ServantsEdge is a leadership journey built around four one-week intensive training/retreat experiences, reading assignments and monthly peer-group meetings. Participants can choose either the Twice-A-Year Track or the Once-A-Year Track to fit their needs.
The Riverbend Retreat Center near Glen Rose is the site for the retreat weeks.
Participation in ServantsEdge is open to senior pastors, staff and all lay church leaders.
THE JOURNEY:
ServantsEdge is an experience of spiritual refocus, learning, fellowship and support that includes four retreat weeks. The retreat week starts on Monday at 12:00 noon. and ends on Friday at noon. Pastors are encouraged to enlist someone to fill their pulpit the Sunday following each retreat, so they can fully focus on what God is teaching them and not be concerned about preparation of their sermon on Sunday.
A team of leaders facilitate the learning activities and the peer experiences for a group. These leaders will mentor and coach your group through the entire process. Each participant is assigned a peer group. A trained peer coach will guide your group. During the process you will meet with your peer group every day of the retreat week and at least once monthly between retreats. During the retreat week participants engage in learning experiences, times of personal reflection, recreation, worship and peer groups. Participants experience community with a larger body as they participate in the process with other groups that are ahead of them on the journey.
ServantsEdge is designed to teach and foster behavioral mastery of four mental model shifts that we believe are essential for transformation.
1. Personal transformation: From primarily trying to change others, to changing yourself.
2. Congregational transformation: From making good church members to making disciples of Jesus Christ.
3. Community transformation: From church growth to community transformation.
4. Global transformation: From seeing missions as a program option to integrating a missional perspective in all our ministry efforts.
ServantsEdge is a ministry of Tarrant Baptist Association.
Building Transformational Christian Leaders
Next Retreat Weeks:
October 12-16, 2009
April 19-23, 2010
October 11-15, 2010
