing and a Prayer, Dimensions for Living, 1998 Devotions to Leave You Smiling, Dimension for Living, 2002 First Fruits: 14 Sermons on Stewardship (co-editor), Abingdon  Press, 2003 Leadership Events Leader for a Resource Day for Large Church Clergy in the Eastern PA Conference AND workshop for a "Cultivating Wellness" event at Hopewell UMC in Eastern PA, November 3-5, 2011. Primary consultant and resource person for a major financial campaign for the Bakerstown UMC, Western PA Conference (Capital fund and general budget), April 2011. Plenary speaker and workshop leader for a Resource day on the Franklin District, W. PA. Conference, February 4, 2011. Leader for a Resource Day for clergy of the Northern Shore District of the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference, October 2010. Worship leader and adult forum leader, Family Week, Jumonville Training Center, Hopwood, PA, July 2009. Preacher and leader for Consecration Weekends (giving as "discipleship formation") at churches in Western Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and other locations around the country. Plenary speaker and workshop leader for Leadership and Effective Management Conference, Shreveport, LA., September 2008. First-Time Lead Pastor Training for clergy of the Baltimore-Washington United Methodist Annual Conference, September 2008; First-Time Large Church Lead Pastor Training Event, Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church, May 2007 and 2008; work with lead pastors and Cabinet of Desert Southwest Conference, August 2010. Inaugural Deucker memorial lectures on Stewardship, Garrett-Evangelical Seminary, April 2007. Leader for "Probationers Retreat," Missouri Conference, March 2007 in Columbia, MO. Minister's Week, Perkins School of Theology, "Faith and Money", February 2007: plenary speaker, workshop leader, preacher for closing worship. Primary plenary speaker for a national First Time Senior Minister Conference each year from 1991 through 2006.  Christ Church, Bethel Park hosted the event—co-sponsored with the Large Church Initiative (LCI) of the General Board of Discipleship. Preacher, chaplain, and lecturer over various summer weeks at Ocean Grove, New Jersey (2 summers); Lakeside, Ohio (4 summers); Bay View, Michigan (2 summers); and Epworth Heights Assembly, Michigan. Plenary speaker and workshop leader at Detroit Conference event (September 2002), New England Conference Pastors’ Assembly (August 2004), North Illinois Conference Bishop's Day (2005)