Tuesday, June 24
9:20 – 10:35 am
Ducks Fly Together: Creating a Ministry Team That Soars
Learning Outcomes: I will have concrete ideas to improve my ministry team cohesion and our ministry plan to bring more families from our school into the kingdom of God.
Working the harvest field of non-member families at your school is challenging (at least for us.) How you work the harvest strategy as a team will help or hinder not just your harvest strategy success but also how you feel about ministry. If you are frustrated by the lack of school families joining your church or by the ministry team that you are working with, then come to this presentation. We will talk about harvest strategy and team work philosophies. We will share the successes and failures of our own experiences. We will share the insights we have gained from interviewing called workers, members, and non-member families from our ECC. Our goal is that everyone who leaves our presentation will be more joyful and better at working a harvest strategy as a team.
Chad White has served as a Staff Minister at Holy Word Lutheran Church in Austin, TX since 2002. He is a second career called worker, originally attending college to be an electrical engineer at UW Madison and then working for IBM and Motorola for several years before God redirected him into life as a Staff Minister. During White’s first ten years of ministry, he served full-time at Holy Word while also taking summer and online classes at MLC, receiving his Staff Ministry certification in 2012. White has served in many different ministries including evangelism, assimilation, as well as youth and family ministry. In recent years he has been a leader on Holy Word’s small group ministry team, on the church’s Audio/Visual team, and has also been engaged in reaching out to inactives, counseling marriages and families, and conducting member visitation. God has blessed Chad with a wonderful, very supportive wife and ministry partner of 30 years, Cindy and has blessed their marriage with three beautiful children, Emma (26), Bryant (24) and Danni (21).
Pastor Joel Hering graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 2018. He served for two year as a dormitory supervisor and religion teacher at Luther Preparatory School in Watertown, WI. Pastor Hering received his second call in 2020 to Holy Word Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas, where he currently serves as the associate pastor. Joel is married to Amanda Hering (nee Fogle) and they have three children: Bobby (7), Bennett (3), and Lucy (2). Some fun facts about Joel are that he was made in Japan and knows how to drive a zamboni.
Rebekah Radue is originally from the Milwaukee area, but upon receiving her first Call to be the Director Apprentice at Holy Word Christian Academy in May 2022, she has been blessed to live in Austin, TX, ever since. After Radue’s first year at HWCA, she moved into the role of Director for the 2023-24 school year and continues to serve as the Director at the early childhood center. The center cares for around 80 little ones, infant through Pre-K 4. God is undoubtedly blessing HCWA’s work down there! Rebekah’s husband, Mike Radue, is a fourth-grade teacher & coach at Divine Savior Academy-Santa Rita Ranch. The couple stays very busy with friends, sports, and exploring Texas!
