Upcoming Digital Workshops

Category: Strategic Leadership

​​Empowering Church Leadership Through Volunteer Innovation
Wednesday, June 11 at 3:00pm ET

Are you struggling to fill leadership roles or facing burnout in your parish? Whether you’re working with too few engaged members, sharing leadership across multiple churches, or finding it difficult to hand off meaningful work to volunteer teams, this webinar is for you.

Join us for a practical conversation on how to build sustainable volunteer structures that empower both clergy and the wider parish community.

In this session, you will learn how to:

• Inventory your church’s key needs and opportunities
• Design volunteer roles that support a clear, sustainable leadership structure
• Identify and engage key stakeholders for effective decision-making
• Support clergy in shifting from “doers” to coaches and mentors
• Build long-term models for volunteer engagement and leadership development

Whether your parish is actively navigating leadership challenges or preparing for future transitions, this webinar will provide the tools and insights you need to foster sustainable, mission-driven leadership.

We hope you’ll join us for this important conversation.

Panelists Include:

• Tamika Mason – CEO, Building for Mission; Lorton, Virginia
• Natalie Thomas – Senior Consultant, Building for Mission; Sandwich, Massachusetts

Category: Changing Church/ Wellness

​​Resisting Erasure and Isolation: Pathways to Belonging in the Episcopal Church
Thursday, June 19 at 3:00pm ET

Belonging is not a luxury—it’s a matter of life and death. And yet, for many in and around the Church, a true sense of belonging remains out of reach. This webinar explores what it means to create authentic, life-giving community in an age of isolation.

Join two contributors to the new book Pathways to Belonging—the Rev. Craig Lemming and Erin Weber-Johnson—for a rich and imaginative conversation about how the Episcopal Church can resist cultural forces of commodification and erasure and cultivate deeper inclusion through liturgy, music, iconography, Afrofuturist design thinking, and more.

We’ll explore:

• Why belonging is a theological and existential imperative
• How culture distorts our understanding of connection
• Concrete practices that help churches foster true community
• New models of imagination in liturgical and spiritual life

This is an invitation to rethink how we gather—and who belongs. Don’t miss a hopeful, provocative conversation that calls the Church into deeper relationship and purpose.

Panelists Include:

• Erin Weber-Johnson – Partner, Vandersall Collective; Co-Editor and Author of Pathways to Belonging; Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Craig Lemming – Associate Rector, St. John the Evangelist; Author, Pathways to Belonging; St. Paul, Minnesota

Category: Finance and Endowments/ Stewardship

​​From Hesitation to Legacy: Building a Culture of Planned Giving That Lasts
Thursday, July 31 at 3:00pm ET

Planned giving isn’t just for big churches with large endowments—it’s about inviting people to leave a legacy that reflects their deepest values.

In this practical and inspiring session, Joe Park of Horizons Stewardship sits down with the Rev. Ashley Cheung to share how Church of the Resurrection UMC launched a planned giving effort that resulted in 113 legacy gifts totaling $28 million—across nine campuses ranging from 350 to over 5,000 in weekly attendance.

You’ll hear lessons on how to:

• Start the conversation—without fear
• Build trust and energy across the congregation
• Sustain momentum across varied ministry settings
• Cultivate a culture where generosity becomes part of the story

Whether your church has a robust endowment or none at all, you’ll leave with strategies to take the next step—and the confidence to start now.

Bring your questions – this session will include a moderated Q&A with Ashley.

Panelists Include:

• Joe Park – CEO, Horizons Stewardship; Cabot, AR
• Ashley Cheung – Planned Giving Specialist (former), Church of the Resurrection (UMC); Kansas City, MO