Newsletter Issues

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May 2008. Volume 14 No. 5: Celebrating Small Group Ministry; Small Group Ministry Training - August 2008; Presence by James Strachin; A Crisis of Purpose by Christopher White; Starting Small Groups & Keeping them Going - Book Review

March 2008. Volume 14 No. 4: The Power of Story; Storycatcher by Christina Baldwin. Book Review; Small Groups at Dublin Street; An Event for your Board or Vestry

February 2008. Volume 14 No. 3: Boards, Vestries and Councils: What's the ideal?; An event for your Board or Vestry; Q & A Time; Singing in the Shower with Jesus

January 2008. Volume 14 No. 2: Sticking to Business; The Ponoka Story; Book Review: Transforming Congregations; Why the Emphasis on Sunday Morning?

September 2007. Volume 14 No. 1: "Aging Energetically in the Church"; "A Summer of Small Group Ministry"; "Newcomers Feel Really Welcome"; "A Different Perspective"

May 2007. Volume 13 No. 4: "A Mission that Fits Today's Culture"; "Small Group Ministry Training"; "SGM Techniques Working for You"; "United Church Regional Events"; "Making a Difference"

February 2007. Volume 13 No. 3: "Multiplying Congregational Leaders"; "Turning Decline into Growth"; "Willow Creek & Small group Ministry"; "It's Time to Act!"; "Holy Conversations" (Book Review)

November 2006. Volume 13 No. 2: "A Letter to My Congregation"; "Beyondthe Box" (Book Review); "Worship Beyond the Box" by Clair Woodbury; "Small Group Ministry on the Job"; "Putting a Blog to Work for You"

September 2006. Volume 13 No. 1: "Boutique Congregations", by Joyce Madsen; "The Facts and Nothing but the Facts" (Church Membership Statistics); "Small Groups for New People"; "Athabasca Summer 2006 SGM"; "A Question of Leadership" by Deborah Laing; "Learning Circles"

June 2006. Volume 12 No. 4: "Church Leadership: What they don't teach at Theological College"; by Joyce Madsen; "A Worship Survey" (Ready to use in your congregation); "The Role of theFacilitator" by Clair Woodbury; "Spirituality Corner: My personal Creed" by Jeanna Baty

April 2006. Volume 12 No. 3: "Gifts of Shared Ministry" by Dawn Rolke; "Congregational Transformation" by Elizabeth Short; "The Committee Conundrum" Reader Responses; "Common Sense for Board Members" Book Review; "What's New at the Centre"

February 2006. Volume 12 No. 2: "Healthy Groups - Healthy Parish" by Elizabeth Short; "Small Groups - Circles of Friends" by Centre Staff; "High River Small Groups" by Bonnie Hewson; "The Disappearing Committee?"; "Shaping Your deep Gladness" New Centre Resource; "Can We Do That?" Book Review

November 2005. Volume 12 No. 1: "Changing with our Youth" by Mervin Gallant; Joyce's Rant; "Catching the Bethel Beat" by Don Retsin; "No Young People, So We Changed." Interview with Marv Ziprick

August 2005. Volume 11 No. 5: Change; Marketing; Steps in Transformation; Book Reviews: First Impressions, Bro. Cadfael's Book of Days

May 2005. Volume 11 No. 4: A Downtown Church That's Going Places; Small Group Ministry; Book Review: High-Tech Worship; Where your Deep Gladness meets the World's Deep Need

February 2004. Volume 11 No. 3: Our Journey as a Team; Passion; On the Road with the Centre; Book Reviews: The 8th Habit, Gutfeeling

November 2004. Volume 11 No. 2: Small Group Ministry; Age of Transparency and Accountability; Called to Share in Ministry; Our Transformation Process; Book Review: Good to Great

September 2004. Volume 11 No. 1: Transformation-The Process; The Inviting Church; Prisms: A Resource; Book Review: Leadership from Within

June 2004. Volume 10 No. 4: What I would do differently-Knowing what I Know Now; Recources for Spiritual Growth, Creating Community, Integrity, etc.

March 2004. Volume 10 No. 3: Small is Better; Small is Better ... in Calgary; Book Review: Leading Life-changing Small Groups

January 2004. Volume 10 No. 2

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