Ministry Mentors®

Epiphany 2009

Regional Clusters

Illinois

Dr. Arthur A. R. Nelson, Leader
   Rev. Richard Bergstrom

Rev. Jo Ann Deasy

Rev. Marc Eix

Rev. Herbert Hedstrom

Dr. Everett Jackson

Rev. José La Luz

Rev. Virgil A. Robinson, Jr., Leader

Dr. Gessel Berry, Jr.
Rev. Sarah Sarchet Butter

Rev. Sheri Delvin

Rev. Peter J. Hawkinson

Dr. Kirk Reed

Dr. James E. Roghair
 

 Thomas Ventura, Leader

Dr. Donald Dempsey
Dr. Jeffrey Dire

Rev. Howard Roberts

Rev. Kristina Weber
Rev. Kory Wilcoxson

Dr. D. Darrell Griffin, Leader 
 

Colorado

Dr. Ralph D. Anderson, Leader

Dr. John Bengston

Rev. Philip N. Erlander

Rev. Jerry Jordan            

Rev. Hank Maertens

Rev. Linda Patzke

Rev. Kenneth C. Stenman

Dr. Rodney Schofield, Consultant

Florida

Dr. Frank S. Lee, Leader

Rev. Michael Basden

Dr. Ronald M. Patterson 

Dr. Ted Sauter
Rev. Steve Wigdahl

North Carolina

Rev. Linda Foster Momsen, Leader

Rev. Joseph Harvard
Rev. John Singletary       

Rev. Ruth Harper Stevens

Dr. Gates Vrooman

Wisconsin

Dr. Richard H. Jones, Leader

Rev. Bruce Bartel
Rev. Charles Bauer-King
Rev. Nancy Bauer-King

Rev. David Busker

Rev. Frank Gaylord

Rev. Robert Kenas        

Rev. Lynn Kollath
Rev. Skip Meracle
Rev. David Werner

The Hope and Promise of Epiphany

Epiphany is bright stars and astrologers and promise. It also means Christmas is over, and that I cannot stay in Bethlehem; I cannot stay much longer in the star-drenched meadow where angels always sing. God keeps waiting for me in Nazareth, at the shop, where through the years I have been working out my salvation with fear and trembling. 

Which is also to say that for Mary and Joseph, Egypt was not the planned itinerary. It was a strange and frightening interlude. You and I have been there, too. It is that foreign land of loneliness, near despair, unexpected catastrophe, loss, bereavement and grief, unemployment, personal economic collapse, an accident, where we learn how vulnerable we really are.

The God who gave us Bethlehem has not died on the way to Egypt. Some friends that I have had the privilege of mentoring at times are not sure, or at least they do not like the silence. What great joy when the "light" goes on again, when they find the vigilant God helping them find the way home.

Our thrill as Ministry Mentors is to ride the Egypt roads with many who look for a sign that our Redeemer is still paving the way.

Art

Art Nelson
Leader and Board of Directors Chair

Mentoring Resources on the Web

Have you visited the Ministry Mentors intranet site lately?  This password-protected portion of the website contains hundreds of documents relating to mentoring, coaching, and leadership to assist you in your work with other pastors.   

The site is readily accessible to our mentoring team from the lower right-hand corner of the home page of our website at:

www.ministrymentors.org 

If you have lost or forgotten your username and/or login password, email Pam at Pam@ministrymentors.org and she will be happy to send you the needed information. 

Also, if you have a suggestion for either our internet or intranet sites, please forward those on to Pam as well.  We are always looking for ways we can improve and expand the sites.

©Ministry Mentors, January 2009