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Actual AFF CPM Session 3 PowerPoint Final Organizing AFF and Servant Leadership
Actual AFF CPM Session 3 PowerPoint Final Organizing AFF and Servant Leadership
ADULT FAITH
FORMATION
SESSION 3: ORGANIZING FOR THE FOUR SEASONS OF
ADULTS IN YOUR PARISH
CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
2 PRAYER FOR
SERVANT LEADERS
Leadership is hard to define.
Lord, let us be the ones to define it with justice.
3 PRAYER FOR
SERVANT LEADERS
Leadership is not about telling people what to do.
Lord, let us first find out what people want and what they need.
4 PRAYER FOR
SERVANT LEADERS
All:
Let our greatest passion be…compassion.
Our greatest strength…love.
Our greatest victory…the reward of peace.
In leading, let us never fail to follow.
In loving, let us never fail. Amen.
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PRINCIPLES OF ADULT LEARNING
SEASONS OF ADULTHOOD
CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
SEASONS OF
ADULTHOOD LIFE ISSUES
• Young Adults (20s-30s) 1. Physical & Cognitive Changes
• Millennial Generation
2. Developmental Tasks
• Midlife Adults (40s-mid 50s)
• Generation X 3. Family Life Cycle
• Mature Adults (mid 50s–75) 4. Faith Development
• Baby Boom Generation
5. Spiritual-Religious Identities
• Older Adults (75+)
• Building Generation 6. Generational Characteristics
CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
GENERATIONS
Relationship to Institutions
Relationship to Authority
Family Relationships
Work-Life Balance
Communication Style
Technology Usage
Learning Style
Spiritual Expression
Worship Style
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Exercise:
What if your pastor came to you and asked
you to organize adult faith formation or some
aspect of it for your parish?
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SERVANT LEADER MODEL
Offers a way to:
1. Lead like Jesus
2. Respond to the wants and needs of adults in our parish
community
3. Commit to relationship building and personalized learning with
all adults
• Not unique to religion
• Style of leadership used universally in business,
education, government, sports
4. Discuss how Jesus applied Servant Leadership
5. Organize a parish community for effective adult faith
formation
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SERVANT VS. TRADITIONAL
LEADERSHIP
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LEADERSHIP PYRAMID
Leader Followers
Followers Leader
CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
20 AN IMAGE OF SERVANT
LEADERSHIP - GANDHI
CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
21 TYPES OF LEADERSHIP
TRADITIONAL VS. SERVANT
Traditional Leader–manages from ”top to bottom”
• Exercises power and control
• Most large company CEOs are traditional leaders
Servant Leader—leads from “bottom to top”
• Serves rather than controls
• Servant Leader focuses on the people
• Shares power
• Puts the needs of others first
• Helps people develop and perform to their highest
potential
• Jesus was the consummate servant leader
CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
EXAMPLES OF SERVANT
25 LEADERS IN THE CORPORATE
WORLD
Servant Leadership is NOT theory, it works in
corporate practice.
•Southwest Airlines
• Herb Kelleher, Founding CEO
• People focused, management by walking around
• Always put people first, genuinely concerned
• Developed true teamwork
CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
EXAMPLES OF SERVANT
26 LEADERS IN THE CORPORATE
WORLD
Servant Leadership is NOT theory, it works in
corporate practice.
Chick-fil-A
• Spiritual foundation of Truett Cathy, Founder
• Corporate Purpose: To glorify God by being a faithful
steward of all that is entrusted to us. To have a positive
influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.
• Closed on Sundays
• 5 P’s of Marketing: product, price, place, promotion…people
CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
The consummate act of servant leadership was the washing of the feet of the
apostles.
•John 13:3-15…Jesus got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped
a towel around his waist. He poured water into a basin and began to wash his
disciples' feet, drying them with the towel.
•…When he had finished washing their feet, he asked, "Do you understand what I
have done for you? You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what
I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should
wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done
for you.”
CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
31 SYMBOLISM OF WASHING
FEET
The washing of feet was a common practice upon entering a
home
Background
•It was the task of a servant or slave
•When Jesus assumed this role, the disciples were probably
stunned by this act of humility
Jesus’ basic motivation was love
He voluntarily became their servant
He set an example for servant leadership
CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
32 PRACTICE BEING A
SERVANT LEADER?
• Everyone has multiple leadership roles and we can practice
servant leadership:
• At home - a mother, father, guardian,
• At work/church - executive, manager, supervisor, ministry
head, neighborhood or community leader.
• Servant leaders don’t just ask: “WWJD—what would Jesus do?”
they ask, “HWJDI—how would Jesus do it?”
• Place more emphasis on the “heart,”and on relationships when
making decisions, less on the “head”.
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LEARNING TO LEAD LIKE JESUS
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LEARNING TO LEAD LIKE JESUS
4. Helps people with life issues
• Listens and shows compassion
• Concern for the total well-being of an individual
• Example from the Bible?
• Samaritan woman at the well
• Curing the blind man and other miracles
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8. Thinks long-term
• Thinks about the future
• Keeps a foot in the present
• Example from the Bible?
• Creation of the Role of Peter, the First Pope
• Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John
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WHAT IS YOUR NEXT STEP?
Try it out!!!
If you want to learn more:
• The Servant Leader by Ken Blanchard & Phil
Hodges
• Lead Like Jesus also by Blanchard & Hodges
• The Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus
by Owen Phelps, Ph.D.
CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
45 GROUP EXERCISE
CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
46 CONCLUSION
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Exercise: How have your
thoughts changed?
What if your pastor came to you and asked you
to organize adult faith formation or some aspect
of it for your parish?