Tuesday, June 9, 2020 | 1:00PM (PST)
Guest: Steve Clifford | Westgate Church

Steve Clifford, Lead Pastor, Westgate Church in Saratoga and San Jose shared some great insights into leadership, leading through crisis and personal reflections on leadership.

 

 

Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Guest: Dr. David Whitaker | President, CBAmerica

Handouts and links from the meeting.

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Guest: Paul Thome | Bridgeway Christian Church, Roseville, CA
Topic: Coaching Pastors through Crisis

For this next time together as a association, Craig Hardinger, Regional Executive Director, has invited Paul Thome to share about pastoring in crisis.During the shelter in place he wants to offer his services in helping churches get back on their feet and move through the changes more smoothly. Paul comes over 37 years in pastoral ministry, church planting and coaching pastors. You won’t want to miss this time to listen, ask questions and get resources to help you and your church during this crisis season we are in.

Paul Thome has a BA in Speech Communications from California State University Sacramento, and graduated from a biblical studies program called Scribe School in Palo Alto, CA. Paul is a PCC certified personal and professional coach and also an adjunct professor in the Coach Training Program at Western Seminary’s Sacramento, San Jose, and Portland campuses. He is the founder of LEDR Coaching and Training.
 
Paul has served as a student ministries pastor, church planter, and has been in pastoral leadership. He has served at three NextGen Churches, SunRiver Church in Rancho Cordova, CA for a total of 23 years (two tours), church planter for SunHills Church, El Dorado Hills, CA for 14 years, and has been at Bridgeway Christian Church for 4 months.
 
Paul is committed to helping others discover and develop their full personal and professional potential by engaging them in powerful conversations about their goals, dreams, and strengths. He is a gifted speaker/ communicator/ trainer and able to draw on his extensive experience with both youth and adults through almost four decades of ministry in various faith communities.
  • Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation
  • 15 years of professional coaching experience
  • Over 1,200 hours of coaching experience

Paul has graciously offered his coaching services free till July 15 to all NextGen Churches. His 37+years of pastoral ministry as a youth pastor, interim lead pastor, executive pastor, church planter and teacher will be a great opportunity for all of you for someone to come alongside you especially now. You can contact him at p2thome@gmail.com or pthome@bridgeway.church or his cell is 916.216.8889

 

If you are interested in developing coaching training skills through Western Seminary’s coach training program. Click Here or you can email sthome@westernseminary.edu
 

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Guest: Rene Schlaepfer | Twin Lakes Church, Aptos, CA

Rene has generously provided the resources he shared from the Zoom meeting today.