The Servant Leadership School of Greensboro has been offering classes and spiritual formation opportunities on an ecumenical basis since 1992. A core belief of the School is that every church in the world, by nature, is called to prepare servant leaders to follow Jesus Christ and serve God's dream for a transformed world. The Servant
     Leadership School invites students to a deeper relationship with God and with others in community as we explore both an inward journey of personal transformation and an outward journey, discerning our own particular "call" and giving expression to some form of life-giving service in the world.

"The Servant Leadership School offers a unique opportunity to pursue a spiritual  journey in which unceasing prayer and
committed service can be lived as the two inseparable qualities of the call of Jesus."
J. M. Nouwen

Why Servant Leadership?

Bennett Sims, among other prophetic voices, suggests that we are currently living on a "hinge of history", a "vast turning point" in the evolution of human consciousness.  In our Servant Leadership classes we learn to recognize two distinct and fundamentally different world-views and to interpret the basic biblical story as a movement out of the one, Egypt or Empire, what Walter Wink calls the "Domination System" and into the other, Jesus' alternative to the Domination System, which he called the "Kingdom of God." It is the core biblical narrative, the movement from bondage to freedom.  In the language of Michael Lerner, it is a shift from the "voice of fear" to the "voice of hope."

The Rev. Tim Patterson, one of the founders of the Servant Leadership School of Greensboro, says, "We have tried to weave together a comprehensive vision of servant leadership, with practical pathways for people seeking to grow as Christian disciples who make a difference in the world."  In Servant Leadership, we learn various "practices" to make that shift in the context of our daily living.

Fall Servant Leadership Course    
based on the writings of Verna Dozier

“The Dream of God: A Call to Return”   

Verna Dozier often remarked that “Jesus called his community to follow him, not worship him.  But the Church chose the latter.”  In this course, we will use Dozier’s book The Dream of God: A Call to Return and other resources as we examine her idea of the essence of faith, which often surfaces as ambiguity.  We will look at these writings through the lens of Servant Leadership, particularly in the areas of power, prestige, and possessions.  Please join us! 

Thursday nights 5:30 – 7:00
Six weeks
August 26 – September 30
Commons Room

Course fee: $25.00 (or what you can pay)
Includes book and materials 

Facilitated by Bonnie Duckworth and Susan Terrell 

Please call the church office by Friday, August 20^th to register for the course.

CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER

Every Tuesdays 12:15 – 1:15   Location: Chapel
Space is provided for a self-guided contemplative prayer practice