Lots of great news

Things are bursting forth all over -- and it's both incredible exciting and somewhat daunting -- so many avenues for training and support to explore:

I've been having great conversations with interesting people who have responded to the invitation to explore leading a class.

We're looking at ways to provide more classes on outreach ministry -- as the Diocese of Spokane's newly created outreach commission looks at how to connect and support their members in the many outreach projects and activities that are happening here.

I've also had a good conversation about how eMinistry might develop classes supporting diaconal ministry -- both in this diocese and for the wider church.

Other advances:

After working with 20+ leaders to develop their teleclasses, I finally taught one of my own -- last Thursday the first of two sessions on lay preaching -- and I absolutely loved it so much I have scheduled another set of classes for January.

I'm making headway with developing a board -- which frankly has been further down on my list as my main concern has been to get classes up and running. But the anniversary of our incorporation is upon us (November 18th) when all sorts of state and federal things must be filed, and we also are approaching a February deadline for applying for IRS tax-exempt status....so these infrastructure and administrative processes have to move ahead.

We now have the ability to post class listings on faithandwisdom.org -- which allows us another platform for ecumenical publicity. Thanks to Lynne Grifo via Wayne Schwab for the suggestion that we explore becoming a "sponsoring agency" (which allows us to publicize on the faithandwisdom.org website.)

A couple of classes had to be cancelled due to low enrollment, which is always a disappointment-- I'm hoping that as our visibility grows that will happen less and less....

So it's just about getting to be time for another newsletter....

Onward and upward!

Elizabeth