Here are three upcoming events in different locations for different crowds:
For anyone wanting to expand their creativity, check out Terra Nova from Sept. 4th-6th!
For the Mosaic community and those in the Mosaic Alliance (levels 2 & 3 only), check out Leadership Advance on Sept. 18th!
For church planters and church leaders in Europe, check out Tribus from Oct 28th-30th!
As part of the Mosaic Alliance, the core leaders (levels 2 and 3) get together monthly for a conference call with effective practitioners. If you are already a part of the Mosaic Alliance (levels 2 and 3), be sure to join us. To find out more about connecting with us, go to www.mosaicalliance.com.
Refine your leadership with other cutting edge leaders, and create the future through global partnerships.
Contact Belinda to be added to the Mosaic Alliance Newsletter (it’s free!) or to RSVP for all these conference calls at belinda@mosaic.org.
Here are the upcoming conference calls:
March 31 at 1pm (PST) with Rick Yamamoto and Neil Nakamoto
Topic: Maximizing Your Strengths and Your Church
Strengths Profile: Ideation, Strategic, Relator, Input, Belief
Rick Yamamoto has the unique ability of looking through data, extracting the critical elements, developing the best alternative or new alternative for action. He has applied this ability for more than three decades in the financial industry. He currently helps the world’s largest pension funds discover hidden investment talent. Rick’s passion is to help organizations understand and realize the potential of their leaders and members. Rick has developed the perception matrix, operational preference and talent spelunking tools to help people uncover their unique abilities and understand their exceptional performance patterns.
Strengths Profile: Individualization, Maximizer, Relator, Responsibility, Woo
Neil Nakamoto has the unique ability of understanding the distinctive qualities of each person, discovering their interests and passions and then connecting them with someone else in the world that will help them on their journey to greatness. He focuses on unleashing the talents of others through his leadership of Mosaic’s mentoring process.
April 14th at 10am (PST) with Jon Tyson
Topic: Church Planting in Urban Centers
Jon Tyson is lead pastor of Trinity Grace Church in New York City. Trinity Grace is a network of neighborhood parish churches committed to joining God in the renewal of all things, currently with churches on the Upper West and Upper East Sides, in Chelsea and in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Originally from Adelaide, Australia, Jon lives in Manhattan with his wife Christy and their two children.
May (details coming soon) with Erwin McManus
Topic: Q&A
Erwin Raphael McManus is an author, speaker, activist, filmmaker and innovator who specializes in the field of developing and unleashing personal and organizational creativity, uniqueness, innovation and diversity. Erwin also serves as the primary communicator and cultural architect of Mosaic in Los Angeles. Erwin is a native of El Salvador, and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and Southwestern Theological Seminary. He and his wife Kim live in Los Angeles have two children, Aaron and Mariah, and a foster daughter Paty.
Our last teleseminar was with Mark Batterson who was kind enough to give away copies of his newest book in our recent newsletter!
Mark is the author of several books including, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Wild Goose Chase, and his latest… Primal. Mark also serves as the Lead Pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. is on the creative team of the Origins Project. Mark and NCC have also been a part of the Mosaic Alliance for the last several years.
Partnerships and networking remain essential to accomplish more in our world. We have enjoyed some relationships for decades whereas some relationships may have begun more recently.
“To go fast, go alone. To go far, go together.” – African proverb. This proverb is true of individuals as well as for a local church or an organization.
Our two main networks include The Origins Project with Dave Gibbons, Dan Kimball, Margaret Feinberg, and many others along with those connecting with the Mosaic Alliance. Here are some responses to some of the most frequently asked questions:
1. What is the difference between The Origins Project and the Mosaic Alliance?
Origins shares the same passions whereas the Mosaic Alliance shares the same passions and the same values.
2. Who makes up Origins?
Anyone who shares the same passion for Jesus, Humanity, and Innovation can connect and contribute!
The core and creative teams are made up of friends who have wanted to work more together and invite others to join us in serving, loving, and influencing our world. Some of our names may be familiar and others may not. These are people of influence from business, ministry, the arts, and academia.
3. What is next for Origins?
Currently we are interacting online in forums, publishing online articles, sending out a monthly newsletter, meeting in different places for Listening Sessions, and partnering locally towards different initiatives. To register and contribute, go to www.originsproject.org.
We are looking at having a big event in July 2010 in Southern California. (More details to come…)
4. Who makes up the Mosaic Alliance?
The Mosaic Alliance is made up of church planters and church leaders from across the world with churches in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, South America, Australia, New Zealand, and North America.
There are three ways to connect with the Mosaic Alliance. Level one remains free and includes a newsletter, podcasts, and events such as The Mosaic Global Initiative, Ethos, and Yelo. Level two includes Immersion events, an online community, access to more resources, and discounts. Level three churches contribute 5% of their budget towards church planting through any organization or denomination. Levels two and three require an application and administrative fee.
For more details on how to connect with us to create the future go to www.mosaicalliance.com.
I have been working on a doctorate of ministry project on the distinguishing characteristics of Mosaic and the Mosaic Alliance. One area of uniqueness has been the idea of creating a place for people to belong before they believe. So many churches are fantastic at being inclusive, but I have been surprised to discover that so many other church leaders resist the concept.
With your help, here is a very small list sent to me via twitter and facebook responding to my request for examples in the Bible where people belonged before believing:
Prodigal Son, Moses, Zaccaheus, Levi, Ethiopian Eunuch, Woman caught in the act of adultery, Abram, Ruth, Esther, etc..
Here is an excerpt from my project:
“Jesus interacted often with people who had not yet followed Him. Even among those closest to Him, Thomas and Judas belonged to the group known as Jesus’ twelve disciples, yet Thomas doubted for a time before believing and Judas never believed and eventually betrayed Jesus. Two of the greatest messages in history include Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount” and Peter’s sermon at Pentecost. On both occasions the gatherings included hundreds if not thousands of people who did not have faith in Jesus.”
Who else belonged before they believed in the Scriptures? Beyond a name, how did they belong and make the transition to believing?
For more from my project on this, send me an email to eric@mosaic.org with “Biblical Belonging Before Believing” as the subject.