Fellow Leaders, On behalf of the Board of The Gathering of Leaders (GOL), I write to share with you some significant GOL news; as of January, our marvelous Executive Director, Haley Bankey, will leave The Gathering of Leaders. This transition follows the end of GOL’s partnership with The Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF), a partnership which…
Read the entire issue here. Now the green blade riseth Easter is one of my favorite seasons each year, filled with beautiful hymns, meaningful liturgy, and most of all, hope. Hope that love does triumph in the end, that death is not the end of the story. We’ve launched our newest series, #magnifyhope, and thanks…
Making Her Breathe Even though I trained in a local iteration of the Iona Collaborative, I am the first person on a priest track to be ordained in my diocese via this formation method. This means that I don’t regularly run into either multi-vocational clergy, or locally trained individuals. As soon as I was offered…
Just for a moment, imagine a lighted, furnished dining room: I see into the room and you see into the room yet when asked “What do you see?” our responses most often differ. One of us most likely will describe the room, perhaps remarking on the size and shape of it, while the other…
An email came to my inbox that I thought for sure was spam. It was advertising a free weekend in Texas and right before I moved it into the junk file I saw my Bishop’s name- she had nominated me. Well Okay! I looked at it again and then I agreed to go. That first…
God’s Plan is a hip-hop song that was written and performed by the Canadian rapper, Drake. Now if you don’t know who Drake is, you can ask your teenage children or teenage grandchildren, or even ask your 20-40 something children or grandchildren, I’m certain 99 percent of them can tell you who he is and…
Gathering of Leaders (GOL) has been awarded a 2-year, $200,000 grant from Trinity Church Wall Street for the Network of Networks: Same Mission. New Methods. growth and impact plan. The vision of Network of Networks is a vibrant community of creative, entrepreneurial, hope-filled, and proven faith leaders from all areas of ministry sharing and collaborating on mission and evangelism both…