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We encourage you to adapt the Growing Leaders course material to suite you and your group of people. Please share your different ideas and resources - not matter how small - with others here.

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Resources can be submitted by those leading the Growing Leaders course in churches nationwide. Resources should provide useful material, insights or ideas for specific sessions.

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Resources

Growing Leaders subs resources to share

GL to-do list
A very practical 'to do list' for running Growing Leaders over one year, from the Rev Peter MacKenzie at St Peter's Harrow.

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GL Invitation Card
A Word version of an invitation card into which you can paste your own details, from the Rev Annie Naish at St Andrew's Gorleston.

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Information leaflet for Growing Leaders
St Paul's, Finchley produced this leaflet to provide information to prospective participants.

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2011 Growing Leaders course outline
An example course outline from Ascension Church in Balham.

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Session 1 – Alternative leadership styles questionnaire
Steve Berry has provided an alternative leadership styles questionnaire for Session 1, which can be downloaded as an Excel file.

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Session 5 – Your most basic act of worship
Here's an idea for use in the worship session on the first evening of the 24 hours away (called 'Your most basic act of worship'), from Lorraine Purbrick and Mike Talbot at Emmanuel Northwood.

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Session 5 – Compass images for worship session
For the worship in Session 5 of Growing Leaders, Peter Mackenzie (St Peter’s Harrow) wanted to do the suggested worship idea of getting people to surrender compasses as a symbolic act. However, if people might not own one or forget to bring one, he created this file to print onto card and cut up

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Session 5 – Discerning direction
An updated version of p19-21 of part two of the leaders' guide.

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David Keen - 2010-02-08 21:27:55 Delete

are there some updated ppt slides to go with this?

Discerning direction introductory liturgy PowerPoint
PowerPoint of liturgy for discerning direction.

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Session 6 – Delegation summary
Summary including attitudes, skills and guidelines for delegation. Developed and used by Rev Ian Humphreys and his church in Nelson, Lancashire.

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Session 6 – Delegation checklist
Checklist to help those getting to grips with delegation. Developed and used by Rev Ian Humphreys and his church in Nelson, Lancashire.

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Session 6 – Sensitive issues feedback exercise
Scenario-based exercise about dealing with sensitive issues. Developed and used by Rev Ian Humphreys and his church in Nelson, Lancashire.

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Session 6 – Feedback summary
Some pointers about giving and receiving feedback, including biblical examples. Developed and used by Rev Ian Humphreys and his church in Nelson, Lancashire.

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Example feedback form for participants.
Example feedback form for participants.

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Example transitions form, GL course leader
Example transitions form, GL course leader

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Example transitions form, GL participant
Example transitions form, GL participant

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Example transitions form, GL mentor
Example transitions form, GL mentor

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Example transitions form, GL vicar
Example transitions form, GL vicar

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Example participant matrix
Example participant matrix

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Growing Leaders certificate
Certificate for participants who have completed the course.

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Growing Leaders Style Questionnaire
Growing Leaders Style Questionnaire

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