The 2021 Laity Summit was Saturday, March 20. This event was for Lay Servants, Speakers, Ministers, Leaders and for anyone discerning a call to leadership. As always, Laity Summit is a one-stop virtual leadership event for church and community leadership.
Mary Feit, conference director of lay servant ministries, Lisa Maupin, conference lay leader Lisa, Kathy Pierce, Gateway District lay leader, and Shane Warta, conference coordinator of lay leadership, began planning this gathering since the first Laity Summit was complete back in March 2020.
The overall theme for the 2021 gathering was “Building a New Normal.”
Finding Peace in an Anxious World, edited by Erin James-Brown - the 2020 Mission U Spiritual Growth Study
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to be and Embrace Who You Are, by Brene Brown - Dr. Brown empowers us to embrace our imperfections, cultivating feelings of self-worth and self-love.
The Dance of Connection: How to talk to someone when you're mad, hurt, scared, frustrated, insulted, betrayed, or desperate, by Harriet Lerner - The subtitle of the book explains its focus.
Not Alone: Reflections on Faith and Depression, by Monica Coleman - This is a 40-day devotional that gives hope and inspiration to people who live with depression and those who walk beside them.
The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul, by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky - gives us strategies to help ease our burden of stress, restore our perspective, and provide us the ability to navigate an unknown future.
Let Your Life Speak by Parker J. Palmer - The author invites us, through the telling of personal stories of darkness and depression as well as fulfillment and joy, to listen to the story of our lives to find our true calling.
Learn more about Mark and his team at the site below. Participating in today's session might connect you with one of four initiatives with them.
1. You left the session by making a promise to accomplish something within seven days. They would love to share in your excitement of success. Feel free to contact them to personally tell of your success.
2. 9090 Research project. 30-minute coaching calls are provided at no cost to you and conclude with you completing a 30 second 5 question survey.
3. 2022 Devotional project. Mark has written a daily devotional to be published in 2022. Our team is inviting 52 coauthors to special guest writers in the book so that one will appear every week. Perhaps you feel the Holy Spirit calling you to contribute.
4. Our teams serve entrepreneurs and leaders professionally. If you are interested in professional serves to accelerate your life or business, we are happy to invest in you with a deep dive conversation to explore the opportunity.
