tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124229242011-10-06T14:36:29.413-07:00Training and ConsultationsDavid S. Applehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13945749404006843136noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12422924.post-1114438691618337002005-04-25T07:03:00.000-07:002011-10-06T12:24:06.960-07:00<div class="Section1"><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-transform: uppercase; " ></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>DIACONAL & MERCY MINISTRY TRAINING</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 800;" ><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; "><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">THE ROLE OF THE DEACON<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; "><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">MERCY MINISTRY<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; "><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">SETTING LIMITS <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; "><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">LISTENING/SHOWING THAT YOU CARE<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " ><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" > </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" > </span></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >CONSULTATIONS &<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">BRAIN-STORMING SESSIONS</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">DON’T “RE-INVENT THE WHEEL”</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; "><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Don't work harder than the people coming for help.<span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; "><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Help your deacons work smarter and more effectively<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " ><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" > </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">CONTACT:</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; "> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 0.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; ">Dr. David S. Apple, <span style="background:#F6F6F6">Director of Mercy Ministries</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 0.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; ">Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA <span style="background:#F6F6F6">(1988-)</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 0.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="mailto:dapple@tenth,org"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">dapple@tenth,org</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span style="background:#F6F6F6"><span class="Apple-style-span">or 215-735-7688x224</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" > </span></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 800;" ><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">What must we do as deacons?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">What is our biblical responsibility in the church and to the community?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">What is not our responsibility?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Where and what are the available resources to us and for the church to make for appropriate referral to?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; "><span>5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">who can we wisely cooperate/partner with?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; "><span>6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">How can we stop feeling like we are "putting out fires all over the place"?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; "><span>7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); "><span class="Apple-style-span" >How can we delegate and mobilize others?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12422924-111443869161833700?l=trainingandconsultations.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David S. 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