Parish Leadership Day 2025
Parish Leadership Day is right around the corner. Our annual gathering together as a diocese will be held, Saturday, January 25, at St. Matthew’s Cathedral commencing with Morning Prayer at 9:30 a.m. It will be a day of worship, mutual encouragement and equipping for ministry.
We have an outstanding line up of speakers and workshops. Our homilist is the Rt. Rev. Jospeh Wandera from the Diocese of Mumias, Kenya and our keynote speaker will be Dr. Hanna Lucas (Durham University and College of the Resurrection, Mirfield UK), on Ancient Catechesis and Today’s Church. We have workshops on topics covering spiritual gifts, vestries, treasures, youth programs, Christian formation, parish mission and evangelism, grant writing, witness in our interreligious context, launching a parish prayer ministry, contemplative practices on wellbeing and more.
The day is FREE with lunch, childcare, and Spanish translation provided.
Saturday, January 25, 2025
8:45 a.m. – registration
9:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
St. Matthew’s Cathedral
5100 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas
Here is our line up:
Finding your spiritual gifts
Onboarding a New Vestry
Catechesis
Christian Formation
Grant Writing
Ministry of Parish Treasurer
Launching an Effective Youth Program
Parish Prayer Ministry
Reaching New People from Invitation to Connection
Witness in Interreligious Context
Contemplative Practices and Wellbeing
Technology and the Church: A Theologically Informed Path Forward