Reflections on Holy Trinity Auburn's Quarterly Leadership Forum
On Sunday, May 19, Josh Vanada, chair of the ADNE standing committee and leadership coach visited Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity in Auburn, MA. He was invited by the Rev. Eliud Mwangi as part of the church’s quarterly leadership forum. Josh began by offering a brief reflection on leadership as influence and then opened the floor to the church’s leaders to ask questions. Topics discussed included unifying the leadership team around shared vision, how to disagree well, how to be courageous in leadership, as well as identifying and ministering to leaders who are burned out.
Rev. Eliud and Leah with the Williams’
The desire of ACHT’s leaders to grow into the fullness of what God has prepared for them promoted thoughtful and courageous questions. The Holy Spirit was clearly using this forum as a time to unify the church, grow her leaders, and deepen the love among its members. When asked why ACHT began the quarterly leaders training, Rev. Eliud gave a fourfold answer:
Rev. Len Cowan visited Holy Trinity Auburn the same Sunday to preach.
To help us develop leaders who are vision and mission oriented as we fulfill our kingdom assignment.
To receive the member's concerns from all our ministries and try to find a way forward for our members welfare off the boat from the vestry meetings.
To sharpen our leadership skills as well as integrate our diocesan leadership resource.
We make it a time to share our achievements using the SWOT analysis.
Josh reflected, “I was so encouraged to be with Rev. Eliud and the community of faith in Auburn. They are committed to building a strong church through strong leaders, as is evidenced by their quarterly leadership forum. The depth of the questions that were asked demonstrated a maturity, humility, and a sincere desire to grow into the fullness of who God created each one of these men and women to be. Even as I shared, I learned and was so encouraged by each of them.”
Kids from Holy Trinity singing during the service.